Jaguar Conservation Organizations

Non-profit Guatamalan organization formed by citizens to improve the chances of survival and conservation of endangered species, including the jaguar.

Based in Switzerland, a border cats research and conservation group with a focus on the U.S. jaguar, jaguarundi and ocelot.

Operated by the University of Arizona’s Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center, this project monitors jaguars in southern Arizona and New Mexico.

Uses camera traps and scat analysis, focusing on individuals like “El Jefe” to advocate for wildlife corridors.

At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants.

Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive.

Training and equiping rangers to stop illegal logging, wildlife poaching, land clearing, and mining for both land and marine areas.

Global Conservation was founded to protect our most important and endangered wild spaces. We are the only nature conservation group whose sole mission is the direct funding of park protection systems for saving national parks and UNESCO World Heritage Sites in developing countries. Includes tiger, lion and jaguar programs and projects.

Promotes the conservation of the jaguar, its natural prey and habitat throughout the species’ geographical range, as well as its peaceful coexistence with man, through research & conservation strategies.

Naturalia works in the Chihuahuan Desert (Coahuila and Chihuahua) to protect jaguars in arid landscapes.

The information comes from WWF Canada’s page on jaguar conservation, which details the Selva Maya project as part of their broader Jaguar 2030 Strategy. The page specifically mentions their work in the Maya Forest and efforts to mitigate human-jaguar conflict, aligning with the project description.

Uses camera traps, habitat restoration, and non-lethal deterrents with ranchers to support jaguar dispersal.

A portal for information and collaboration between jaguar researchers, conservationists, and people affected by jaguar predation on livestock.

Run by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), this program operates in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and Chiapas.

WCS’s broader jaguar conservation efforts in Mexico, including community monitoring in the Yucatán, are described in their program sections. Additional details were drawn from a 2018 WCS blog post about jaguar conservation in Latin America, which mentions their work with local communities in Mexico.

This program operates in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and Chiapas, focusing on community-based monitoring in areas like the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, training locals as “jaguar guardians,” and implementing conflict mitigation strategies.

Supports the conservation of wildcats in Panama.

Conservation of wildcats and prey species through public-private partnerships and human-jaguar conflict management in Panama.

Protecting the world's northernmost jaguars.

Operating in Sonora, Mexico, near the U.S. border, this binational effort protects the northernmost jaguar population through the 56,000-acre Northern Jaguar Reserve. It collaborates with ranchers to reduce human-wildlife conflict, restores habitat (e.g., water conservation, erosion control), and monitors species to guide conservation. The project also aims to create safe-passage corridors toward the U.S. for potential jaguar recolonization.

Committed to the preservation of the Osa Peninsula's biodiversity and wild cat conservation.

The Jaguar Conservation Project - conservation campaigns and strategies

A Florida conservation center that provides a home, haven and hope for some of the world's most majestic and endangered big cats.

Panthera focuses its conservation efforts on imperiled cats, including tigers, lions, jaguars, snow leopards, pumas and cheetahs.

Carnivore conservation and management; jaguar, ocelot, puma and cohabitating wildlife.

Northwestern Mexico jaguar conservation.

Pronatura Noroeste focuses on jaguar conservation in northwestern Mexico (Sonora and Sinaloa), using camera traps, habitat restoration, and community engagement to reduce human-jaguar conflict.

Jaguar conservation in Sonora and Sinaloa through habitat protection and community engagement. Monitors jaguar populations using camera traps, promotes coexistence with ranchers by compensating for livestock losses, and restores critical habitats like riparian zones. It also collaborates with local communities to develop sustainable land-use practices, reducing human-jaguar conflict in key corridor areas.

Safeguarding critical rainforest habitats and wildlife.

For more than 30 years, Rainforest Trust has been safeguarding critical habitats to protect species like jaguars, working with local partners to develop projects aimed at securing vital habitats.

Reintroduces jaguars into areas where they have been extirpated, such as the Iberá wetlands, aiming to restore ecosystems and promote eco-tourism.

We are a group of conservationists and activists united by a commitment to restoring natural ecosystems, respect for the intrinsic value of all species, and the dream of establishing development models for rural communities in a context of coexistence with nature.

Part of WWF’s Jaguar 2030 Strategy, this project works in the Selva Maya (spanning Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala),

The information comes from WWF Canada’s page on jaguar conservation, which details the Selva Maya project as part of their broader Jaguar 2030 Strategy. The page specifically mentions their work in the Maya Forest and efforts to mitigate human-jaguar conflict, aligning with the project description.

focuses on Mexico’s regions like Campeche and Quintana Roo, with efforts in reforestation, anti-poaching, and community engagement to protect jaguar habitats.

Implements targeted reforestation programs to restore jaguar habitats and facilitate movement between populations

THE JAGUAR PROJECT is using long term conservation measures to protect and preserve the habitat of the jaguar and the five other felid species that are native to Central America. Our primary focus is on strengthening the weakest link in the Central American Jaguar Corridor in order to maintain connectivity between two key jaguar populations.

A rescue facility and sanctuary for big cats.

Research and establishment of conservation plans and the creation of protected areas.

Conserving wild cats, their prey, and their habitat in perpetuity.

The Wild Cat Center (WCC) accomplishes its mission/vision through five areas of focus: Wildlife Monitoring, Citizen Science, Data Science, Genetics, Education and Outreach. The Center has led multiple trail camera wildlife monitoring projects since 2002. Our projects have included the long-term monitoring of all four wild cats in the southwestern United States, monitoring wildlife in Namibia, and monitoring fishing cats in India and Sri Lanka.

Wildlife conservation in Panama and Costa Rica with a focus on the jaguar and other wild cats.