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May 2008

Below is a list of the projects added to the Eco-Index database in the past 30 days, organized by country.

Regional | Bahamas | Colombia | Costa Rica | Guatemala | Jamaica | Panama | Peru | St. Kitts and Nevis | United States

Regional

Seed Source Bulletin (Semillero) was published for people who work in rural sustainable development in Latin America and were interested in obtaining information on such topics as potable water, agroforestry, renewable energy, and the strengthening of rural civil society.

Responsible organization(s): New Forests Project, United States

Principal funder(s): Individuals, corporate members, and foundations

Nature Guide Training provided rural adults a means to learn the skills required to be successful bilingual nature guides. The intensive, three months of instruction in English, natural history, guiding techniques, and environmental interpretation gave participants opportunities to promote sustainable economic growth in their communities.

Responsible organization(s): Rare, United States

Principal funder(s): National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, United States; Packard Foundation, David and Lucile, United States; Lindblad Expeditions, United States; Hardin (David K.) Generativity Trust; US Fish and Wildlife Service - North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA)

This project has worked for eight years to protect the winter range of the golden-cheeked warbler in the Sierra de Las Minas Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala.

Responsible organization(s): Fundación Defensores de la Naturaleza, Guatemala

Principal funder(s): National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, United States; Fideicomiso para la Conservación, Guatemala; Nature Conservancy, The (TNC), Regional; Fondo Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (FONACON), Guatemala; US Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA); Travis Audubon Society (TAS), United States; Fort Hood Center for Cooperative Ecological Research, United States; Christian Rodríguez, Guatemala

The Rainforest Alliance Learning Site contains complete lesson plans, stories, presentations, and background descriptions of species and on-the-ground conservation projects for kindergarten through eighth grade, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Responsible organization(s): Rainforest Alliance, Regional

Principal funder(s): Con Edison, United States; Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, United States; Staples Foundation for Learning, United States; Victoria Foundation, United States; Lowenstein Family Foundation, United States; Plant Family Foundation, United States

Non-governmental organizations from Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, international NGOs, and the national governments joined efforts to create an ecoregional plan to conserve the Maya forest.

Responsible organization(s): Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (CONAP), Guatemala; Nature Conservancy, The (TNC), Regional; Pronatura Veracruz, México; Programme for Belize; Conservation International (CI); Wildlife Conservation Society, Regional; El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), México; Fundación Defensores de la Naturaleza, Guatemala; Fundación ProPetén, Guatemala; Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP), México; Pronatura Península de Yucatán, México; Pronatura Chiapas, México; Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT), México; Amigos de Sian Ka'an, México; Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Industry, Belize

Principal funder(s): US Agency for International Development (USAID), United States; US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), United States; Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States; US Forest Service (USFS), United States; Hills Foundation; self-funded

The United States office of the Environmental Law Alliance is working to build and empower a strong network of public interest lawyers in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico who will work to protect the Mesoamerican Reef.

Responsible organization(s): Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW), Regional

Principal funder(s): Summit Foundation, United States; Ocean Foundation, United States; Oak Foundation, United States

Bahamas

The Bahamas National Trust installed 100 moorings in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park. The Park was established in 1959 and declared a “no-take zone” in 1987, and now has some of the highest concentrations of fish, conch, and lobsters in the greater Caribbean region and contains large, intact coral reefs and seagrass beds.

Responsible organization(s): Bahamas National Trust; Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park (ECLSP), the Bahamas

Principal funder(s): National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Coral Reef Conservation Fund, United States; Lyford Cay Foundation, Bahamas; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Coral Reef Conservation Program, United States; Bryant Family Foundation (site); Moore Charitable Foundation, United States; Dr. Greg Frokjer; Mr. Lester Smith; Private anonymous donor; Numerous donations from visiting boaters

Colombia

This project monitored the relationship between SCUBA diving and the conservation status of coral ecosystems on the Colombian Island of San Andres, located at the southern end of the Mesoamerican Reef System.

Responsible organization(s): Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia; Corporación para el Desarrollo Sostenible del Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia; Santa Catalina "CORALINA"; Reserva de la Biosfera "Sea Flower"

Principal funder(s): Project AWARE Foundation, Regional; Centros de Buceo de San Andrés Isla; Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira; Corporación CORALINA; Jorge Rafael Jaramillo; Miguel Ángel Gómez; Werner Koster; Hernán Martínez y Flia

Costa Rica

This project provided assistance to the management staff of the Osa Conservation Area in their work to build local capacity, acquire land, hire park guards, and more.

Responsible organization(s): Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía (MINAE), Costa Rica; Fundación Corcovado Lon Willing Ramsey Junior, Costa Rica

Principal funder(s): Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States

Fundación Corcovado supported protected areas and encouraged local communities to have greater interest in conservation through habitat management and protection, environmental education, and the development of sustainable economic alternatives.

