Blue Iguana Recovery Program

Archive for December 2008

Conyers Releases ‘Connie’ into the Wild

Dec 10th, 2008 | By | Category: Blues in the Local Press

Conyers Releases ‘Connie’ into the Wild

Director of BIRP Fred Burton shows a Blue Iguana to Janelle (left) and Javahn.
As part of its ongoing support for the Blue Iguana Recovery Program (BIRP), law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman released its sponsored Blue Iguana into the National Trust Salina Reserve on 23 November.
Conyers staffer Tracy Cuff [...]



Step up efforts to save the Blues

Dec 9th, 2008 | By | Category: Blues in the Local Press

Step up efforts to save the Blues
EDITOR
Tuesday 9th December, 2008 Posted: 16:01 CIT (21:01 GMT)
There is a segment of our culture that is in desperate need of help to ensure its species doesn’t disappear from the face of the Earth all together.
The population of the Grand Cayman Blue [...]



Connie released at Salina

Dec 9th, 2008 | By | Category: Blues in the Local Press

Connie released at Salina

Tuesday 9th December, 2008 Posted: 16:13 CIT (21:13 GMT)
Cayman law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman recently participated in the release of its sponsored Blue Iguana into the protected parklands of the National Trust Salina Reserve.

Tracy Cuff holds Connie before releasing the iguana in the Salinas. [...]



Land needed to save Blues

Dec 9th, 2008 | By | Category: Blues in the Local Press

Land needed to save Blues

By Cliodhna Doherty, cliodhna@cfp.ky
Tuesday 9th December, 2008 Posted: 16:49 CIT (21:49 GMT)
Additional land must be found in the eastern districts if the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana is to survive.
The third phase of a strategic plan to save the unique and endangered iguana has been [...]



Strategic Plan to save the Blue Iguana

Dec 6th, 2008 | By | Category: Director's Blog

We now have a new Strategic Plan to save the Blue Iguana. Four days of meetings with our local and international partners came to a close last night, and our friends and colleagues John Binns (IRCF) and Stephan Funk (Durrell Wildlife) headed home this morning. Tandora Grant (San Diego Zoo) leaves us on Tuesday. Here [...]



PR05122008 – Plan to Save Blue Iguana

Dec 5th, 2008 | By | Category: Press releases

PRESS RELEASE
5th Decmber, 2008
Plan to save Grand Cayman’s Blue Iguana now hinges on new protected area In a four-day meeting, the third version of an evolving strategic plan to save Grand Cayman’s Blue Iguana, has just been formulated. The long-term vision of the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme is now almost within reach.
The updated plan now [...]