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Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere "Through this grant, the Recipient will deliver three training workshops to professors and students from two Colleges of Science and Technology Studies (CECYT) of the Nueva Palestina locality on applied ecologic restoration and agroforestry techniques for degraded agricultural areas. The training is a combination of traditional sustainable agricultural knowledge of the Mayan communities, sound restoration techniques and research, field work, and visits to restoration parcels. As part of the CECYT graduation requirements, the students will implement restoration projects in their communities for a minimum of 480 hours of community work. A manual on ecologic restoration techniques and sustainable economic alternatives will be prepared for the participants. ..This Award also requires the submission of performance and financial reports. See the Assistance Award Guidelines for detailed reporting instructions and reporting frequency requirements. Any item purchase with grant funds with a purchase price over $5,000 U.S. dollars and a useful life of more than one year is considered equipment and is subject to the conditions in Section VI. of the Assistance Award Guidelines. The FWS Project Officer is the primary contact for this Award."
Wildlife Without Borders - Western Hemisphere Desarollo de capacidades y habilidades para el manejo de los recursos naturales y la biodiversidad en la comunidad de San Antonio Yaxche, Campeche
CONSERVATION OF THE JAPANESE-NESTING LOGGERHEAD TURTLE: MORTALITY ASSESSMENT AND CONSERVATION OUTREACH AT THE BCS MEXICO JUVENILE FORAGING AREA The purpose of this project is to support conservation efforts in the Baja California to protect a critical foraging loggerhead population which originates from the Japanese loggerhead nesting population. Activities include; 1. beach surveys along 43 km of Baja Mexico which serves as an index site to monitor accidental bycatch mortality in fisheries operating in the Pacific Baja on this critical loggerhead foraging grounds; and 2. conducts outreach and education with local fisher communities and other stakeholders. The data from these surveys are critical to informing management decisions of Baja fisheries that interact with loggerheads on the foraging grounds. The U.S./Mexico/Japan are currently working together on a recovery plan for this population and this project has been identified as a high priority for overall conservation of this population.
Transition from egg corrals back to the nesting beach: evaluation of sex ratios, survival, and predation of hatchling kemps ridley sea turtles from arribadas at Rancho Nuevo, Mexico The recipient will 1. monitor and evaluate beach and nest temperatures in hatcheries and on nesting beach, 2. evaluate and compare hatchling sex ratios in hatcheries and in situ nests, 3. evaluate predation of hatchlings from arribada nesting and solitary nesting, 4. evaluate type and abundance of predators at Rancho Nuevo nesting beach, 5. evaluate emergence rate and survival rate to sea of hatchlings from arribada nests and solitary nests, and 6. evaluate hatchling emergence times in hatcheries and in situ.
Engaging Communities through Participatory Agreements: The implementation of a mobile intervention unit to facilitate human-jaguar coexistence around the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Mexico) To support the conservation of jaguars in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve and adjacent areas in the Southern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico by reducing retaliatory killings because of depredation on cattle.
RUFESCENS MX II The coastal lagoons in the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean are facing pressure from fishing, tourism and livestock grazing, which has negatively impacted the wintering grounds of the reddish egret. This project will establish a long-term conservation agreement for the protection of reddish egret in Baja California Sur; acquire, reforest and restore mangrove habitat; develop a management plan for wetlands adjacent to the Laguna Ojo de Liebre; monitor reddish egret populations and their habitat; create a Conservation Business Plan for the reddish egret in Mexico; and develop outreach and community education in areas where human disturbance has been identified as a major threat.
A) PROVIDING SUPPORT TO LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION (E.G., VETERINARY CARE, IMPROVED WATER ACCESS); (B) IMPLEMENTING TEMPORARY DEPREDATION MITIGATION MEASURES; (C) FACILITATING THE COMPLETION OF THOROUGH DEP Funds under this award are to support the conservation of jaguars in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve and .adjacent areas in the Southern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico by reducing retaliatory killings because .of depredation on cattle. Specific project activities include: (1) conducting a participatory .coexistence and mediation workshops in collaboration with ranchers and local residents to establish .a framework for jaguar conservation and define the associated benefits participants wish to receive .from the jaguar mobile intervention unit; and (2) deploying the mobile intervention unit, .consisting of one veterinarian and one zoo technician to support local ranchers and communities by .providing support to livestock production (e.g., veterinary care, improved water access, better .management practices, etc.); implementing depredation mitigation measures; facilitating the .completion of thorough depredation reports for submission to the Mexican livestock compensation .program; organizing rancher to rancher exchanges on good practices; and developing and coordinating .a network of trusted local liaisons to foster.collaboration and improve cattle management and information-sharing.
