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ENSURING CONSERVATION STATUS FOR LAST UNPROTECTED FORESTS IN CARIBBEAN GUATEMALA The forests within Guatemala's Caribbean Rainforest Corridor are a vital link in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor and the Caribbean migratory flyway of Central America. The Caribbean region of Guatemala is one of the country's biodiversity hotspots and the region is critical for Neotropical wintering migratory and resident birds; one hundred and twenty species of migratory birds are reported for the region, and use the remaining native habitats as their main wintering or stop-over habitat. However, between 1991 and 2010, 40% of the total forested surface disappeared, mostly due to weak law enforcement, the encroachment of subsistence agriculture and the expansion of extensive cattle ranching and oil palm plantations. The grantee will protect and manage remaining forests in cooperation with local communities and government agencies, and will continue monitoring bird populations to generate data related to migratory species in their wintering grounds, as well as monitoring forest cover change in order to evaluate long term impacts of the project. The project will also support the sustainable development of 6 neighboring Maya Q'eqchi communities, where environmental education campaigns will be implemented in order to promote bird friendly productive activities...Species that will benefit include: swallow-tailed kite, olive-sided flycatcher, Bell's vireo, wood thrush, bluewinged warbler, golden-winged warbler, golden-cheeked warbler, bay-breasted warbler, cerulean warbler, prothonotary warbler, worm-eating warbler, Swainson's warbler, Kentucky warbler, varied bunting, painted bunting and dickcissel...
DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND CONSERVATION OF CHIQUIBUL-MAYA MOUNTAINS BIOSPHERE RESERVE'S WILDLIFE AND HABITATS THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND REFINE SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE MONITORING AND PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION WITHIN THE POPULATION OF THE CHIQUIBUL-MAYA MOUNTAINS BIOSPHERE RESERVE IN GUATEMALA AND BELIZE TO ORDER TO INCREASE CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION IN WILDLIFE AND HABITAT CONSERVATION. THE PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE EMBLEMATIC SPECIES SUCH AS JAGUARS (PANTHERA ONCA), BAIRD S TAPIR (TAPIRUS BAIRDII), AND SCARLET MACAWS (ARA MACAO) BY ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING AND BY CREATING SUITABLE HABITAT. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) ESTABLISHING A BI-NATIONAL TECHNICAL GROUP FOR WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING TO COORDINATE AND IMPLEMENT THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STRATEGY BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND STRENGTHEN THE EFFORTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ITS EFFICIENCY, CONTROL, AND SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS (2) ESTABLISHING AGROFORESTRY PROJECTS TO RESTORE CROSS-BORDER ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES TO WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING AND (3) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM EDUCATING FOR THE CONSERVATION OF PROTECTED AREAS AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (EDUCONAP) TO INCREASE THE VALUE THAT LOCALS PUT ON PROTECTED AREAS AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN GUATEMALA.
BUILDING KNOWLEDGE FOR THE CONSERVATION This proposal presented by Defensores de la Naturaleza Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Society and the Cornell ..Laboratory of Ornithology is a collaboration to contribute to the protection and management of the Golden-winged ..Warbler (GWWA) and other migratory species nonbreeding habitat in Guatemala. This project seeks to complete ..our understanding on the habitat associations, driving patterns of distribution and abundance of the GWWA and ..other NMBCA priority species where information gaps have been identified within a key wintering region, the Polochic ..Region and the Northern Lowlands of Guatemala (Sierra del Lacandn, Maya Biosphere Reserve). Gaining a better ..understanding of the distribution and abundance of these priority species across focal regions within their ..non-breeding ranges will optimize efforts to protect and restore existing and potential non-breeding habitat for these ..species. The project will also engage local stakeholders through training and employment of community monitors. A ..total number of 260,000 hectares will be protected in the project area: 24,000 at the Polochic Region; 101,000 ..hectares at Sierra del Lacandn and 135,000 hectares at Maya Biosphere Reserve. Additionally, 70 hectares of ..deforested lands will be restored at the Polochic Region and Sierra del Lacandn.
DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND CONSERVATION OF CHIQUIBUL-MAYA MOUNTAINS BIOSPHERE RESERVE'S WILDLIFE AND HABITATS THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND REFINE SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE MONITORING AND PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION WITHIN THE POPULATION OF THE CHIQUIBUL MAYA MOUNTAINS BIOSPHERE RESERVE IN GUATEMALA AND BELIZE TO ORDER TO INCREASE CROSS BORDER COOPERATION IN WILDLIFE AND HABITAT CONSERVATION. THE PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE EMBLEMATIC SPECIES SUCH AS JAGUARS (PANTHERA ONCA), BAIRD S TAPIR (TAPIRUS BAIRDII), AND SCARLET MACAWS (ARA MACAO) BY ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING AND BY CREATING SUITABLE HABITAT. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE (1) ESTABLISHING A BI NATIONAL TECHNICAL GROUP FOR WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING TO COORDINATE AND IMPLEMENT THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STRATEGY BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND STRENGTHEN THE EFFORTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ITS EFFICIENCY, CONTROL, AND SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS (2) ESTABLISHING AGROFORESTRY PROJECTS TO RESTORE CROSS BORDER ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES TO WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING AND (3) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM EDUCATING FOR THE CONSERVATION OF PROTECTED AREAS AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (EDUCONAP) TO INCREASE THE VALUE THAT LOCALS PUT ON PROTECTED AREAS AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN GUATEMALA.
COMMUNITY-BASED HABITAT CONSERVATION III The project ensures the sustainable management of approximately 21,000.hectares of habitat in the central highlands of Guatemala. The objectives of the.project are to: 1) restore 180 hectares of habitat via the reforestation of 200,000.native trees produced in community-managed greenhouses; 2) strengthen the.local management of 21,000 hectares of forested habitat; 3) reduce anthropogenic.pressure on habitat by (a) installing 291 fuel-efficient stoves in communities.located adjacent to the forest, and (b) reducing illegal logging in the Communal.Forest by raising awareness of the issue with a social marketing campaign and.engagement of key local stakeholders; and 4) broaden community interest and.active participation in habitat conservation.
Strengthening capacity for improved management of corals in trade in the Central American Caribbean. This project will strengthen the capacities of authorities in Central America and the Dominican Republic to effectively manage and implement trade regulations for CITES-listed species of corals. The project will conduct face-to-face training of at least 30 lead government officials from at least 7 Central American/Caribbean countries on coral identification as part of the ROAVIS annual meeting through the use of the Guide to the Identification of Precious and Semi-Precious Corals which will be revised and translated into Spanish. The project will also complete an evaluation of coral trade in Mesoamerican countries to be presented at the ROAVIS meeting to support decision making and strategic planning processes to improve monitoring and controls of trade in species of potential concern.
Community-based Conservation of the Communal Forest of Los Altos de San Miguel This project will strengthen the capacity of local community leaders to sustainably manage forested habitat in the central highlands of Guatemala, reforest habitat with 200,000 native trees, reduce anthropogenic pressure on habitat, and broaden community participation in habitat conservation.
"BIRDSCAPING GUATEMALA""S QEQCHI MAYA HI Agroforest ecosystems established in degraded landscapes of northern Guatemala will restore habitat critical to the ..survival of Golden-winged Warbler (GWWA), Golden-cheeked Warbler (GCWA), and Wood Thrush (WOTH), in their ..winter range where they are vulnerable to deforestation caused by rapid expansion of agriculture. Enhanced ..Birdscape Agroforest Ecosystems created to mimic natural forests, in Important Bird Areas (IBAs) will demonstrate ..measurable ecological improvement of neotropical migratory bird (NMB) habitat expected to increase non-breeding ..season survival of wintering populations of GWWA, GCWA, WOTH and 16 other NMBs. Local stewards, informed ..by environmental education, will implement long term conservation plans to manage NMB habitat in agroforest ..ecosystems with incentives of improved agricultural production and economic return. Local citizens will plant 250 ..hectares of restored NMB habitat in 4000 agroforest parcels, measuring 625 m2 each, marked by GPS coordinates, ..within 3km of existing forests within the IBAs of the project area.
