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Marzo 2024 – Big Data: Análisis Multimodal de la Biodiversidad y Servicios Ambientales @ RNMP
Casi todos reconocemos el valor moral de la conservación y la restauración de ecosistemas. En la última década se han desarrollado...

Luis A Mazariegos
Mar 1, 20244 min read
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March 2024 – Big Data: Multimodal Analysis of Biodiversity and Environmental Services @ RNMP
Nearly everyone recognizes the moral value of conserving and restoring ecosystems. Over the past decade, methodologies have been...

Luis A Mazariegos
Mar 1, 20243 min read
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Febrero 2024 - Eiphosoma merceae sp. nov. – En honor a Mercedes Arrubla
Dejar huella es una aspiración legítima de los seres humanos. Y hacerlo con las apuestas en contra amerita un reconocimiento excepcional...

Luis A Mazariegos
Feb 5, 20243 min read
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February 2024 - Eiphosoma merceae sp. nov. – Honoring Mercedes Arrubla
Leaving a mark is a legitimate aspiration of human beings. And doing so with the odds against you deserves exceptional recognition from...

Luis A Mazariegos
Feb 5, 20243 min read
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January 2024 - Glowing Treasures: Firefly Extravaganza @ MPNR
As the festive glow of Christmas lights fades into memory at "La Mesenia" village, a quieter yet equally enchanting spectacle emerges to...
Luis A Mazariegos
Jan 5, 20243 min read
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September 2023 - Empowering Women @ MPNR
Since the creation of the MPNR in the southwestern Andes of Antioquia, Fundación Bioconservancy has strived for local stakeholders to get...
Luis A Mazariegos
Sep 12, 20234 min read
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February 2023 - Resilience and Social Responsibility @ MPNR
The first refers to the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties (toughness) and secondly, organizations must act in...
Luis A Mazariegos
Feb 16, 20234 min read
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January 2023 - A Friday the 13th Nightmare @ MPNR
The day began as an atypical one at the reserve. A beautiful clear blue sky surrounded the mountains and remained this way throughout...
Luis A Mazariegos
Jan 29, 20234 min read
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June 2022 - The “Green Gold” Craze: Saving Honeybees @ MPNR
Avocados are becoming increasingly profitable and are fast becoming one of southwest Antioquia’s — and Colombia’s — main crop to replace...
Luis A Mazariegos
Jun 2, 20222 min read
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November 2021 - MPNR’s Olinguito Forest: Germplasm Bank For Endangered Magnolia
On a recent visit to the Olinguito Forest at the Mesenia - Paramillo Nature Reserve (MPNR), botanist and Magnolia expert, Alvaro Cogollo,...
Luis A Mazariegos
Nov 16, 20214 min read
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October 2021 - Vaccines: Saving Endangered Species @ MPNR
Infectious diseases affect people, domestic animals and wildlife alike, with many pathogens being able to infect multiple species. Fifty...
Luis A Mazariegos
Oct 8, 20212 min read
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July 2021 - Anthuriums & Aroids Galore: The Araceae @ MPNR
Since the establishment of the Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve (MPNR) in 2008, we have focused mainly in finding how many vertebrate...
Luis A Mazariegos
Jul 13, 20213 min read
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Mazariegos & Pimm: Animals in Western Andes Can Finally Find a Date
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Luis A Mazariegos
Jun 22, 20211 min read
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June 2021 - Bats helping us restore pastures @MPNR
When someone thinks of bats, usually blood-feeding vampires come to mind. Yet most bats feed on insect prey and there are some that hunt...
Luis A Mazariegos
Jun 13, 20212 min read
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March 2021 - 4Rs @ MPNR: Reclaim, Restore, Reconnect, Repopulate
Recognized as one of the world's “megadiverse” countries, Colombia hosts over 10% of the planet's biodiversity. Worldwide, it ranks first...
Luis A Mazariegos
Mar 1, 20213 min read
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Jan 2021 - Uncovering a “Lost World” in the western Andes – MPNR, a new biodiversity hotspot.
Nestled in a strategic corridor between the western (Chocó) and eastern slopes of the Colombian west Andes, lies the Mesenia-Paramillo...
Luis A Mazariegos
Feb 7, 20212 min read
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December 2020 - The Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve Ecolodge: Looking forward to 2021
The year 2020 is coming to a close and what appeared to have been a year with many visitors to our newly revamped Ecolodge, turn out to...
Luis A Mazariegos
Dec 9, 20202 min read
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June 2020 - Scientific Director and Molecular Lab
The dream of every scientist and naturalist is to discover a new species for science. This dream has repeated itself multiple times at...
Luis A Mazariegos
Jun 1, 20202 min read
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May 2020 - Transylvania Trail: Discovery of Dracula irmelinae
Walking the trails at the Mesenia-Paramillo nature reserve (MPNR) is a heartfelt event. Not only because of the joy of being surrounded...
Luis A Mazariegos
May 21, 20202 min read
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Dec 2019 - The Invisible Wall: A life sentence overturned
Since the first plot of land was acquired to create the Mesenia-Paramillo nature reserve in 2007, it has been a pleasure witnessing how...
Luis A Mazariegos
Dec 15, 20192 min read
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