Grassland Protection and Restoration in Mapim Biosphere Reserve, Coahuila III Grantee will protect 24,700 acres; restore 24,700 acres;restore 692 acres; monitor soil loss, finalize steps for an ejidal reserve to obtain environmental services payments; develop a monitoring plan; establish a native grasses seed bank; promote the participation of natural resource managers in activities; and monitor migratory birds.
Cultivating an ethos of stewardship through citizen science and educational outreach in the..municipalities of Petatlan and Zihuatanejo, Guerrero. The goal of this project is produce a significant shift among boat operators, fishermen and tour guides in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Barra de Potosi toward informed, responsible marine wildlife stewardship as reflected in boat practices and high quality marine eco-tours. The Bay of Petatlan and the waters surrounding Zihuatanejo are ecological hotspots in peril. Local fish stocks are being overexploited, most small scale fishermen have shifted from hand lines to gill nets, commercial shrimp boats trawl the coastline unchecked, scooping up shrimp and an average of 40 pounds of bycatch per pound. In addition, the aggressive touristic development has resulted in an increased demand for whale, dolphin and sea turtle watching activities, rising the species risk of collisions, entanglement and harassment by boats. Through this grant, the Recipient will: 1) involve boat operators, beach dwellers and schools through a community-run collection and analysis of marine mammal survey data to increase their knowledge about whales and dolphins; 2) develop the skills of tour and sport-fishing guides to implement best whale watching practices and offer informed and responsible marine wildlife tours; and 3) organize community outreach and educational events about whales, dolphins, marine biodiversity and conservation in schools, libraries, public, private and governmental venues along with the distribution of visual educational handouts and displays.
Conservation of the Japanese-nesting loggerhead turtle: mortality assessment and conservation..outreach at the BCS Mxico juvenile foraging area Conservation of Japanese nesting loggerhead turtle:mortality assessment and conservtion outreach at the BCS Mexico juvenile foraging area.
CONSERVATION OF THE MIGRATORY POLLINATING BAT CORRIDOR IN NORTHWESTERN MEXICO THE CONSERVATION OF POLLINATING BAT POPULATIONS IN THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDERLANDS HAS BECOME A CRITICAL CONSERVATION ISSUE BECAUSE OF THEIR IMPORTANCE TO AGRICULTURE, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION. THEREFORE, WE WILL INITIATE AN AMBITIOUS AND URGENT EFFORT TO SAFEGUARD ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN AGAVE PLANTS, COLUMNAR CACTI, MIGRATORY BATS AND PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES, SPECIFICALLY IN THE MOST PRIORITY CAVE AND MINE SYSTEMS FOR MIGRATORY BATS IN NORTHWESTERN MEXICO.THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE CONSERVATION OF BATS THAT FEED ON NECTAR, FRUITS AND INSECTS ASSOCIATED WITH AGAVES AND CACTI SUCH AS THE MEXICAN LONG-NOSED BAT AND LESSER LONG-NOSE BAT, BOTH THREATENED SPECIES WITH DECLINING POPULATIONS. THESE TWO SPECIES ARE THE MAIN POLLINATORS OF AGAVES AND CACTI IN THE SONORAN DESERT AND SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES (FRICK ET. AL. 2013). THE PROJECT ALSO BENEFITS 10 OTHER SPECIES OF GREGARIOUS MIGRATORY BATS SUCH AS THE MEXICAN FREE-TAILED BAT.WE WILL WORK ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY BATS THAT DEPEND FOR MATERNITY AND ROOSTING ON 8 NATURAL CAVES AND 7 MINES AS PROVIDERS OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF VAST AREAS SURROUNDING THEM IN NORTHWESTERN MEXICO (BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, SONORA AND CHIHUAHUA). ALTHOUGH THE CAVES AND MINES ARE CONSIDERED SMALL NATURAL FEATURES, THEY HARBOR VERY IMPORTANT CONCENTRATIONS OF BATS,
RED KNOT MEXICO upland acres). Enhancement activities will take place on 2,121 acres (1696 wetland and 425
