latin America & The caribbean

The Foundation has historically engaged in limited grantmaking in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with notable exceptions of sustained, long‐term support in coastal Patagonian Argentina, as well as multiple investments in jaguar‐focused research and conservation at sites across Central and South America.

We have since expanded our work in Argentinian wetlands and have made large catalytic grants to preserve land critical for wildlife corridors in the Selva Maya in Belize.

The Foundation is reviewing our LAC portfolio and considering new landscapes for investments. Like other areas of the world in which LCAOF invests, habitat loss and degradation, along with climate change, represent the most significant threats to wildlife, presenting significant challenges for human communities as well. We are currently exploring the primary threats to biodiversity, the interface between humans and wildlife, and the challenges and enabling conditions in areas such as the Chocó and dry forest ecosystems west of the Andes, and the in-land forests and savannas of the Guiana Shield. LCAOF currently funds work only on continental LAC, not on the islands.

Jaguar Image: Julie Larsen Maher © WCS