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Establishing the foundations and strengthening capacities in the Peruvian government for reducing wildlife trafficking in border areas with other countries in the tropical Andes.trade and trafficking in the tropical Andes The purpose of this project is to (i) gather and analyze data on wildlife trafficking in Peru, and design and pilot-test an integrated database that can later be shared with and used by Ecuador and other countries across the Tropical Andes; (ii) strengthen the capacities of Peruvian governmental agencies to implement multi-agency cooperative law enforcement protocols and procedures for controlling wildlife trafficking in border areas; and (iii) disseminate the results and lessons learned both in Peru and transnationally with other countries across the Tropical Andes to raise awareness about best practices and available resources and tools to effectively combat wildlife trafficking in the region.
Building Capacity for the conservation of shorebirds in Central America This project will support the effective management and protection of two key sites for migratory shorebirds in Central America, Bahia de Jiquilisco, El Salvador and Delta del Rio Estero Real, Nicaragua, by implementing: 1) a training program with on-site workshops to assess threats and plan actions for at least 20 local stakeholders at each site and 2) a regional workshop on good governance concepts, processes and tools for at least 10 local decision makers and site managers (5 from each site). Expected results include at least one new formal conservation agreement or governance structure in place at each site and both sites nominated as WHSRN sites with formal commitments from landowners to include the needs of shorebirds in site management plans.
CONSERVATION OF BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER IN SOUTH AMERICA The Buff-breasted Sandpiper (BBSA) is considered a species of global conservation concern due to its small and declining population, and loss/alteration of grassland habitats used during migration and wintering. This project will document habitat use and threats faced by BBSA during migration and wintering in South America, and to conduct conservation activities at wintering sites. The grantee will place GPS tags on BBSA at three key wintering sites: Lagoa do Peixe National Park (Brazil); Laguna de Rocha (Uruguay) and Baha Samborombn (Argentina). A similar tagging study is being done in North America. Activities will include a shorebird habitat management workshop and a good governance workshop to build political and technical support for maintaining grazing within Lagoa do Peixe - a key wintering area that is in danger of being degraded. This project will also maintain or enhance 1,760 hectares of BBSA habitat...Other species that will benefit include: American golden-plover, lesser yellowlegs, pectoral sandpiper, and white-rumped sandpiper...
Assessing Population Status, Structure And Conservation Needs For Semipalmated Sandpiper III This project, in its third phase, assesses Pop Status, Structure and Cons Needs for Semipalmated Sandpipers in North and South America.
Strengthening Conservation Actions for Golden-cheeked Warbler Winter Habitat PP This project will continue work begun by a five-country alliance in 2003 to protect and manage the pine-oak forest eco-region and the emblematic migratory Golden-cheeked Warbler and related species that rely on this habitat. The project will improve monitoring protocols for Golden-cheeked Warbler to provide the most updated and solid biological information on wintering grounds. It will increase the amount of wintering habitat for the species by creating protected areas and improving forest management with financial incentives. The outcome of this project will be a revised conservation plan that sets 5-10 year measurable biological goals for the Golden-cheeked Warbler population on its wintering grounds.
