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RICE FOR HUMANITY HABITAT FOR MIGRATORY Wetland loss is one of the primary threats for Neotropical Migratory Birds throughout the Western Hemisphere. Some wetlands have been transformed into agricultural landscapes and others are highly vulnerable to climate change, rice fields can represent an alternative habitat for Neotropical Migratory Birds. Rice fields located in Paraguay's Tebicuary river and Colombia's Cauca river basins provide about 250,000 acres of alternative habitats where 14 shorebirds species have been recorded including two species of high concern and six species listed in the Watchlist/US Endangered Species Act. Building upon advances of previously-funded projects, this new proposal aims to make management and protection of habitats more profitable through designing and establishing a green financial system which includes the design of a green trust and position of an international eco-label 'Arroz amigos de las Aves (bird-friendly rice)'. The green trust fund will help rice farmers to obtain mortgages with more favorable interest rates, costs and terms. A project will be developed to apply to GEF Non Grant-Instrument investment funds that will be used for the green trust fund. The project will help to demonstrate the innovative application of financial mechanisms and alliances that can be adopted thoroughly. Likewise, this project will highlight how these innovative financial mechanisms can be used to improve Neotropical Migratory Bird habitats at a greater scale benefiting biodiversity and local community...Species that will benefit include: swallow-tailed kite, peregrine falcon, American golden-plover, solitary sandpiper, lesser yellowlegs, upland sandpiper, Hudsonian godwit, white-rumped sandpiper, stilt sandpiper, golden-winged warbler and bobolink...
Restoring and Managing Priority Habitats in Asuncin Bay A total of 32 species of Neotropical migratory birds have been recorded in Asuncin Bay, and it is globally significant as a stop-over site for the Near Threatened Buff-breasted Sandpiper, as well as four birds of national concern. Dredging to create the embankment for a coastal road destroyed about 70% of the shorebird habitat in the bay. This project will restore and manage 61 acres of priority habitat within Asuncin Bay, including 19 acres of beach habitat, and 42 acres of grassland habitat. It will install information panels at two visitor centers and train local conservation 'promoters.' The grantee will also hire two reserve guards and lead an update of the management plan for the area.
SAVING KEY HABITAT FOR MIGRATORY LANDBIR The Gran Chaco Americano is a vast, relatively flat, wooded region occupying south-eastern Bolivia, western ..Paraguay and northern Argentina. In Paraguay, it covers the lands west of the Paraguay River and is characterized ..by tropical savannas, dense thorn-scrub forest and more open vegetation in areas with sand dunes. Due to increased ..deforestation rates in the past decade, the Paraguayan Chaco is undergoing a rapid change, with the remaining ..forest patches being so small that they are essentially islands in an entirely man-made landscape. Lack of a regional ..vision regarding land use management and land protection is one of the main problems to get to a sustainable ..balance of the use of the Chaco. Many Neotropical Migrants depend on the Paraguayan Chaco during migration and ..overwintering including 14 species of Neotropical Migratory Landbirds that depend on the forests in the Chaco and ..of which several are in steep decline. Rapid action is required as a recent analysis of economic drivers indicated a ..realistic possibility that all suitable land will have been transformed for cattle production by 2025. Guyra Paraguay ..will advance long-term conservation of Neotropical Migratory Landbirds in the Paraguayan Chaco through targeted ..habitat management and protection, support for more effective land-use planning, and public outreach. To achieve ..this, Guyra Paraguay aims to: 1) improve management and effective protection of Neotropical Migratory landbird ..habitat in six protected areas in the Paraguayan Chaco; 2) assess and evaluate the impact of land use change in ..the Paraguayan Chaco on Neotropical migratory landbird species through, monitoring, data compilation and ..analysis; 3) stimulate sustainable land use and strategic land planning by working with local stakeholders ..(authorities, ranchers, land owners) and, 4) raise awareness and built support for the conservation of the ..Paraguayan Chaco and its migratory species.