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere The Recipient will enter into a two-year cooperative agreement with the Wildlife Without Borders Latin America and Caribbean (WWB-LAC) program to: 1) raise public awareness of the legal agreements pertaining to the Cynegetic Region II with authorities a
CONSERVATION COAST BIRDSCAPE IN CARIBBEA For 26 years, FUNDAECO has promoted the declaration and management of protected areas in Guatemala. ..The Caribbean Guatemala sub system of protected areas is one of the most successful in Guatemala, in terms of ..ensuring habitat protection and community participation and benefit from the protected areas. Today, the existing ..protected areas provide safe stop over and wintering habitat for over 95 species of migratory birds; however, recent ..studies show that migratory birds of a diverse set of habitats in their wintering grounds, including agroforestry systems...Through this project, FUNDAECO will closely collaborate with the American Bird Conservancy in the promotion of land ..restoration in areas within or outside existing protected areas, in order to support sustainable production measures ..that contribute to the creation of migratory birds' habitat and increase the economic benefits for local producers. In ..the medium term, The Conservation Coast Birdscape could become a model for management at the landscape level ..that ensures bird conservation while improving opportunities for producers and communities, and activates the local ..economy.
Strengthening Sea Turtle Conservation, Adapting to Climate Change and Assisting CONAP in meeting Guatemalas IAC Commitments The purpose of this project is to implement a sea turtle conservation program in Guatemala. The intent is to protect sea turtles and their nests from poaching and depredation and to assist Government of Guatemala in complying with its obligations under the Inter-American Sea Turtle Convention (IAC) regarding exceptions for sustainable harvest of eggs. Activities include: 1) conducting nest monitoring surveys at eight index beaches to assess long-term population trends; 2) strengthening hatchery management through capacity building workshops to improve hatching success; and 3) working with National Council of Protected Areas (CONANP) and IAC to develop a management plan for sustainable olive ridley egg harvest.
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere The Recipient will enter into a two-year cooperative agreement with the Wildlife Without Borders Latin America and Caribbean (WWB-LAC) program to combine outreach and capacity building programs for ranchers and owners of domestic animals in small commun
Wildlife Without Borders - Western Hemisphere Socialization Program for the New Cynegetic Region II & Institutionalization of Environmental-Cultural Education Program in Northwestern Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Marine Turtle Conservation Fund strengthening guatemala's sea turtle conservation program and assisting conap in meeting its treaty obligations under the inter-american sea turtle convention
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere Project will help ensure the long-term ecological integrity and sustainable management of big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), cedar (Cedrela odorata) and other commercially harvested tree species in the multiple-use zone of the Maya Biosphere Reserve by working with community concessionaires, private concessionaires, and the Guatemalan Agency for Protected Areas (CONAP). The project will: 1) complete an assessment of the conservation status, impacts of current harvesting practices and threats to regeneration and population viability of CITES-listed species, 2) make recommendations to improve monitoring, harvesting and conservation strategies, including the goal of validating or modifying CONAPs non-detrimental finding for mahogany and cedar if needed, 3) disseminate results to local and national agencies, organizations, universities and industries and 4) collaborate with concessionaires to apply the recommendations into their operating plans and business models and with CONAP to support sustainable landscape-level management of the Maya Biosphere Reserve.
CONSERVATION COAST BIRDSCAPE IN CARIBBEA CONSERVATION COAST BIRDSCAPE IN CARIBBEA
ENSURING CONSERVATION STATUS FOR LAST UN ? 2013-03: Securement 2,266 ac; Enhancement 2,476 acres; Management 1,034,217 acres.
Conservation Of Stopover And Wintering Habitat At Sierra Caral, Guatemala This project carries out conservation activities to protect Stopover and Wintering Habitat in Guatemala.
