A modern ark for endangered species
In 1996 Norberto Luis Jácome was selected as a Rolex Associate Laureate for his pioneering efforts to protect the Andean Condor. He has expanded his work and is now helping to create a genetic bank to store the reproductive material of endangered species. This is necessary because, he says, we are living through a catastrophe on the scale of the biblical flood experienced by Noah. This time the problem is not too much water, but a panoply of problems that threaten the future of life on earth.
"A cultural change is absolutely necessary if we’re going to guarantee the continuity of life on this beautiful planet.”
Latest Update
Honour the condor
Today, thanks to the determined efforts of Jácome and an international network of supporters, the Andean condor is again floating on thermal updrafts from Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego.
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Mr Norberto Luis Jácome
Goleta Santa Cruz 6545,
piso 1, Dpto 10
1439 Ciudad Autónoma
de Buenos Aires
ArgentinaTel: + 541 1 40119916
Cell: + 5411 1569901267
sairi@sion.com
