For the first time ever, Sonora is awarded a Blue Flag for a segment of beach in Puerto Peñasco.
Paloma Valdivia, CEDO Education, Communication and Outreach Manager. Marcia Ortega, Director of Ecology and Sustainable Development of the Municipality of Puerto Peñasco. Once again, Puerto Peñasco is a pioneer in the State of Sonora. The city was awarded a Blue Flag for a 72m (.5 mile) segment of El Mirador...
International Youth Day 2020.
CEDO Intercultural and Arizona Youth Climate Coalition announce their partnership on International Youth Day. In 1999, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared August 12 to be International Youth Day. This year, the theme of International Youth Day, is “Youth Engagement for Global Action”,...
Mermaid song: Women who inspire our relationship with the ocean from a gender dimension perspective
Civil society organizations have various ways of making an impact in marine conservation. They act as advocates, experts, managers, stewards, and facilitators, promoting long-term actions for the well-being of the people and the ecosystems. Likewise, these organizations provide focus to the work and facilitate action...
The Biodiversity in Times of COVID-19
The amazing biodiversity of our planet includes many beautiful and varied life forms. From the bioluminescent plankton that recently dyed our beaches neon blue, to the majestic fin whales that visit us during the winter, a myriad of animals and plants enrich our lives and provide many services that sustain the ecosystems we depend on. For example, anchovies....
The Story Behind a Skeleton
My name is Paloma Valdivia and I have been working at CEDO for 15 years managing our Education Program. During this time, I’ve had the fortune to enjoy some awesome experiences, and when I say "awesome", I literally mean awesome! It was early summer 2005, the first...
40 years of CEDO Intercultural, a Celebration for the Love of the Sea
This story begins when, in the early 1980s, a young and enthusiastic biologist named Margaret Jean Turk, known to all as Peggy, founded the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO) in the municipality of Puerto Peñasco. At the beginning of that...
