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February 2010

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

Regional | Canada | Colombia | Costa Rica | Ecuador | Guatemala | Mexico | Peru | United States | Venezuela

Regional

This project studied birds using well-conserved and restored riparian plots in six watersheds in California and Mexico during the non-breeding season.

Responsible organization(s): PRBO Conservation Science, United States; National Aviary, United States

Principal funder(s): United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA); Sonoran Joint Venture, United States

The Love the Lagoon project addresses significant pollution problems in St. Maarten’s Simpson Lagoon, an ecologically unique and economically important Caribbean watershed, through marina and boater participation.

Responsible organization(s): Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC), Regional

Principal funder(s): Merchants Export, Inc., United States; LaRam, N.V., Netherlands Antilles

This project promotes biodiversity conservation through the production and marketing of sustainable wood, coffee, cacao, non-timber forest products, and tourism services under standards for sustainable certification and best management practices in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia.

Responsible organization(s): Rainforest Alliance, Regional; Fundación Natura, Colombia; Conservación y Desarrollo, Ecuador

Principal funder(s): United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

This project aims to secure the long-term survival of the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), the Hispaniolan hutia (Plagiodontia aedium), and their habitats.

Responsible organization(s): Sociedad Ornitológica de La Hispaniola (SOH), República Dominicana; Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, United States; Zoological Society of London (ZSL); Evolutionary Distinct & Globally Endangered (EDGE) of Existence; Parque Zoológico Dominicano, República Dominicana

Principal funder(s): Darwin Initiative, United Kingdom

Terra Viva Grants is an online directory of international grant makers that fund agriculture, energy, environment, and natural resource management projects in the developing world.

Responsible organization(s): Terra Viva Grants (TVG), Global

Principal funder(s):

The Indigenous Landscapes Consortium helps achieve greater participation of indigenous groups and traditional organizations in decision making on policies regarding the distribution of resources, community livelihoods, the economy, and political and social changes in the Andean Amazon.

Responsible organization(s): Nature Conservancy, The (TNC), Regional; Instituto del Bien Común (IBC), Perú; Fundación para la Sobrevivencia Cofán, Ecuador

Principal funder(s): MacArthur Foundation, United States; United States Agency for International Development (USAID); Blue Moon Fund, United States

Canada

The Stewards of Saskatchewan Habitat Conservation for Bird Species at Risk project engages landowners in habitat conservation for Neotropical migratory birds.

Responsible organization(s): Nature Saskatchewan (NS), Canada

Principal funder(s): Canada, gobierno/government; United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA); Saskatchewan Fish and Wildlife Development Fund (FWDF), Canada; EJLB Foundation, Canada; Government of Canada Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk; ECO Canada – National Environmental Youth Corp. program; SaskPower, Canada; Alliance Pipeline Community Program, Canada; SaskCulture, Canada

Colombia

This project addresses the urgent need to conserve critical habitats for threatened parrots, evaluate the status of their populations, and influence national priorities and strategies for the conservation of these birds.

Responsible organization(s): Fundación ProAves, Colombia

Principal funder(s): Loro Parque Fundación, España

The Pyrrhura project identifies key sites for three species and one subspecies of parrots in the genus, monitoring the status of their populations, evaluating threats, and implementing activities for their conservation.

Responsible organization(s): Fundación ProAves, Colombia

Principal funder(s): Loro Parque Fundación, España

Proyecto Tití was established to develop a long-term conservation program to ensure the survival of the cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) in Colombia.

Responsible organization(s): Proyecto Tití, Regional; Fundacíon Proyecto Tití (FPT), Colombia

Principal funder(s): Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund, United States; Disney’s Animal Programs, United States; International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN), United States

Costa Rica

This project seeks to support and strengthen responsible artisanal fisheries in the conservation of Costa Rica’s biological marine diversity in the Pacific.

