Editorial

Dear community of readers:

This year has given us challenges, opportunities and moments to reflect and remember that the only constant is change, if the nature of the peninsula has taught us anything it is that with resilience and flexibility we can adapt and prosper.

This is the last issue of the year and therefore, I’d like to use this space to share some of the recent achievements:

We received the Partners in Flight Awards as a recognition of our bird conservation efforts and the design of the Bird Festival. This issue features an article about this achievement!

Also, we received the 2020 Institutionality and Transparency Accreditation granted by the Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía (Cemefi) and the Equivalency Determination given by NGOsource.This means that as an organization we’re compliant with the established legal and fiscal provisions, we’re transparent in the use of resources, and we have an efficient, balanced and sustainable organizational structure that allows us to professionally develop our work in both Mexico and the United States.

Recently, we announced a project to protect Sierra San Pedro Martir National Park, we’ll continue working to protect San Quintin Bay thanks to the support of North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) and we recently began a project to monitor monarch butterflies in Baja California.

In 2021 we’ll celebrate 20 years committed to the protection of ecosystems and wildlife in Baja California, and achieving our goals has been possible thanks to the support of people like you.

See you in 2021!

César Guerrero Executive Director of Terra Peninsular