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Eco-Index® Monthly Update -- March 2010
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Below is a list of all of the projects that have been added to or updated on the Eco-Index during the past 30 days, organized by category.
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The Multisectoral Roundtable aims to create a legal and politically justified model, focusing on tourism, that will increase economic opportunities for the communities and stakeholders involved in the region’s conservation, in order to empower local stakeholders.
Responsible organization(s): Asociación Balam para la Conservación del Patrimonio Natural y Cultural Integrado (ABC), Guatemala
Principal funder(s): Overbrook Foundation, United States; Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States; Wildlife Conservation Society, United States
Conservation Dialogues in Northern Mesoamerica II
This workshop aimed to gather the information needed to develop the “Impact Report on the Northern Mesoamerican Portfolio”, part of the process to conclude the first phase of the CEPF project portfolio in Northern Mesoamerica.
Responsible organization(s): Rainforest Alliance, Regional
Principal funder(s): Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States
Conservation Dialogues in Northern Mesoamerica I
The Rainforest Alliance organized a new series of its "Conservation Dialogues" workshops to bring together grantees of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund partners in Northern Mesoamerica - Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras.
Responsible organization(s): Rainforest Alliance, Regional
Principal funder(s): Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States
Dissemination of the Final Report from the GRUAS II Conservation Zoning Exercise in Costa Rica
The aim of this project was to publish the results of the zoning proposal for the conservation of biodiversity in Costa Rica (also known as "GRUAS II") in order to provide technical information to the entities responsible for the management, research, planning, and creation of policies related to land use.
Responsible organization(s): Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación (SINAC), Costa Rica
Principal funder(s): Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States
Ecotourism and sustainable tourism
Building Sustainable and Competitive Tourism Enterprises in Northern Mesoamerica
Working with a number of partner organization, the Rainforest Alliance increased the number and competitiveness of tourism enterprises in Lacandonia, Mexico and Huehuetenango, Guatemala that are implementing best management practices for sustainable tourism.
Responsible organization(s): Rainforest Alliance, Regional
Principal funder(s): Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States; Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Regional; New York Community Trust, United States; Overbrook Foundation, United States
Nacientes Palmichal: Rural Community Tourism
The mission of the Asociación para el Desarrollo Sostenible de San José Rural is to protect the Negro and Tabarcia River watersheds, which provide water to three different towns with more than 40,000 residents.
Responsible organization(s): Asociación para el Desarrollo Sostenible San José Rural (ADESSARU), Costa Rica
Principal funder(s): Programa de Pequeñas Donaciones (PPD), Costa Rica - Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial; Beneficio Palmichal, Costa Rica; Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Costa Rica; Java Trading Co., United States; Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), Costa Rica; Municipalidad de Acosta, Costa Rica; Municipalidad de Mora, Costa Rica; Municipalidad de Puriscal, Costa Rica; Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), Costa Rica; Fondo Canje Costa Rica Canadá de Iniciativas Locales
This project minimized the impacts of forest fires in Sierra Lacandón National Park through community organization and educational and training activities.
Responsible organization(s): Fundación Defensores de la Naturaleza, Guatemala
Principal funder(s): Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States
This project helped to organize, train, and provide equipment to prevent and fight forest fires and found viable, environmentally sustainable economic alternatives.
Responsible organization(s): Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Regional
Principal funder(s): United States Agency for International Development (USAID); Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States; United States Department of the Interior; Prospect Hill Foundation, The, United States; LightHawk, Regional
Bird Conservation in the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, Jamaica
This project collected data on the distribution of birds, enlisted park rangers to protect the park, restored bird habitat, and provided training, community outreach, and local business development activities.
Responsible organization(s): Jamaica Conservation & Development Trust (JCDT)
Principal funder(s): United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Regional; United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA); European Union (EU); Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Regional; National Environment and Planning Agency, Jamaica
Conservation of Grasslands for Neotropical Migratory Birds in Northeast Tamaulipas, Mexico
This project carried out an ecological assessment and prepared a management plan for Rancho Loreto, a 61,776 acre farm with native grasslands and associated thorny scrub that is frequented by Neotropical grassland birds during the winter.
Responsible organization(s): ProNatura Noreste, México
Principal funder(s): United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA); Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), México
This project developed an effective conservation and management strategy for long-billed curlew populations (Numenius americanus), one of nine focal species of high conservation priority.
