Dear Friends,
I hope that you will be able to join me in supporting Community Conservation, an organization whose first project I researched in Belize way back in the 1980s. It started with a connection to CC's founder Rob Horwich, who I met during my internship with the International Crane Foundation. Shortly after, I found myself studying black howler monkeys, Alouatta pigra, in the village of Bermudian Landing and interviewing landowners in the area about why they agreed to conserve habitat for the monkeys on their farms. That particular effort is still going strong under the leadership of a local women's cooperative, 40 years later! CC has since worked in many, many countries and with conservationists in villages around the world to protect biodiversity - such as in Nepal, where several communities are protecting their forests and wildlife. In your own backyard and around the world, communities make conservation happen.
Any help you can provide in reaching my donation goal for CC's annual Pedal, Paddle or Plod fundraiser would be greatly appreciated! And now you know why I chose to be part of Team Black Howler. So far, I've been able to log over 7 hours of activities in the first week; I hope to hit at least 15 hours by the end of the event on the 15th of August. And not all of it will be biking!
You can donate here on my fundraising page or sign up yourself and join me at this link.
Many thanks for considering, Barry