Manejo sustentable de magueyes silvestres empleados para elaborar mezcal en Mxico This project seeks to equip peasant farmers from all over Mexico with the knowledge and skills necessary to sustainably harvest wild agave plants (Agave cupreata) as a non-timber forest product while generating an alternative and sustainable source of income for their families. Through this grant the proponent will: 1) organize a national meeting for agave growers and mezcal producers to exchange experiences and agree on common conservation and sustainable management strategies of the species; 2) implement 2 workshops on monitoring, data analysis, and sustainable production of wild agave plants for peasant farmers in Guerrero; 3) perform 2 exchange of experiences visits among the mezcal producing communities of the states of Guerrero and Jalisco; 4) perform community participatory data collection and monitoring activities of flora and fauna in the Acateyahualco Region of Guerrero; 5) perform a community participatory diagnostic and develop best management practices to diminish the impact of cattle grazing in the populations of wild agave plants; 6) organize a participatory diagnostic workshop on the management , use and extraction of wild agave plants with representatives of 16 mezcal producing communities from La Joya Region of Guerrero; and 7) build 3 demonstrative parcels to determine the best harvesting and restoration techniques for agave plants.
PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF WINTERING 1) manage removal of invasive species in a protected area, 291 acres); and 2) restore coastal dunes in areas affected by wind erosion 73 acres.
CONSERVATION OF CRITICAL GRASSLANDS IN D Malpais and Cuchillas de la Zarca Grassland Priority Conservation Areas (GPCAs) have been historically omitted from ..grasslands conservancy efforts, despite being the ones with the most grassland ecosystem proportional coverage, ..the highest grassland bird average density, and of being the GPCAs with the first and third highest bird density in the ..Chihuahuan Desert. With this initiative, we intend to lay the foundation to join the actions of key actors to work for ..conservation of these important areas. The project includes: (I) protection of 9,851 acres of critical habitat for ..grassland birds in Cuchillas de la Zarca and Malpas GPCAs through legal conservation mechanisms and the ..creation of two Volunteer Natural Protected Areas (II) restoration of 197.6 acres of key habitat for priority species ..through soil activities in the GPCA Cuchillas de la Zarca and Malpas, (III) sustainable grassland management in ..9,851 acres, (IV) development of the Business Plan for Conservation of the GPCAs Cuchillas de la Zarca and ..Malpais, (V) winter monitoring of grassland birds at the Cuchillas de la Zarca and Malpas GPCAs
Capacity Building for Sustainable Wildlife Management on Private Lands in Mexico The Mexican government established the figure of Wildlife Use and Conservation Units (UMAs) with the purpose of promoting rural development and direct economic benefits to landowners while conserving and sustainably managing wildlife. Despite the rapid adoption of the system and the conservation successes achieved since its implementation in 2000, UMAs have some weaknesses, due to the fact that Mexico lacks the institutional and training infrastructure to promote sustainable wildlife management practices. In order to help the country to best adapt to this system and promote sound and sustainable wildlife management practices, the Recipient plans to implement the following activities: 1) a workshop in Kingsville, Texas for 16 private ranchers from Monterrey, Mexico to gain hands-on experience on wildlife and habitat management skills, as well as, censusing and data management techniques; and 2) a workshop in Monterrey, Mexico for up to 50 land owners from the states of Nuevo Leon and Coahuila on effective wildlife habitat management practices and economic opportunities. Project products include publishing a book about successful wildlife enterprises to be distributed among the participants and relevant audiences all over Mexico.
CONSERVATION STRATEGY FOR MIGRATORY BIRD The project will protect 3639 acres through conservation agreements; restore 321 acres of freshwater wetlands; restore 86.5 acres of dunes/beach on barrier islands; control erosion along 3.11 miles of islands in the northern section of Laguna Madre; conduct studies on soil loss, hydrology, and mangrove status; monitor waterfowl; implement environmental education and awareness program that will impact 200 students, develop a Laguna Madre bird booklet and train 15 teachers from primary schools; and develop two management plans and register the areas as an environmental management unit.