COMPREHENSIVE SHOREBIRD SURVEY OF SOUTHE Southern South America supports the majority of the hemispheric and global populations of a large suite of ..Nearctic migratory shorebirds. Robust hemispheric population estimates for many of these species are lacking, ..and this knowledge gap is impeding conservation efforts. The generation of improved population and trend ..estimates is therefore a critical conservation priority for both the Atlantic and Pacific Flyways. Project partners ..will build on recent survey efforts and a growing interest in shorebird conservation to address current knowledge ..gaps about nonbreeding shorebird populations by carrying out the first simultaneous ground-based survey of the ..entire coastlines of Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil in January 2018. Their efforts will target ..all Nearctic shorebirds, but will specifically provide much needed information about declining or poorly known species, ..such as: Hudsonian Godwit, Whimbrel, Black-bellied Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot, Semipalmated Sandpiper, ..Western Sandpiper, Sanderling, and Short-billed Dowitcher. The surveys will rely solely on volunteer observers and ..will only make use of open-access databases to ensure that public participation is high at each stage of the project. ..Volunteer observers will be trained through targeted workshops, and will form teams with trained professionals to ..undertake the surveys. Partners will collaborate and coordinate with national, regional, and local governments, as ..well as local NGOs and land managers to enable these organizations to become full participants and have complete ..access to all information generated by the project. Survey data will be used to inform conservation actions, including ..the identification of new IBAs; promoting the designation of new WHSRN sites and protected areas; revising existing ..management actions; and proposing new management actions. The survey will also be integrated with the Atlantic ..Flyway Shorebird Initiative and the
AERIAL SURVEYS ALONG THE COAST OF NORTHE Aerial surveys conducted since 2000 along SouthAmerica's Atlantic coast have quantified significant declines in shorebird population overthe last 30 years. Aerial surveys, following well-described methods, will be repeated in northern and northeastern Brazil and along the coasts of French Guiana, Suriname,Guyana and Colombia. The goal of this project is to contribute data to shorebirdpopulation trend and status assessments and to evaluate effectiveness of shorebirdconservation actions implemented throughout the Atlantic Americas Flyway; the latter is critical to the adaptive management framework underpinning the Atlantic FlywayShorebird Initiative, whose participants are key beneficiaries of the project.
Establishing the foundations and strengthening capacities in the Peruvian government for reducing wildlife trafficking in border areas with other countries in the tropical Andes..trade and trafficking in the tropical Andes The purpose of this project is to (i) gather and analyze data on wildlife trafficking in Peru, and design and pilot-test an integrated database that can later be shared with and used by Ecuador and other countries across the Tropical Andes; (ii) strengthen the capacities of Peruvian governmental agencies to implement multi-agency cooperative law enforcement protocols and procedures for controlling wildlife trafficking in border areas; and (iii) disseminate the results and lessons learned both in Peru and transnationally with other countries across the Tropical Andes to raise awareness about best practices and available resources and tools to effectively combat wildlife trafficking in the region.
Conserving Neotropical Migrants in High Andean Wetlands III High Andean wetlands are important for a number of Neotropical migrants (White-rumped Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, American Golden-plover, and Upland Sandpiper) as well as threatened resident birds, and because they provide essential services to local people. This project will engage stakeholders and increase local capacity to improve habitats for Neotropical migrants at four Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Sites) in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. The project will result in 411,300 hectares of improved habitats at these four sites. The potential for ecotourism to help provide financial sustainability will also be explored at one of the sites.
CONSERVING PATAGONIA THROUGH WILDLIFE FRIENDLY AND CLIMATE SMART LIVESTOCK HUSBANDRY This project builds on the 5-year cooperative agreement (2016-2021) between the USFWS and WCS to unite complete suites of carnivores, herbivores and scavengers co-existing with livestock producers on a connected matrix of protected areas and private lands in in three critical landscapes in the Patagonian region of Argentina and Chile. The project seeks to improve the conservation of and habitat climate resilience for endemic wildlife, including guanacos, rheas, Andean cats, pumas, culpeo and chilla foxes and condors, currently threatened by illegal hunting and persecution by producers and free-roaming dogs, competition with livestock for pastures and water, and habitat degradation by livestock, all in a scenario of changing climatic conditions that reduce productivity through much of the region. Project activities will strengthen habitat resiliency and rural livelihoods in the face of climate change through wildlife-friendly livestock grazing management strategies that allow vegetation and soils to recover and/or the development of alternative economic livelihoods. Activities include: 1) expanding improved grazing strategies and soil carbon conservation techniques by Wildlife FriendlyTM certified producers in a pilot project that will demonstrate the possibilities and advantages of this comprehensive approach; 2) expandingwildlife-friendly and climate-smart practices to new producers and promoting adherence tocertification requirements; and 3) providing technical assistance and information to private stakeholders and government partners to promote collaborative conservation based on wildlife-friendly livestock management and conservation-oriented management of guanacos as an incentive to provide added economic benefits to producers by building stakeholder capacity to apply the proven techniques, and (4) managing free ranging dogs that exacerbate conflicts between livestock and wildlife.
