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ENABLING LONGTERM COLLABORATIVE CONS OF South America's grasslands span approximately 1 million square kilometers across Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Habitat loss, fragmentation, improper use of agrochemicals, and unsustainable agricultural land management threaten the migratory grassland birds dependent on this ecosystem. BirdLife International, with its partners: Aves Argentinas, Aves Uruguay, Guyra Paraguay, and SAVE Brasil, have worked to conserve grassland birds and their habitats through proven, effective, and scalable conservation solutions. The Grassland Alliance will execute four key strategies to safeguard Southern Cone grasslands critical to the survival of Neotropical migrants and other species: 1. Planning - Develop and begin implementing a Grassland Alliance Bird Conservation Business Plan, in consultation with partners and stakeholders, that provides a road map for future conservation investments. 2. Monitoring - Strengthen and deploy a consistent monitoring and evaluation framework across the Southern Cone Grasslands Alliance network, to advance scientific understanding of the needs of grassland Neotropical migratory bird species, and improve effectiveness of grassland conservation measures. 3. Conserving - Improve management on over 765,000 acres of sustainably managed grasslands through continued work with ranchers to implement Best Management Practices, and bird-friendly beef certification. 4. Raising awareness - Enhance awareness of threats to grassland biodiversity, and possible conservation solutions through effective communication.
CONSERVATION FOR MIGRATORY REEG IN MEXIC This proposal contributes to a large-scale National Program that, since 2013, seeks to recover the Reddish Egret (REEG) populations and their habitats in Mexico. Partners will build on the success of prior phases, which have recovered about 55% of the REEG population of the Central Management Unit that represents 83% of the total population in Mexico. They will address the main threats to wintering sites in Mexico: loss and reduction of habitat quality, information gaps that prevent decision-making, increase of maritime traffic, apathy of authorities and residents to the importance of REEG and the lack of follow-up to long-term conservation strategies. Partners will: 1) Protect priority winter foraging habitat (11,609 acres) for the REEG on Laguna Madre and the East Coast of Belize, 2) Reforest mangrove (247ac) in priority winter sites in Laguna Madre de Tamaulipas and the North Coast of Yucatan, 3) Continue the REEG monitoring program and start a systematized monitoring in Belize, 4) Undertake an environmental education and community outreach strategy in Tamaulipas, Yucatn and Belize and 5) Follow the Business Plan for the Conservation of the Reddish Egret in Mexico and the new updated version of the global Action Plan (Green et al, in press).
AERIAL SURVEYS ALONG THE COAST OF NORTHE Contribute data to shorebird population trend and status assessments along the coasts of northern South America and to evaluate effectiveness of shorebird conservation actions implemented throughoutthe Atlantic Flyway.
PROTECTING HABITAT FOR WOOD THRUSH: NICA To address the threats migratory birds face during their full-life cycle, American Bird Conservancy is identifying priority ..landscapes, called Birdscapes, at the scale required to impact land use and provide measurable change to ..populations of Watchlist species. This project will direct investment to two priority Birdscapes in Nicaragua and ..Honduras. Non-sustainable land use practices and inadequate management of protected areas in the Birdscapes ..are reducing habitat available to wintering migrants, particularly Wood Thrush and Golden-winged Warbler. This ..project will address these threats by working with local communities to implement silvipasture practices and agro-..forestry production systems on more than 600 ha of land; create conservation agreements to ensure effective ..management of 42,000 ha of forest; and train guards and law enforcement officials in effective enforcement ..operations for the benefit of the 22,252-ha Saslaya National Park. Altogether, this project will positively impact more ..than 65,000 ha of critical habitat for migratory birds.
INTEGRATING SHOREBIRDS CONSERVATION & SH The Pacific Americas Shorebird Conservation Strategy identifies shrimp aquaculture as a high threat for shorebirds in the Neotropics. Shrimp farms can lead to loss and degradation of significant areas of shorebird habitat. However, under the right conditions they can also provide safe roosting and foraging habitat. The Gulf of Fonseca is one of the most important areas for shorebird conservation and the most important for shrimp farming in Central America. This project will enhance conservation of critical shorebird habitat through improved management and protection of shrimp farms by: 1) Integrating shorebird needs into the best management practices manual of the SeaJoy shrimp company that manages 9,884 acres of shrimp farms adjacent to these areas, and building company capacity to implement the revised practices; 2) Monitoring the shorebird and prey response to different management to refine best management practices; 3) Promoting expansion of the 'Delta del Estero Real' Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site to include an adjacent shrimp farm; 4) Building a strategic alliance with SeaJoy to develop economic incentives for implementation of best management practices that benefit shorebird conservation; and 5) Raising awareness among shrimp farmers and surrounding communities of the importance of the Gulf of Fonseca for shorebirds.
Protecting Critical Stopover Habitat for Buff-breasted Sandpiper Bolivia III PP This project 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.
