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Nature Now Partners

The students of Nature Now International thank our multi-disciplinary international team of collaborators, partners and advisors who have donated their time, creativity, and resources towards our projects. Most importantly, their leadership and passion have helped to inspire our generation to take action on a grassroots level to help conserve our biodiversity and environment.

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Every contribution fueled our passion and commitment to creating NNI — from discounts for our banners and business cards to loaning us museum exhibits and an observation hive of 9,000 stinging bees for research and outreach! Thank you to the wildlife reserves who allowed us to work hard in the field and prove that young people can contribute to conservation.

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We are especially grateful to all the professors, veterinarians, and wildlife experts who helped us to prepare for our projects by teaching us the ecology, biology, and social science underlying each initiative. Over the years, they have opened up their doors to their laboratories and university offices, and they spoke to us over Skype from different continents. They worked with us to initiate a professional development workshop in Costa Rica for wildlife rehabilitation.

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We will be forever grateful for all the great discussion and wisdom they have imparted to us as we have tried to grasp the complexities of conservation work and sustainable development. We have learned the importance of scientific research in the development of evidence-based interventions and policies for the protection of the environment, a concept to which we will remain loyal, especially in our shifting political climate.

Partners and Collaborators 

Research 

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Citizen Science:  Rainforest Biodiversity 

 

Eric R. Olsen, PhD Northland College

 

Guido Saborio, MS - Biologist and independent researcher, Costa Rica 

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Additional Research Mentors

 

Anjan Ray, PhD – Director -CSIR, Indian Institute of Petroleum,  Energy and Environment, specific interest in biofuels and climate change mitigation

 

Johan  Van Veen, PhD   Director of Center of Investigations of Tropical Bees - National University of Costa Rica 

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Jorge Cortes Nunez, Phd  - Center of Marine Sciences and Limnology - University of Costa Rica 

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Fieldwork: Biological Monitoring, Costa Rica  

 

Guido Saborio, MS, MInistry of Environment -  National System of Conserved Areas SINAC-MINAE, Costa Rica

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Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology, Dominical, Costa Rica

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Osa Conservation Biological Station, Piro, Costa Rica 

 

Rio Oro Base Camp - COPROTE, Rio Oro, Costa Rica

 

La Cotinga Biological Station, La Palma, Costa Rica 

 

Latin American Sea Turtles, Playa Blanca, Costa Rica   

 

Reserva Playa Tortuga, Uvita, CR 

 

Corcovado Foundation, Drake Bay Costa Rica 

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Wildlife Rescue & Sanctuary 

 

Alturas Rescue Center, Dominical, Costa Rica

 

Lapas Rio Lodge, Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica

 

Kids Saving The Rainforest, Costa Rica


 

Community Education and Outreach 

 

Miami Seaquarium, Florida 

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Monterey Bay Aquarium, California

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Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, Florida

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Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, New York

Georgia Sea Turtle Center, Jekyll Island, Georgia 

 

Kids Saving The Rainforest, Costa Rica

 

Seal Centre Pieterburen, The Netherlands

 

Toucan Rescue Ranch, Costa Rica 

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Reserva Playa Tortuga, Ojochal, Costa Rica

 

Center of Investigations of Tropical Bees - National University of Costa Rica 

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Mote Marine Lab, Summerland Key, Florida 

 

San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California 

 

West Valley Collection and Recycling, California 

 

Christopher Elementary School, San Jose, California

 

Saratoga High School, Saratoga California

 

Petroglyph Ceramic Lounge Los Gatos, California 

 

O’Brien Family, Los Gatos, California: Bee Keepers 

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