Addressing the illegal trade of threatened species of parrots in Paraguay This project will increase effective conservation of globally threatened parrots through the reduction of illegal trade as a threat to their populations, and raise public awareness regarding their conservation needs. Specific objectives include: (1) Determine the volume, economics and geographic scale of trade in the target species and other threatened wildlife; (2) Build the capacity of law enforcement agents and strengthen existing enforcement measures; (3) Develop and implement outreach and education programs to discourage both demand and trade.
JAGUAR AND CHACOAN PECCARY: ENSURING ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY FOR THE HABITAT OF TWO EMBLEMATIC AND THREATENED SPECIES IN THE PARAGUAYAN DRY CHACO The purpose of this project is to protect the ecological connectivity of two core conservation areas in the Chaco Biosphere.Reserve in northern Paraguay for two emblematic and endangered mammals: the Jaguar and the Chacoan peccary. Threats.include increasing habitat fragmentation and degradation as a result of deforestation, illegal poaching and retaliatory killing. The project will reduce these threats by working within an existing forest corridor connecting Defensores del Chaco and Cerro.Choroveca protected areas and ensuring that the corridor and the wildlife in it are protected. Activities include (1) promoting.ranching operations that protect habitat, through financial incentives inherent in ecotourism and payments for environmental.services; (2) promoting the use of tested techniques to reduce depredation from jaguars to reduce retaliatory killings; and (3).fostering a culture of environmental stewardship in the next generation by designing and providing the local schools with an.environmental curriculum to instill in students an appreciation of the regions rich biodiversity. The environmentally friendly.ranching practices will be reinforced by the environmental curriculum at schools thereby addressing the entire community of.stakeholders.
RICE FOR HUMANITY, HABITAT FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS Wetland loss is one of the primary threats for Neotropical Migratory Birds throughout the Western Hemisphere. Some wetlands have been transformed into agricultural landscapes and others are highly vulnerable to climate change, rice fields can represent an alternative habitat for Neotropical Migratory Birds. Rice fields located in Paraguay's Tebicuary river and Colombia's Cauca river basins provide about 250,000 acres of alternative habitats where 14 shorebirds species have been recorded including two species of high concern and six species listed in the Watchlist/US Endangered Species Act. Building upon advances of previously-funded projects, this new proposal aims to make management and protection of habitats more profitable through designing and establishing a green financial system which includes the design of a green trust and position of an international eco-label 'Arroz amigos de las Aves (bird-friendly rice)'. The green trust fund will help rice farmers to obtain mortgages with more favorable interest rates, costs and terms. A project will be developed to apply to GEF Non Grant-Instrument investment funds that will be used for the green trust fund. The project will help to demonstrate the innovative application of financial mechanisms and alliances that can be adopted thoroughly. Likewise, this project will highlight how these innovative financial mechanisms can be used to improve Neotropical Migratory Bird habitats at a greater scale benefiting biodiversity and local community...Species that will benefit include: swallow-tailed kite, peregrine falcon, American golden-plover, solitary sandpiper, lesser yellowlegs, upland sandpiper, Hudsonian godwit, white-rumped sandpiper, stilt sandpiper, golden-winged warbler and bobolink...
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR EFFORTS TO PROTECT JAGUARS FROM CORE THREATS IN THE PARAGUAYAN CHACO. The Gran Chaco is the second-largest forest and second-largest jaguar (Panthera onca) stronghold in.the Americas. In Paraguay, the Gran Chaco forests are threatened by deforestation at a rate of over 3,000 km/year. As livestock moves into previously wild areas they are at greater risk for predation.by carnivores, leading to retaliatory killing. Additionally, wildlife trafficking driven by Asian demand.for wildlife products, including jaguar, is a growing concern. Measures to prevent a repetition of the.case of Africa, where similar conditions led to the precipitous decline of its megafauna during the last.two decades, are critical. The purpose of this project is to conserve the jaguar and its prey by.addressing their main threats, including human-wildlife conflict, unsustainable natural resource.practices, and illegal wildlife trafficking. Specific activities include implementing a jaguar friendly.livestock certification model that reduces the costs of living with wildlife, supporting the Ministry of.Environment to enforce the National Jaguar Management Plan, and engaging the formal education.sector to promote the importance of preventing illegal wildlife trafficking in Paraguay, with an.emphasis on jaguars.