Towards Sustainability Of Neotropical Grassland Migrant Conservation II Expected outcomes include: maintenance of natural grasslands as a result of Alliance bird-friendly beef certification; novel incentives for producers to conserve natural grasslands; an increase in the number of producers adopting best practices and informed about the Alliance; outreach and awareness to generate support for market-based and other incentives for grasslands conservation.
REFORESTATION OF CRITICAL WINTERING HABITAT FOR NEOTROPICAL MIGRANTS VI ABC and its in-country partners will work cooperatively to plant 112,300 native trees and coffee bushes on 412 acres, acquire 577 acres for protection, and contribute to the ongoing management of approximately 30,000 acres as significant wintering habitat for migratory birds in Ecuador and Peru. These efforts will focus on the Canada Warbler and Olive-sided Flycatcher, but also benefit 20 additional neotropical migratory bird species, as well as many globally threatened resident bird species. Our efforts will also engage coffee growers and cattle ranchers through technical workshops and outreach to improve bird habitat on their lands and encourage people living on public lands within the Alto Mayo Protection Forest to sign conservation agreements, thereby empowering local people to employ agricultural practices that benefit migratory birds.
SAVING THE GOLDEN-CHEEKED WARBLER WINTER The Alliance for the Conservation of Mesoamerican Pine-Oak Forests will follow up on the implementation of the 'Conservation Plan for the Central American Pine-Oak Forest Ecoregion and the Golden-cheeked Warbler (GCWA)', specifically focusing on two strategies to be implemented in the Highlands of Chiapas in Mexico, Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala, and Misoco and Opalaca Biological Reserves in Honduras: Recovery of the winter habitat of the GCWA in degraded areas and Integrated Fire Management (IFM). The restoration of the winter habitat of the GCWA on a landscape scale continues to be a need at the regional level, for this reason partners will establish 13 nurseries to produce 1,250,000 native plants, which will be used to restore 1,145 hectares. In addition, each country will select one site to collect information on the avifauna that inhabit or make use of these areas. The management and protection of pine-oak forests to reduce the threat of forest fires is also a priority, for this reason capacity building will be strengthened at the local level to learn more about the IFM approach for the development of 6 IFM plans, the formation of 6 forestry brigades (2 in each country), the purchase of basic equipment for the future development of field activities that will help protect 600 hectares of forest. Finally, it is important to continue the strengthening of the Alliance and monitoring the implementation of the Conservation Plan so partners will create a tool for monitoring and evaluating the progress and achievements of the Conservation Plan, which can be adopted by the partners to report on the established goals.
SCALING UP CONSERVATION ACROSS PATAGONIA: RESOLVING CONFLICTS BETWEEN WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE BY 2025, COMPLETE SUITES OF PATAGONIAN CARNIVORES, HERBIVORES AND SCAVENGERS CO EXISTING WITH LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS IN A MATRIX THAT FACILITATES CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN AREAS WITH LARGE, ECOLOGICALLY HEALTHY POPULATIONS OF GUANACOS ON A NETWORK OF PRIVATE LANDS AND PROTECTED AREAS THROUGHOUT PATAGONIA.
Building capacity for community-based conservation of the Eastern Pacific Leatherback in the Darien Gap of Colombia and Panama: Phase 2 1) conduct training workshops for local community monitoring teams; 2) lead patrols to quantify and protect leatherback nesting acitivities on key nesting beaches of Gato beach (Panama) and Jurado beach (Colombia); and 3) facilitate bi-National collaboration through meetings with NGOs and governmental institutions with both countries.
DEVELOPMENT OF SHOREBIRD-FRIENDLY AQUACU Improve access to and use of the Migratory Shorebird Project survey data by Pacific Flyway countries to inform their shorebird conservation and management decisions
Conserving Neotropical Migrants in High Andean Wetlands III This project will improve the conservation of Ramsar sites in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.