CONSERVATION OF THE LEATHERBACK TURTLE (Dermochelys coriacea) IN THE MEXICAN PACIFIC 2015-2016 The recipient will maintain and operate four turtle camps on the four primary leatherback nesting beaches to provide nightly patroling and protection of nesting females and nests, work with local communities to develop support for sea turtle conservation programs, and provide technical and logistical support for secondary leatherback nesting beaches.
Capacity building for fishermen to create awareness and promote conservation of East Pacific leatherback turtles The recipient organize a visit of fisherman and government officials from EP leatherback foraging ground countries to Mexico or Costa Rican leatherback nesting beaches and organize a workshop on best handling and release practices for these participants during their visit to Mx or CR.
Travel For NAFTA-International Grants Building the capacity of managers and enforcement officials to protect biodiversity in Yucatan Peninsula protected areas
ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF MANGROVES IN N ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF MANGROVES IN N
CONSERVING MIGRATORY BIRDS ON MEXICAN IS Mexican islands are crucial sites for migratory birds serving as stepping stones where birds can rest and feed and nesting grounds for several species of conservation concern. Unfortunately, invasive mammals have caused the extinction of nine bird species and the decimation of several more. The Grupo de Ecologa y Conservacin de Islas, A.C. (GECI), in collaboration with government agencies, academic institutions, and local communities, has been leading projects to restore migratory bird populations removing 60 populations of invasive mammals from 39 islands. Since 2008 GECI began a seabird restoration program on the Baja California Islands that includes monitoring the natural recovery of seabird populations post-eradication, implementing social attraction techniques, reducing human disturbance, and environmental education. To ensure long-lasting outcomes, a national island biosecurity program has been developed to prevent, detect, and respond to any incursion of invasive alien species. This project will reduce the introduction or re-introduction of invasive species to islands, in seven Natural Protected Areas (NPA), and increase seabird populations on four islands by: 1) implementing island biosecurity measures, 2) building local capacity on island biosecurity in each NPA, 3) continuing restoring extirpated or reduced seabird colonies using social attraction techniques, and 4) raising awareness in local communities.
DEVELOPMENT OF A COST-EFFECTIVE MONITORING PROGRAM FOR THE BOLSON TORTOISE USING DRONES AND DEEP LEARNING THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE CONSERVATION OF THE BOLSON TORTOISE, WHOSE RANGE IS RESTRICTED TO A REGION OF NORTHWEST MEXICO IN A REMOTE AREA WITH ROUGH TERRAIN WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SURVEY WITH FOOT SURVEYS, THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL AND COST-EFFECTIVE POPULATION MONITORING. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE 1 DEVELOPING A DRONE SURVEY METHODOLOGY AND INTEGRATED SOFTWARE SYSTEM 2 IMPLEMENTING THE METHODOLOGY IN A 6-8 KM2 TEST AREA IN MEXICO 3 DEVELOPING A POPULATION MONITORING PLAN 4 TRAINING A BIOLOGIST IN MEXICO TO USE THE DRONE AND METHODOLOGY TO IMPLEMENT FUTURE SURVEYS.
COLORADO RIVER DELTA The Colorado River Delta is one of the most important sites for migratory waterbirds in Mexico, providing riparian areas, lagoons, brackish marshes, and tidal mudflats that support 350,000 wintering shorebirds (31 species) and 60,000 ducks and geese (26 species). The loss of connectivity between the Delta and the Upper Gulf of California due to sedimentation and low river flow has caused significant habitat loss. This project will protect 26,600 acres of estuarine wetlands in the lower portion of the Colorado River Delta by obtaining a Mexican federal land concession and restore 5,211 acres within this area by augmenting freshwater flows and improving the connectivity with the tides to maintain lagoons, marshes, and mudflats. The project will allocate more freshwater flow to these wetlands and dredge channels that connect lagoons to the primary tidal channel.
GULF MX WTLD CONS NTWK 1 The project purpose is to restore 74 wetland acres inthe Gulf of Mexico.
Conservation of the Japanese-nesting loggerhead turtle: mortality assessment and outreach at the BCS Mexico juvenile foraging area This award supports daily sea turtle stranding surveys along 43 km of Playa San Lazaro, Baja California Sur throughout May -September and twice weekly during October- April. These baseline surveys in place since 2003 provide a critical element to monitor and assess loggerhead bycatch from fisheries operating within a key foraging ground for the N. Pacific loggerhead population. They have been instrumental in alerting the conservation community and government authorities to mass loggerhead mortality events in 2012 and 2013 and bring focus attention to resolving the serious serious bycatch problem.
CONSERVATION OF SHADE COFFEE PLANTATIONS Shade-grown coffee plantations are key agro-ecosystems that offer shelter, food and habitat for Neotropical migratory bird species to carry on breeding functions during their migration. Nevertheless, a simplification in trees used for shade and a change to sun-grown coffee has been occurring in Veracruz; additionally, chemical herbicide, fertilizer usage, and other elements degrade habitat quality and threaten bird health. This project plans to increase key habitat protection by 500 hectares as well as strengthen areas from Phase I with the development of the Conservation Investment Strategy. This project will generate important information for protecting habitat with a focus on the landscape including shade-grown coffee plantations and surrounding forest patches. It will promote connectivity between shade-grown coffee farms. Plantations, riparian corridors and live-fences will be diversified and enhanced with the production of 70,000 trees for 30 key species for Neotropical migratory birds. Habitat enhancement will involve 20 schools from coffee-producing municipalities with the 'Green School' program. The project aims to strengthen capacities of 190 persons in total (50 producers, 20 young people, 20 community nursery staff, and 100 students) by implementing Neotropical migratory bird conservation practices in shade-grown coffee plantations and educational spaces. The project will increase the portfolio of 'Bird Friendly Fincas' or ranches by certifying 50 producers and 100 hectares utilizing sustainable practices.
RESTORING SHRIMP & CATTLE FARMS TO CREAT This project will: 1) Legally protect 490 hectares/1,210.3 acres of wetlands in the Alvarado and..Tamiahua lagoon systems through state, federal, or private legal mechanisms. 2) Restore the same..(490) hectares/(1,210.3) acres using a mangrove nucleation (chinampa) techniques and hydrological..restoration, and restore an additional 30 hectares/74.10 acres, which are already protected through a..Municipal Ecological Reserve Decree, by reopening 2 km/1.24 miles of channels and implementing..the mangrove nucleation technique. 3) Develop an online environmental education platform and train..30 teachers and 900 children. .
Environmental Education for the Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly in Central Mexico The mystery of the 4,000 miles round-trip monarch butterfly migration makes it one the most iconic species of North America. The purpose of this Project is to increase the awareness of citizens in Central Mexico about the importance, threats and conservation needs of the monarch butterfly and other pollinators. Through this grant, Ecosistemica, A.C. will: 1) implement an environmental education program for 350 elementary schools children, non-profit organizations, citizen groups and gardening clubs across several states in central Mexico (Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, San Luis Potos and Zacatecas); 2) distribute 2,000 brochures, 2,000 pollinator-garden guides and 25 guides of the species; 3) build at least 50 pollinator gardens; and 4) establish the first monarch butterfly monitoring network in Central Mexico and encourage participants to register their sightings on the Naturalista platform of CONABIO.
COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONSERVATION OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY S OVERWINTERING HABITAT THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIVE PROJECTS The purpose of this project is to conserve and recover the forests of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR) in Mexico.by working with 15 indigenous and ejido (communally owned lands) communities to address some of the factors that accelerate.climate change and threaten the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) overwintering habitat, such as deforestation, expansion of.the agricultural frontier, loss of water quantity and quality, and lack of sustainable income-generating alternatives for the regions.inhabitants. Through this two-year grant Alternare, A.C. will: 1) reforest 140 hectares of forests in collaboration with the local.communities; (2) produce 40,000 trees in partnership with community and school owned nurseries; 3) ensure five communities.receive payments for environmental services by developing their governance, administration, and forest management practices; 4).train members of 15 communities on how to perform water quality monitoring activities along the Zitacuaro river watershed; 5).train 50 local youth as local leaders for conservation and sustainable development; 6) teach sustainable production practices and.natural resources management practices to 200 farmers; 7) provide technical and marketing support to 150 families participating.in six organic blackberries productive enterprises as a way to avoid additional forest lost to the boom of avocado plantations; and.8) host three exchanges of experiences with other Mexico program grantees to share Alternares sustainable productive model and.approach to conservation.