Rebecca has been working at FFI since September 2007. Though she studied conservation in her BA and MSc, she decided that the life in the jungle just wasn't for her. Having grown up in New York City, she has experienced more pigeons and squirrels than parrots and spider monkeys. So she decided to write about the impact that FFI's projects have on the ground.
Her current role as Communications Officer (Business & Biodiversity) has allowed her to focus her energy towards FFI's innovative Business & Biodiversity Programme. Rebecca helps to get the message out about FFI's strategic corporate partnerships and what they have helped to achieve for global biodiversity.
The Portuguese State Conservation Agency (ICNB) and Junta de Andalucia, Spain, have announced that an Iberian lynx has been officially recorded in Portugal. This is the first such record since 2001.
The lynx, which was tracked using a radio collar, crossed the border into Portugal and stayed in the Moura/Barrancos region. Historically, Iberian lynx roamed all over Spain and Portugal.
The lynx, which is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN, was seen in the same Portuguese territory in which FFI, together with our partner the League for the Protection of Nature (LPN), have been working with landowners for the last five years to secure habitat.
This is great news and reinforces our long-standing efforts to protect Portuguese habitat for lynx that will hopefully move back in from Spain. The lynx is now back in Spain after its fleeting visit.
Fauna & Flora International and our Portuguese partner, the League for the Protection of Nature (LPN) explain how we are protecting habitat for the critically endangered Iberian lynx. Together we have managed to turn around opinion in Portugal and now there is government and public backing to our lynx conservation programme.
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