FILLING THE GAPS FOR BIRD CONSERVATION I In Phase I and since, FUNDAECO developed a portfolio of key sites for migratory bird conservation, consolidated and expanded the San Isidro Reserve, advanced protection for priority sites and established a new reserve: La Soledad Reserve (1500 acres of pine oak and broadleaf forest). This project will advance the protection of key habitats in Northern Huehuetenango, by a multi strategy approach that includes consolidation of 2 nature reserves (San Isidro and La Soledad Reserves), the strengthening of the management capacities of the Todos Santos Cuchumatan Municipal Reserve, and the establishment of Conservation Agreements with communities in Laguna Yolnabaj and in the Cruz Maltin proposed protected area. FUNDAECO will design a Bird Conservation Regional Strategy, identifying key conservation activities for the already prioritized sites; this Strategy will lead conservation efforts in the region during the next 5 years. Finally, this project will support the establishment of a local bird monitoring team, in order to ensure long term monitoring within the project sites. The project will contribute to the protection of a total of 35,415 acres of forests in Huehuetenango, thus, contributing to long term protection of wintering habitats for Neotropical migratory birds.
Baird's Tapir Survival Alliance The purpose of this project is to support a regional conservation team for Bairds tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) in Central America. This project is intended to ensure the survival of the Bairds tapir by developing the capacity of tapir conservation leaders from Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama who will work together to design and deliver results-oriented Bairds tapir conservation actions. Specific activities include: (1) conducting trainings and mentoring at field sites of five Fellows on a range of topics, including team building, adaptive management, communications and media, and grant writing and fundraising; (2) designing and implementing a coordinated public outreach campaign for the conservation of Bairds tapirs; (3) determining individual and team field projects at high priority sites to reduce threats to their survival; (4) jointly developing a global grant proposal to ensure the survival of the species and undertake fundraising activities to support it; and (5) creating the Bairds Tapir Survival Alliance as an enduring network equipped to ensure the survival of the species across its range. USFWS involvement includes: strategic planning for the new program; participation in regular communications; helping to select Fellows and Mentors, identifying potential contacts and providing background on similar programs; providing technical assistance and oversight to the program; assisting with training; advising on the curriculum design; making decisions on programs management, support, leadership and future growth; reviewing and approving mini-grants on direct conservation actions and communications activities; helping to publicize the program, threats to the survival of the Bairds Tapir, and how the program is making a conservation impact; leveraging potential collaboration and partnerships; and working with grantee to align the program with USFWS performance indicators for strategy effectiveness on public campaigns and capaci
Strengthening the security of threatened wildlife and their habitat through the local empowerment in the Ancestral Rainforest Landscape, Selva Maya, Guatemala 1) give continuity to the implementation of the Hunting Region II Socialization Program to empowerindigenous authorities and establish consensual agreements that favor conservation, security and management of wildlife and their habitat in communities of Ixcn, Quich that are key to the landscape connectivity; 2) promote a pilot process to empower local youth featured as leaders of change acting for wildlife and social welfare; 3) enable an intercultural experimental space that benefits the training of local youth in good practices of conservation and sustainable productivity with the potential to be promoted to larger scale; and 4) evaluate the impact of the process by monitoring social indicators and ecological in the study regions.
COMMUNITY-BASED HABITAT CONSERVATION III The project ensures the sustainable management of approximately 21,000..hectares of habitat in the central highlands of Guatemala. The objectives of the..project are to: 1) restore 180 hectares of habitat via the reforestation of 200,000..native trees produced in community-managed greenhouses; 2) strengthen the..local management of 21,000 hectares of forested habitat; 3) reduce anthropogenic..pressure on habitat by (a) installing 291 fuel-efficient stoves in communities..located adjacent to the forest, and (b) reducing illegal logging in the Communal..Forest by raising awareness of the issue with a social marketing campaign and..engagement of key local stakeholders; and 4) broaden community interest and..active participation in habitat conservation.