Harmonizing Rice Cultivation With Migratory Bird Conservation In Paraguay This project attempts to involve Paraguayan rice producers in migratory bird conservation activities.
Improving the conservation status of the remaining Macaw populations in Northeastern Paraguay Illegal wildlife trade is a multi-billion-dollar activity and wild birds (especially parrots and macaws, family Psittacidae) are currently threatened with extinction due to the high numbers of individuals involved in domestic and international wildlife trafficking annually. Of the 25 species of parrots recorded in Paraguay, eight are of conservation concern, including six species of concern at the global level, all of which are threatened by illegal pet trade. In fact, data indicates that in Paraguay there are more macaws in captivity than there are in the wild indicating that viable breeding couples in the wild are risk. This project will reduce poaching and trade of Psittacidae in Paraguay, with a specific focus on the Hyacinth Macaw, Blue-and-Yellow Macaw Green-winged Macaw, Blue-winged Macaw and the Yellow-faced Amazon. Specific objectives include assessing Psittacidae population status and assisting local communities to prevent wildlife trade; creating poach-free areas to promote population recovery; conducting national and local public awareness programs on the impact of poaching and the illegal wildlife trade of parrot/macaws; and support law enforcement agents and existing enforcement measures.
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR EFFORTS TO PROTECT JAGUARS FROM CORE THREATS IN THE PARAGUAYAN CHACO. The Gran Chaco is the second-largest forest and second-largest jaguar (Panthera onca) stronghold in the Americas. In Paraguay, the Gran Chaco forests are threatened by deforestation at a rate of over 3,000 km/year. As livestock moves into previously wild areas they are at greater risk for predation.by carnivores, leading to retaliatory killing. Additionally, wildlife trafficking driven by Asian demand.for wildlife products, including jaguar, is a growing concern. Measures to prevent a repetition of the.case of Africa, where similar conditions led to the precipitous decline of its megafauna during the last.two decades, are critical. The purpose of this project is to conserve the jaguar and its prey by.addressing their main threats, including human-wildlife conflict, unsustainable natural resource.practices, and illegal wildlife trafficking. Specific activities include implementing a jaguar friendly.livestock certification model that reduces the costs of living with wildlife, supporting the Ministry of.Environment to enforce the National Jaguar Management Plan, and engaging the formal education.sector to promote the importance of preventing illegal wildlife trafficking in Paraguay, with an.emphasis on jaguars..the Americas. In Paraguay, the Gran Chaco forests are threatened by deforestation at a rate of over
INTEGRATED CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT O Wetland loss is one of the primary threats for Neotropical Migratory Birds throughout the Western Hemisphere. Some wetlands have been transformed into agricultural landscapes and others are highly vulnerable to climate change, rice fields can represent an alternative habitat for Neotropical Migratory Birds. Rice fields located in Paraguay's Tebicuary river and Colombia's Cauca river basins provide about 250,000 acres of alternative habitats where 14 shorebirds species have been recorded including two species of high concern and six species listed in the Watchlist/US Endangered Species Act. Building upon advances of previously-funded projects, this new proposal aims to make management and protection of habitats more profitable through designing and establishing a green financial system which includes the design of a green trust and position of an international eco-label "Arroz amigos de las Aves (bird-friendly rice)". The green trust fund will help rice farmers to obtain mortgages with more favorable interest rates, costs and terms. A project will be developed to apply to GEF Non Grant-Instrument investment funds that will be used for the green trust fund. The project will help to demonstrate the innovative application of financial mechanisms and alliances that can be adopted thoroughly. Likewise, this project will highlight how these innovative financial mechanisms can be used to improve Neotropical Migratory Bird habitats at a greater scale benefiting biodiversity and local community.
The Chaco Jaguar Conservation Project: Establishing a Participatory Stakeholder..Conflict Reduction Program to Effect Long-Term, Broad-scale Jaguar Conservation and Connectivity in Paraguay The purpose of this project is to secure the long-term future of jaguar populations in five geographical regions of the Paraguayan Gran Chaco by reducing mortality on private land, promoting coexistence between humans and jaguars, and connecting jaguar habitat and populations through the cooperation and participation of landowners. Project objectives include (i) establishing an effective conflict mitigation program based on a functional, participatory network of approximately 20 livestock producers willing to suspend killing predators and explore alternative scenarios for reducing conflict; (ii) collecting data on human-predator conflict mitigation for broad-scale analysis to inform the development of new policy and livestock management and husbandry guidelines; (iii) developing custom management and mitigation strategies for landowners, including an economic appraisal of option trade-offs; and (iv) promoting the conflict reduction program among the public, conservation professionals, and individual and commercial livestock producers.
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR EFFORTS TO PROTECT JAGUARS FROM CORE THREATS IN THE PARAGUAYAN CHACO. The Gran Chaco is the second-largest forest and second-largest jaguar (Panthera onca) stronghold in the Americas. In Paraguay, the Gran Chaco forests are threatened by deforestation at a rate of over 3,000 km/year. As livestock moves into previously wild areas they are at greater risk for predation.by carnivores, leading to retaliatory killing. Additionally, wildlife trafficking driven by Asian demand.for wildlife products, including jaguar, is a growing concern. Measures to prevent a repetition of the.case of Africa, where similar conditions led to the precipitous decline of its megafauna during the last.two decades, are critical. The purpose of this project is to conserve the jaguar and its prey by.addressing their main threats, including human-wildlife conflict, unsustainable natural resource.practices, and illegal wildlife trafficking. Specific activities include implementing a jaguar friendly.livestock certification model that reduces the costs of living with wildlife, supporting the Ministry of.Environment to enforce the National Jaguar Management Plan, and engaging the formal education sector to promote the importance of preventing illegal wildlife trafficking in Paraguay, with an emphasis on jaguars..
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR EFFORTS TO PROTECT JAGUARS FROM CORE THREATS IN THE PARAGUAYAN CHACO. The Gran Chaco is the second-largest forest and second-largest jaguar (Panthera onca) stronghold inthe Americas. In Paraguay, the Gran Chaco forests are threatened by deforestation at a rate of over 3,000 km/year. As livestock moves into previously wild areas they are at greater risk for predation by carnivores, leading to retaliatory killing. Additionally, wildlife trafficking driven by Asian demand for wildlife products, including jaguar, is a growing concern. Measures to prevent a repetition of the case of Africa, where similar conditions led to the precipitous decline of its megafauna during the last two decades, are critical. The purpose of this project is to conserve the jaguar and its prey by addressing their main threats, including human-wildlife conflict, unsustainable natural resource practices, and illegal wildlife trafficking. Specific activities include implementing a jaguar friendly livestock certification model that reduces the costs of living with wildlife, supporting the Ministry of Environment to enforce the National Jaguar Management Plan, and engaging the formal education sector to promote the importance of preventing illegal wildlife trafficking in Paraguay, with an emphasis on jaguars.
Building a Future for the Jaguar in the Paraguayan Gran Chaco The purpose of this project is to support jaguar conservation by promoting sustainable, conflict-reducing ranching practices and policies based on the best available science and with the collaboration of local stakeholders. The project will build on the progress achieved to date to extend activities to a larger swath of northern Paraguay, a critical part of the globally significant Gran Chaco and the Gran Chaco Jaguar Conservation Unit while working with government authorities on planning and policy for the future of the jaguar in Paraguay. Project activities include (1) evaluations of a wider suite of conflict-reducing interventions based on the contexts and settings found in a larger group of ranches; (2) assessment of intervention efficacy in terms of economic benefits for ranchers; (3) camera trap evaluations across the private ranch-protected area continuum, focusing on one of the largest protected areas in the country, the Defensores del Chaco National park (720,000 hectares) and neighboring ranches; and (4) capacity building on best practices with ranchers and on data processing and analysis with university students.