CONSERVATION OF BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER The Buff-breasted Sandpiper (BBSA) is considered a species of global conservation concern due to its small and declining population, and loss/alteration of grassland habitats used during migration and wintering. This project will document habitat use and threats faced by BBSA during migration and wintering in South America, and to conduct conservation activities at wintering sites. The grantee will place GPS tags on BBSA at three key wintering sites: Lagoa do Peixe National Park (Brazil); Laguna de Rocha (Uruguay) and Baha Samborombn (Argentina). A similar tagging study is being done in North America. Activities will include a shorebird habitat management workshop and a good governance workshop to build political and technical support for maintaining grazing within Lagoa do Peixe - a key wintering area that is in danger of being degraded. This project will also maintain or enhance 1,760 hectares of BBSA habitat...Other species that will benefit include: American golden-plover, lesser yellowlegs, pectoral sandpiper, and white-rumped sandpiper...
Reforestation of Critical Wintering Habitat for Neotropical Migrants V The grantee and partners will plant 140,000 native trees and coffee bushes; enhance or manage at least 695 acres; and contribute to the ongoing protection of 16,557 acres as significant wintering habitat for migratory birds in Ecuador and Peru. Partners will also measure migrant warbler density and habitat use to guide adaptive management for future restoration work.
SCALING UP CONSERVATION ACROSS PATAGONIA: RESOLVING CONFLICTS BETWEEN WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE By 2025, complete suites of Patagonian carnivores, herbivores and scavengers co-existing with livestock producers in a matrix that facilitates connectivity between areas with large, ecologically healthy populations of guanacos on a network of private lands and protected areas throughout Patagonia.
Protecting Critical Stopover Habitat for Buff-breasted Sandpiper Bolivia III PP The Barba Azul Nature Reserve is a critical stop-over area in Bolivia for the Buff-breasted Sandpiper. In this third phase of this ongoing NMBCA-funded effort, partners will continue to manage 17,300 acres of tropical savanna habitat; continue to manage short-grass habitat away from lake edges for Buff-breasted Sandpiper through patch burns on 4,940 acres of habitat; continue to manage 2,470 acres of lake-edge habitat for Buff-breasted Sandpipers; and ensure law enforcement within the Barba Azul Nature Reserve. Partners will also research and monitor Buff- breasted Sandpiper populations, movements and habitat usage in the Beni Savanna, including evaluating ideal habitat and habitat management methods, as well as educate cattle ranchers on how to improve the quality of habitat on their land.
Scaling up conservation across Patagonia: resolving conflicts between wildlife and people The purpose of this project is to unite complete suites of carnivores, herbivores and scavengers co-existing with livestock producers on a connected matrix of protected areas and private lands in Patagonia. This years activities seek to create connectivity between landscapes where Guanacos historically migrated and help restore the ecological services that will improve livestock production by (i) providing information necessary to improve conservation actions in five critical Patagonian landscapes that occupy the most intact natural areas, represent the regions biodiversity and key ecological processes, and possess resilience; (ii) engaging livestock producers in wildlife-friendly production that improves their livelihoods and enables them to co-exist with wildlife, including the conservation of carnivores and condors on private lands through the evaluation, promotion, and expansion of more effective, non-lethal methods to control predation of livestock; (iii) building local capacity by strengthening, mentoring and promoting collaborative conservation amongst key stakeholders (government agents and managers, civil society organizations, landowners and herders organizations); and (iv) develop strategic partnerships to help shape local, national, and regional policies related to Patagonias wildlife and wild places to leverage resources and expand conservation impact.
GOLDEN-CHEEKED WARBLER This project will continue work begun by a five-country alliance in 2003 to protect and manage the pine-oak forest eco-region and the emblematic migratory Golden-cheeked Warbler and related species that rely on this habitat. The project will improve monitoring protocols for Golden-cheeked Warbler to provide the most updated and solid biological information on wintering grounds. It will increase the amount of wintering habitat for the species by creating protected areas and improving forest management with financial incentives. The outcome of this project will be a revised conservation plan that sets 5-10 year measurable biological goals for the Golden-cheeked Warbler population on its wintering grounds.