Responsible organization(s): Fundación Corcovado Lon Willing Ramsey Junior, Costa Rica

Principal funder(s): Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States

Fundación Corcovado supported community resource protection by creating protective corridors in the buffer zones of the national parks in Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula by strengthening the natural resource watch committee program.

Responsible organization(s): Fundación Corcovado Lon Willing Ramsey Junior, Costa Rica

Principal funder(s): Programa de Pequeñas Donaciones (PPD), Costa Rica - Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial; Fundación Costa Rica-USA (CRUSA)

This project built a collection and recycling center for the local communities surrounding Drake Bay.

Responsible organization(s): Fundación Corcovado Lon Willing Ramsey Junior, Costa Rica

Principal funder(s): Nature Conservancy, The (TNC), Regional; Hotel Casa Corcovado Jungla Lodge, Costa Rica; Hotel Aguila de Osa Inn, Costa Rica

These projects educated the public about the different tree species found in Costa Rica and their social, ecological, and cultural values of trees in the country and around the world.

Responsible organization(s): MundoForestal.com, Costa Rica

Principal funder(s): World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Regional; Centro Científico Tropical (CCT), Costa Rica; Wildlife Conservation Society, United States; Conservation International, Regional; Programa de Pequeñas Donaciones (PPD), Costa Rica - Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial; Fundación Café Forestal, Costa Rica; Corredor Biológico Mesoamericano, Regional; Unión Mundial para la Naturaleza (UICN), Regional; Teletica Canal 7; Bioland de Centroamérica S.A.; Teleférico del Bosque Lluvioso, Costa Rica; Perspectivas de Desarrollo; Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal; Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica; Monte Sky, Costa Rica; Procom S.A., Costa Rica

This project focuses on saving tree species that face extinction because of their complex reproductive process; species that are easy to reproduce and have many valuable benefits but have not been used.

Responsible organization(s): MundoForestal.com, Costa Rica

Principal funder(s): The project was funded initially by Canal 7 - Televisora de Costa Rica S.A. (site); Programa de Pequeñas Donaciones (PPD), Costa Rica - Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (site); Hacienda Arroz, Costa Rica; and individuals. The project had no donors in 2006 and 2007. In 2008, the donors are: Grupo Difoto, regional (site); Florida Ice & Farm Co, Costa Rica (site) and Alienware

Guatemala

This project is leading an innovative compensation and incentive mechanism focusing on water. Currently, this service has a market in the industrial and agro-industrial sector, in electricity generation, and for domestic users.

Responsible organization(s): World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Regional; Fundación Defensores de la Naturaleza, Guatemala

Principal funder(s): Avina Group, Inc, Regional; Ministerio de Agricultura (MAGA), Guatemala; Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States; Fondo Competitivo de Desarrollo Tecnológico Agroalimentario (AGROCYT), Guatemala; Sector privado, Guatemala

Jamaica

This project sought to reverse the decline of the globally threatened West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arborea) and the continuing loss and degradation of wetlands throughout the Caribbean.

Responsible organization(s): Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB), Regional; Jamaica Environment Trust (JET)

Principal funder(s): BirdLife International, Regional; United Nations Environment Program (UNEP); US Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA); Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture, Jamaica

Panama

This project seeks to understand variation among bird species in their sensitivity to forest fragmentation, find which traits predict likelihood of extinction in disturbed landscapes, and what processes cause species to disappear from tropical forest fragments.

Responsible organization(s): Oregon State University, United States; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), United States

Principal funder(s): National Science Foundation, United States; Smithsonian Institution, United States

Peru

The Allpahuayo-Mishana Reserve is a rare white, quartz sand rainforest - one of the largest preserved white sand areas known in South America. This project is increasing the buffer area around the Allpahuayo-Mishana Reserve and increasing awareness about the importance of this fragile system.

Responsible organization(s): Conservation Rainforest Trust (CRT), United States

Principal funder(s): World Eco Adventure Tours (WEAT), United States

St. Kitts and Nevis

This project seeks to monitor sea turtle nesting sites on Nevis in an effort to determine the numbers and types of turtles nesting on the island. The project also seeks to involve the local community in sea turtle conservation efforts.

Responsible organization(s): Nevis Turtle Group (NTG); Department of Fisheries (DOF), Nevis; Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST), Regional

Principal funder(s): Rufford Foundation, United Kingdom/Reino Unido; Nevis Island Administration

United States

The Delmarva Ornithological Society is conducting a multi-year study to determine the number of breeding American kestrels (Falco sparverius) in the state of Delaware in the United States.

Responsible organization(s): Delmarva Ornithological Society (DOS), United States

Principal funder(s): The project is dependent on volunteer participation.

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