Responsible organization(s): Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Profesionales para la Solidaridad Social R.L. (Coope Sol i Dar), Costa Rica

Principal funder(s): Conservation International, Regional; Consorcio por la Mar R.L. (PorLaMar), Costa Rica (site)

Consorcio Porlamar R.L. is a small, community-based marine tourism business that offers guided responsible artisanal fishing tours that give tourists the opportunity to learn about biodiversity and the work of those involved in the fishing industry.

Responsible organization(s): Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Profesionales para la Solidaridad Social R.L. (Coope Sol i Dar), Costa Rica; Cooperativa de Pescadores de Tárcoles R.L. (Coope Tárcoles), Costa Rica; Consorcio por la Mar R.L. (PorLaMar), Costa Rica

Principal funder(s): Conservation International, Regional; Self-sustaining

This course addressed the management of protected areas using the ecosystem approach - where humans are an important element to be analyzed along with natural resources - and explored ways to adapt management models in the future.

Responsible organization(s): Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional (UCI), Costa Rica; Escuela Latinoamericana de Áreas Protegidas, (ELAP) Costa Rica

Principal funder(s): The students covered the cost of the course

The Children’s Eternal Rainforest protects more than 54,000 acres of tropical forest in Costa Rica’s Tilarán mountain range.

Responsible organization(s): Asociación Conservacionista de Monteverde, Costa Rica

Principal funder(s): Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento Forestal (FONAFIFO), Costa Rica; International government agencies; Individuals, adults and schools; Environmental Services Payments; private foundations

Ecuador

This project built a transparent, equitable negotiation process to develop a management proposal that would meet the needs of the Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve and serve collective interests.

Responsible organization(s): Corporación para la Investigación, Capacitación y Apoyo Técnico para el Manejo Sustentable de los Ecosistemas Tropicales; Fundación Natura, Ecuador; Fundación Jatun Sacha, Ecuador; Corporación Centro de Datos para la Conservación (CDC), Ecuador

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

Guatemala

Conservation International helped develop a debt-for-nature swap between Guatemala and United States government that will finance the long-term sustainability of six of Guatemala’s Key Biodiversity Areas.

Responsible organization(s): Conservation International (CI)

Principal funder(s): Moore Foundation, Gordon and Betty, United States; Nature Conservancy, The (TNC), Regional; Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States

Through organization, training, equipping, and partnering with the communities, this project strengthened capacities of community groups and also developed building capacity for fire prevention and control in Laguna del Tigre National Park, proving that local actors can make a difference to preserve areas of high biological importance.

Responsible organization(s): Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Regional

Principal funder(s): Conservation International, Regional; Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States

Mexico

This project identified globally significant sites for biodiversity in southern Mexico by collecting data on various aspects of species conservation and detecting forest cover change from 1990 to 2000.

Responsible organization(s): El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), México

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

Peru

Accionnatura and Asociación Ecosistemas Andinos are conserving the Lucre-Huacarpay wetlands in Cusco, Peru, considered an Important Bird Area by Birdlife International and designated as a Ramsar site in the country.

Responsible organization(s): Asociación Ecosistemas Andinos (ECOAN), Perú; Acciónatura, España

Principal funder(s): United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA); Club 300 Foundation for Bird Protection, Sweden/Suecia; Environmental Business Products Limited (EBPL), United Kingdom/Reino Unido; Ayuntamiento de Salou, España

United States

This conference and training program is designed to address the myriad issues that arise as people and wildlife struggle to coexist in a sustainable and healthy manner.

Responsible organization(s): Colorado State University, United States

Principal funder(s): University of Montana, United States; Cornell University, United States; Taylor and Francis Group, England (site)

This project managed, enhanced, and developed critical wildlife habitat in the Glacial Lake Grantsburg area, identified as one of the best locations where the pine/oak barren habitat type can be restored at a landscape scale.

Responsible organization(s): Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, United States

Principal funder(s): National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, United States; United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA); Friends of Crex, Inc., United States (site)

Venezuela

The project restored mangroves in Laguna de la Restinga National Park, the most important habitat on Margarita Island for endangered migratory aquatic birds.

Responsible organization(s): Provita, Venezuela

Principal funder(s): United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA)

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