REFORESTING CRITICAL WINTERING HABITAT V The Andean reforestation project supported by NMBCA since 2008 has catalyzed conservation gains for neotropical ..migratory birds that extend far beyond the number of trees planted and acres restored which have been the hallmark ..of this project since its beginning. While habitat restoration on both productive and protected lands is extremely ..important, the relationships formed and trust developed with local communities involved in this project has resulted in ..the initiation of habitat protection projects that have the opportunity to multiply gains for wintering migratory birds ..across larger landscapes. In northern Peru, local communities who first learned about ECOAN and ABC through the..reforestation project and demonstration plots approached ECOAN to help them secure legal protection for ~53,000 ..acres of community-owned land, and to manage this land for conservation (including activities such as tree planting ..and implementing agroforestry systems). In Ecuador, local coffee cooperatives and municipalities have approached ..Jocotoco and ABC to implement shade coffee systems, as well as reforest riparian areas and steep slopes for ..ecological benefits. With new NMBCA support, this coalition of partners will 1) improve 662 acres in southern Ecuador .. and northern Peru as habitat for migratory birds through the planting of 147,861 native trees and shade coffee ..shrubs, 2) protect 8.97 acres through land acquisition at Tapichalaca Reserve in Ecuador, 3) manage Tapichalaca ..Reserve for conservation, 4) advance and build capacity for community-based conservation zoning for 53,000 acres ..in northern Peru, and 5) host a best practices exchange for reforestation and community engagement in Peru for ..all project partners. The project benefits the Cerulean Warbler, Canada Warbler, Olive-sided Flycatcher and..another 20 additional Neotropical migrant species.
BUILDING ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION IN T The Gran Chaco, South America's largest dry forest and second largest natural biome, is one of the most threatened dry forests in the world and now considered a global deforestation hotspot due to agricultural expansion. Loss of habitat poses a major threat to resident and migratory bird communities in the Gran Chaco. Given the enormity of the Gran Chaco, to be effective, BirdLife Partners will focus this project's efforts on three specific geographic areas where the organizations have an established presence and assets they manage: the transboundary conservation area Caada El Carmen-El Corbaln Natural Reserves (Paraguay), Campo Iris Reserve (Paraguay), and Laguna El Palmar (Argentina). Each of these areas are identified as a priority for conservation, represent the diversity of Gran Chaco habitats, and span more than 17,600 hectares. This project will stem the two principal drivers of this habitat loss, altered fire regimes and the advancing agricultural frontier. Because the region is so large, sites hosting significant populations of wintering migratory birds must be chosen as pilot sites to form a blueprint for overall migratory bird conservation across the region. This trans-national project builds upon work supported by NMBCA to reduce threats to at least ten focal migratory bird species, while increasing local stakeholders' awareness and engagement in conservation of the region's importance for migratory birds and stimulating economic incentives within these stakeholder communities to participate in migratory bird conservation.
SCALING UP CONSERVATION ACROSS PATAGONIA: RESOLVING CONFLICTS BETWEEN WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE BY 2025, COMPLETE SUITES OF PATAGONIAN CARNIVORES, HERBIVORES AND SCAVENGERS CO-EXISTING WITH LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS IN A MATRIX THAT FACILITATES CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN AREAS WITH LARGE, ECOLOGICALLY HEALTHY POPULATIONS OF GUANACOS ON A NETWORK OF PRIVATE LANDS AND PROTECTED AREAS THROUGHOUT PATAGONIA.
Vital support for hawksbills in the eastern Pacific Ocean: Year IV of conservation at top-tier.nesting beaches The recipient will implement community based nesting beach conservation projects at hawksbill nesting beaches in Los Cobanos and Punta Amapala, El Salvador;and Machalilla and El Pelado, Ecuador.
CHACO JAGUAR CONSERVATION PROJECT Funds under this award are to reduce the mortality of jaguars, and increase jaguar habitat, in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina