María Elisa Sánchez

How are bulrush mats made?

By María Elisa Sánchez / 26th November 2024

Our members from the CIOMA wetland centre in Lobito, Angola are showing us how bulrush mats are made, take a look. Have you ever seen how bulrush mats are made? People living nearby Catumbela wetland site here in Angola depend on this ecosystem to survive and one of the main economic activities carried out by…

New trail at DANAPURE

By María Elisa Sánchez / 26th October 2024

World Biodiversity Day 2024 in DANAPURE

By María Elisa Sánchez / 16th July 2024

At the DANAPURE Wetland in Colombia, 12th grade students and soon be university students celebrated World Biodiversity Day. They carried out expeditions through the different ecosystems that surround the DANAPURE wetland.   They now have an inventory of insects, which are part of the proposal “Habitat for the attraction and conservation of pollinators.” This proposal will be…

CIOMA receiving donations from Optics for Africa

By María Elisa Sánchez / 3rd June 2024

The CIOMA – Centro de Informação, Observação e Monitorização de Aves – Lobito in Angola has received binocular donations under the Optics for Africa program. “We have been receiving journalists from all over the country. Today our wetland Centre is more visible, everyone in Lobito wants to know about our work and we are becoming…