November 29

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International Jaguar Day was created to raise awareness about the increasing threats facing the jaguar and the critical conservation efforts ensuring its survival from Mexico to Argentina.

Observed annually on November 29, International Jaguar Day celebrates the Americas’ largest wild cat as an umbrella species for biodiversity conservation and an icon for sustainable development and the centuries-old cultural heritage of Central and South America.

International Jaguar Day also represent the collective voice of jaguar range countries, in collaboration with national and international partners, to draw attention to the need to conserve jaguar corridors and their habitats as part of broader efforts to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

History

In March 2018 representatives from 14 range countries gathered in New York at United Nations’ Headquarters for the Jaguar 2030 Forum. This Forum resulted in the creation of the Jaguar 2030 Statement which outlined a wide range of internationally collaborative jaguar conservation initiatives, including the proposal to create an International Jaguar Day. Many range countries are also observing National Jaguar Day celebrations including Brazil, which has recognized the jaguar as its symbol for biodiversity.

Among the many voices that joined in this call for a Jaguar Day, was that of Dr. Alan Rabinowitz, co-founder and former CEO and Chief Scientist for Panthera, the global wild cat conservation organization. Known with respect and admiration as the “Jaguar Man” and the “Indiana Jones of Wildlife Protection”, Alan dedicated his life to the study and protection of jaguars and other big cats.

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Jaguar 2030 Roadmap

The Jaguar 2030 Roadmap is a range-wide effort that unites range country governments, non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations, local communities, and the private sector around a shared vision to conserve jaguars and their valuable ecosystems. The Roadmap aims to strengthen the Jaguar Corridor across range countries by securing 30 priority jaguar landscapes by 2030, stimulating sustainable development, reducing jaguar-human conflict in human dominated landscapes, and increasing the security and connectivity of core protected landscapes.

Read more about the Jaguar 2030 Roadmap here.

Watch Panthera's Jaguar Program Director, Howard Quigley, explain the Jaguar Corridor and significance of the Jaguar 2030 Roadmap below.

Conservation Stories

Stories

Cat Fact or Cat Fiction? Datos sobre Felinos: ¿Realidad o Ficción?

How well do you know your wild cats? In this edition of "Cat Facts or Cat Fiction," we're testing your knowledge of jaguars! ¿Qué tan bien conoces a los felinos silvestres? En esta edición de "Datos sobre Felinos: ¿Realidad o Ficción?," ponemos a prueba tus conocimientos sobre los jaguares.

Start Quiz — Empezar

A Natural Alliance

With the support of the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme, implemented by UNDP, a family in Costa Rica demonstrates how a livestock farm can contribute to healthy soils and environmental sustainability while becoming wildlife corridors supporting both people and wild cats.

Los Estados del área de distribución del jaguar buscan reforzar la conservación de su icónico gran felino

Entre las décadas de 1960 y 1970, los jaguares fueron objeto de una intensa caza, con la muerte de hasta 18.000 ejemplares al año para alimentar el comercio de sus pieles. En 1975 se puso fin al comercio de pieles de jaguar gracias a la CITES (Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres), y las poblaciones empezaron a estabilizarse.

Jaguar Range States Look to Strengthen Conservation of their Iconic Big Cat

Between the 1960s and 1970s, jaguars were heavily hunted, with as many as 18,000 killed every year to feed the trade in their skins. In 1975, the trade in jaguar hides was halted thanks to CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), and populations began to stabilize.

Remembering Dr. Howard Quigley

Over nearly five decades, Dr. Howard Quigley dedicated his career to studying, conserving and shining a spotlight on our planet’s too often overlooked wild cats.

In Panama, a cattle rancher leads the way in resolving human-jaguar conflict.

On International Jaguars Day on 29th November, we follow how the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is working with Panama to promote jaguar conservation and curb human-jaguar conflict.

Jaguar Habitat Rediscovered in Arizona and New Mexico

By Eric W. Sanderson

Jaguars are renowned as top predators that roam tropical habitats such as the rainforests of the Amazon and Central America, but jaguars are quite catholic in their habitat requirements. These large cats also live in mountains, flooded grasslands, dry scrub, and pine forests, and deserts. What jaguars need is:

Entrevista - John Polisar

By: Yvette Sierra Praeli

“No es una sorpresa que hay venta de partes de jaguar online, se está convirtiendo en algo importante”

El científico John Polisar lleva dos décadas dedicado a la investigación de esta especie emblemática y ha recorrido prácticamente todo el continente americano. El investigador señala que en los últimos 20 años se ha perdido aproximadamente el 20 % del hábitat del jaguar en Sudamérica.

Kingdom of the Jaguar

Stories of the GEF Small Grants Programme, UNDP.

Working with local communities to ensure that the most powerful feline in the Americas continues to take refuge in Panama.

Fighting Fires in the Brazilian Pantanal

By: Rafael Hoogesteijn

As new fires rage in the Brazilian Pantanal, five times the amount of last year's inferno, Panthera's jaguar scientists have had to take on an urgent new role: firefighters on the frontlines, where they're setting up breakers, conducting flyovers, and helping to keep the fires from taking the lives of the Pantanal's wildlife, scorching habitats and destroying bridges and livelihoods of local people.

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Publications & Press Releases

Featured

The Illegal Trade in Jaguars - El Comercio Ilegal de Jaguar - CITES

The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), has commissioned a study to map and analyze illegal jaguar trade throughout its range.

La Secretaría de la Convención Sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres (CITES) ordenó este estudio para realizar un mapeo y analizar del comercio ilícito del jaguar en toda su área de distribución.

WWF Launches the International #JaguarKing Campaign

WWF launches the international #JaguarKing campaign today to urge 14 governments in Latin America to fulfill their commitment to the Jaguar Roadmap 2030.

Jaguar 2030 Roadmap for the Americas

Jaguar 2030 is a range-wide effort that unites range country governments, nongovernmental and inter-governmental organizations, local communities and the private sector around a shared vision to conserve jaguars and their valuable ecosystems.

Jaguar 2030 New York Statement

On 1 March, 2018, a high-level Forum, representing 14 jaguar range countries, and international and national partner organizations, launched the Jaguar 2030 New York Statement, at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

R. Hoogesteijn

International Jaguar Day