COMMUNITY BASED HABITAT CONS OF FOREST LOS ALTOS DE SAN MIGUEL II The Communal Forest of Los Altos de San Miguel is the largest intact old-growth coniferous forest in Guatemala, but it is facing increasing development pressure. The project will strengthen local capacity to sustainably manage approximately 50,000 acres of habitat in the central highlands of Guatemala through reforestation, improved management, and increased community awareness. Benefitted species include Bell's vireo, black swift, Canada warbler, flammulated owl, olive-sided flycatcher, painted bunting, red-faced warbler, Swainson's hawk, and willow flycatcher.
Increasing law enforcement monitoring capacity for Mesoamerica's most threatened wild places This project has three main objectives: (1) Continue building upon advances in the MBR as a pilot design site and center for regional training; (2) Share lessons learned and law enforcement monitoring (LEM) tools with partners across Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras; and (3) Provide continuous technical support to sub-regional partners through WCS partnership with CEMEC.
Protection of the Jaguar (Panthera onca) food web, through strengthening..local capacity to exercise best harvest practices in Ramon Tree (Brosinum alicastrum) seed..collection, targeting six womens groups in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve, Petn, Guatemal Project will support six womens groups, totaling 217 member families of the Association of Forest Communities in the Petn, to increase protections for the jaguar and its food chain within 212,763 acres of the Maya Biosphere Reserve by 1) implementing best harvesting practices of the Maya nut, 2) strengthening local community capacity to sustainably harvest Ramon seeds from forest ecosystems, 3) improving production practices, using a value chains approach for harvesting, primary and secondary transformation processes of the Maya nut to increase competitiveness and 4) integrating the jaguar and its Maya Biosphere Reserve habitat into local outreach and international marketing for the resulting products.
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere This project will strengthen community capacity to protect and conserve the Cuchumantanes landscape, including local water sources and forests, by 1) reducing human pressures on key forest basins through forest guard training and reforestation and agroforestry projects, 2) strengthening local capacity for community-based watershed management by establishing one local watershed committee and participatory watershed management plan for implementation, and 3) generating sustainable livelihoods for 75 rural communities through the use of fuel efficient stoves, inscription into Guatemalas forestry incentive programs, honey production and sale, and the collection and sale of Inga edulai seeds for agroforestry.
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere This project will strengthen the capacities of authorities in Central America and the Dominican Republic to effectively manage and implement trade regulations for CITES-listed species of corals. The project will conduct face-to-face training of at least 30 lead government officials from at least 7 Central American/Caribbean countries on coral identification as part of the ROAVIS annual meeting through the use of the Guide to the Identification of Precious and Semi-Precious Corals which will be revised and translated into Spanish. The project will also complete an evaluation of coral trade in Mesoamerican countries to be presented at the ROAVIS meeting to support decision making and strategic planning processes to improve monitoring and controls of trade in species of potential concern.
Ecological Connectivity and Sustainable Land-Use in the Ostua dry forest Biological Corridor Project will reduce the threat of agricultural and livestock expansion and intensification into the Ostua dry forest by working with local stakeholders. Project activities include: 1) establishing a model for connectivity between dry forests and riparian zones, 2) implementing land-use planning and more efficient livestock production systems in conjunction with local communities, 3) engaging with at least 10 ranchers to improve practices and apply for forest ecosystem services payments, and 4) systemizing the pilot model to scale it up throughout the Montecristo-Trinational Biological Corridor.
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere This project will reduce the illegal trade and consumption of endangered wildlife in the Ramsar wetland Ecoregion Lachua in northwestern Alta Verapaz spurred by the construction of the mega-highway Franja Transversal del Norte. The project will: 1) educate local authorities and regional authorities as requested on the rules and regulations of the Cynergetic Region related to commerce and consumption of endangered wildlife through workshops and interviews, 2) deliver workshops to restaurant owners and other businesses alongside local authorities in Ixcan and Chisec on the topic and create additional forums for dialogue between the two entities, 3) expand their community consultation program to 33 additional communities in the Patio de Bolas Copon area of Ixcan to promote sustainable hunting and conservation of wildlife, and 4) implement a communication campaign to discourage illegal trade and consumption of wildlife by working with respected community church leaders to produce radio spots and posters.