Restoring and Managing Priority Habitats in Asuncin Bay Restore and manage 25 ha of priority habitats within Asuncin Bay, including the restoration of 8 ha of beach habitat, and the effective management of 17 ha of grassland habitat. Guyra Paraguay will hire and train two reserve guards to ensure effective protection and management of the area (522 ha), and will lead the update of the management plan. The project will also build on earlier NMBCA-support to raise awareness of the importance of the bay for migratory shorebirds.through developing and installing information panels at two visitor centers, and ongoing training of local conservation promoters, including as ecotourism guides and to work with local and national media
CHACO JAGUAR CONSERVATION PROJECT The jaguar (Panthera onca) is threatened throughout its range by illegal hunting of the species and its prey, and habitat destruction. These threats are decreasing jaguar populations and viable corridors necessary for the genetic viability and future survival of the jaguar, whose presence indicates habitat suitability for a myriad of species and ecological processes necessary to support sustainable livelihoods in rural areas. The purpose of this project is to build local capacity to reduce human-jaguar conflict in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, considered a stronghold for jaguar populations though suitable habitat has declined by 50% in the past 10 years alone. The Gran Chaco is South Americas largest contiguous forested expanse after the Amazon Basin with approximately 30% of its more than 1,000,000 km2 located in Paraguay. Specific project activities will foster sustainable cattle-ranching practices and habitat conservation through the development and implementation of land use management plans and proven strategies for mitigating human-jaguar conflict. Activities also will assess potential economic incentives available to landowners if they can prove they have made the types of land-use changes promoted by this project, and increase public awareness and engagement regarding the threats to jaguars and the Gran Chaco overall.
RECOVERING CRITICAL HABITAT FOR BUFF-BRE Guyra Paraguay will implement a mitigation plan, that includes restoring 54 ha of critical habitat for ..Buffbreasted Sandpiper and other priority shorebirds within the Asuncin Bay through re-creation of mudflats (28 ha),..restoration of grasslands (15 ha) and shoreline habitat (11 ha). The project will also develop a good governance..mechanism to facilitate more effective implementation of the reserve management plan; and develop and implement..a community engagement strategy to reduce disturbance to shorebirds. All activities will be carried out through an..NGO-local/national government coalition, which was established during the previous funded project by the..NMBCA, with technical guidance provided by Manomet Inc./WHSRN Executive Office.
The Chaco Jaguar Conservation Project: Establishing a Participatory Stakeholder.Conflict Reduction Program to Effect Long-Term, Broad-scale Jaguar Conservation and Connectivity in Paraguay The purpose of this project is to secure the long-term future of jaguar populations in five geographical regions of the Paraguayan Gran Chaco by reducing mortality on private land, promoting coexistence between humans and jaguars, and connecting jaguar habitat and populations through the cooperation and participation of landowners. Project objectives include (i) establishing an effective conflict mitigation program based on a functional, participatory network of approximately 20 livestock producers willing to suspend killing predators and explore alternative scenarios for reducing conflict; (ii) collecting data on human-predator conflict mitigation for broad-scale analysis to inform the development of new policy and livestock management and husbandry guidelines; (iii) developing custom management and mitigation strategies for landowners, including an economic appraisal of option trade-offs; and (iv) promoting the conflict reduction program among the public, conservation professionals, and individual and commercial livestock producers.
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR EFFORTS TO PROTECT JAGUARS FROM CORE THREATS IN THE PARAGUAYAN CHACO. The purpose of this project is to conserve the jaguar and its prey by.addressing their main threats, including human-wildlife conflict, unsustainable natural resource.practices, and illegal wildlife trafficking. Specific activities include implementing a jaguar friendly.livestock certification model that reduces the costs of living with wildlife, supporting the Ministry of.Environment to enforce the National Jaguar Management Plan, and engaging the formal education.sector to promote the importance of preventing illegal wildlife trafficking in Paraguay, with an.emphasis on jaguars.