Responsible organization(s): Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL); ProNatura Noreste, México
Principal funder(s): United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA)
Raptor Migration Monitoring in the Western United States and Gulf Coast Region
The objective of the migration monitoring program is to conduct annual, standardized, full-season counts of migratory raptors from an established network of sites to document their long-term, regional population trends.
Responsible organization(s): HawkWatch International (HWI), United States
Principal funder(s): Earth Friends Wildlife Foundation, United States; Fledgling Fund, United States; United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA); United States Forest Service (USFS); United States Bureau of Land Management; United Way, United States; Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States; Charlotte Martin Foundation, United States; New Mexico Game and Fish, United States
Recovering Migratory Bird Habitat in the Sierra Zongolica, Mexico
Pronatura Veracruz is conducting bird monitoring and habitat restoration in the Sierra Zongolica, Veracruz, for 10 migratory bird species whose populations have suffered the most decline between 1966 and 2007.
Responsible organization(s): Pronatura Veracruz, México
Principal funder(s): United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA); Secretaria del Desarrollo Social y Medio Ambiente (SEDESMA), Mexico
Coordinated Ecosystem Approach to Conserving a Globally Significant Site for Neotropical Migrants
The Pelee Island Bird Observatory is leading a coordinated stewardship strategy to monitor, conserve, and restore habitat for multiple Neotropical migrants on Pelee Island, a designated Important Bird Area (IBA).
Responsible organization(s): Pelee Island Bird Observatory (PIBO), Canada
Principal funder(s): United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA)
Building and Implementing the Latin American Node of the Protected Areas Learning Network (PALNet)
The Latin American Node of the Protected Areas Learning Network is a Web site that shares information related to protected areas in the region.
Responsible organization(s): Escuela Latinoamericana de Áreas Protegidas, (ELAP) Costa Rica; Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional (UCI), Costa Rica; Unión Mundial para la Naturaleza (UICN), Regional
Principal funder(s): United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Regional; Global Environment Facility (GEF)
This course offered tools and approaches for improving and strengthening planning and management processes for national protected area systems, their conservation units, and areas of influence.
Responsible organization(s): CATIE (Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza), Regional
Principal funder(s): Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), United States
Artificial Lakes in Central Argentina: Importance for Migratory Waterbird Conservation
This project involves research, protection, and management of migratory waterbird populations, focusing on incorporating artificial reservoirs and wetlands into the regional network of protected habitats in central Argentina.
Responsible organization(s): Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina; Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Principal funder(s): United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA)
Conservation of the Southwestern Region of Jiquilisco Bay, El Salvador
This project is conducting mangrove reforestation, environmental education, land and water patrols, and monitoring migratory and resident birds to conserve biodiversity and reduce pollution in Jiquilisco Bay, a Biosphere Reserve and Ramsar site.
Responsible organization(s): Movimiento Salvadoreño de Mujeres (MSM), El Salvador
Principal funder(s): Fondo de la Iniciativa para las Américas, El Salvador
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Concluded Project of the Month: Conservation Dialogues in Northern Mesoamerica II
Updated Project of the Month: Raptor Migration Monitoring in the Western United States and Gulf Coast Region
- Colombia's Critically Endangered Cotton-Top Tamarins Inspire Savage Devotion
- Empowering Indigenous Communities in the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon
- New and Notable on www.eco-index.org: Ecotourism Development in the Mahogany Wetlands Municipal Ecological Park, Bluefields-Rama, RAAS, Nicaragua
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Enrique Bucher, Director of the Center for Applied Zoology of the National University of Córdoba in Argentina, discusses his work to design and manage artificial wetlands to provide suitable habitat for resident and migratory birds.
The Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds supports local conservation organizations in their efforts to conserve Caribbean birds and their habitats. We talked with Lisa Sorenson, President of the SCSCB, about the Society’s goals, successes, and its plans to continue advancing conservation in the Caribbean.
"Adaptation to Climate Change Toolkit -- Options for Marine Turtles" features in-depth information about climate change projections in the wider Caribbean; guidelines for monitoring sand and incubation temperatures on sea turtle nesting beaches; a case study on the effects of rising sea levels at an important sea turtle nesting beach in Costa Rica; and recommended adaptation measures for coastal areas.
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