Creando Capacidades Para Proteger y Mejorar Arrozales de las Amricas The project seeks to strengthen and give sustainability to processes that are being developed in Colombia and Paraguay for the protection and conservation of habitats in areas of rice cultivation. This will be done through the development of an economic Toolbox that allows producers to achieve the financial sustainability needed to adopt best environmental practices. This will be achieved through the design of specific environmental safeguards for the production of rice, the elaboration of a guide of economic instruments available for sustainable production by country, and the implementation of a training and communication plan for the implementation of economic instruments. The commitment expressed by associations of rice producers and the national.banks are key for the success of the project.This project will allow to two NMBCA beneficiaries to jointly work on conflicts between conservation and production with migratory bird species and share with other partners in the flyways about options for sustainability.
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 ~60,000 ..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 60,107 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.
SAVING THE GOLDEN-CHEEKED WARBLER WINTER Partners continue the implementation of Nature Based Solutions (NBS) as the methodology to encompass actions and to conserve the goods and services the Mesoamerican Pine-Oak region provides. The framework of the 'Conservation Plan of the Mesoamerican Pine-Oak Corridor as the wintering habitat of the Golden- cheeked Warbler (GCWA)' will guide response to various local acute challenges such as climate change, food security, and risk of disaster. The NBS approach is used by the members of the Pine-Oak Forest Alliance due to its effectiveness in many types of social and environmental interventions. The working groups have identified 104 prospective sites for the second phase in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. Partners will conserve habitat through ecosystem restoration on a landscape scale (involving 1,670 hectares), the inclusion of scientific and traditional knowledge through citizen science that will allow managing the sustainability of local biological monitoring processes (40 trained observers), and recognizing the actions of forest and water management through water governance (minimum 20 social groups collaborating).
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere 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.
Assessing Pop Status, Structure and Cons Needs for Semipalmated Sandpiper III This project's primary objectives include assessing the abundance and distribution of the semi-palmated sandpiper along South Americas northern coast during southbound migration and boreal winter, and determining spatial relationships among important wintering, migration staging and breeding areas, and characterize population structure and demographic properties of the species wintering in northern South America. Other objectives are to identify, investigate, and if possible, address factors that may adversely affect population viability; and collaborate with South American biologists and resource managers to develop and implement research, monitoring and conservation plans for the species. The project work will build on successful project phases previously funded through the NMBCA since 2008.
DEVELOPMENT OF SHOREBIRD-FRIENDLY AQUACU Understand how shorebirds use habitats within the Gulf of Fonseca Region of Central America. Specific activities include evaluating the potential impacts of shrimp farms on shorebirds in the Gulf and intiate steps towards the documentation and implementation of best management practices for shrimp farms that with contribute to sustainable shorebird populations
INTEGRATING SHOREBIRDS CONSERVATION & SH The Pacific Americas Shorebird Conservation Strategy identifies shrimp aquaculture as a high threat for shorebirds in the Neotropics. Shrimp farms can lead to loss and degradation of significant areas of shorebird habitat. However, under the right conditions they can also provide safe roosting and foraging habitat. The Gulf of Fonseca is one of the most important areas for shorebird conservation and the most important for shrimp farming in Central America. This project will enhance conservation of critical shorebird habitat through improved management and protection of shrimp farms by: 1) Integrating shorebird needs into the best management practices manual of the SeaJoy shrimp company that manages 9,884 acres of shrimp farms adjacent to these areas, and building company capacity to implement the revised practices; 2) Monitoring the shorebird and prey response to different management to refine best management practices; 3) Promoting expansion of the "Delta del Estero Real" Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site to include an adjacent shrimp farm; 4) Building a strategic alliance with SeaJoy to develop economic incentives for implementation of best management practices that benefit shorebird conservation; and 5) Raising awareness among shrimp farmers and surrounding communities of the importance of the Gulf of Fonseca for shorebirds.
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE CONSERVATION OF CENTRAL AMERICA'S 5 GREAT FORESTS This project builds upon previous work conducted under a five-year cooperative agreement that established a broad alliance and five-pillar strategy to conserve Central Americas Five Great Forests. The purpose of this project is to implement three projects in three different countries, representing complementary, discrete, and tangible examples of the Five Great Forests strategy in action at the local level. Central Americas wildlife and wild places, as well as the physical, cultural, and food and water security of Indigenous peoples and local communities, are at risk from environmental degradation, climate change, and the expansion of illegal cattle ranching. The project is intended to conserve three areas within the Five Great Forests, including viable populations of wide-ranging species, such as the jaguar, Bairds tapir, white-lipped peccary, macaw, and critically endangered Central American river turtle, as well as support the forest communities that rely on them.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT AND EXPAND EAST PACIFIC LEATHERBACK CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN COLOMBIA AND PANAMA. THE INTENT IS TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR A COMMUNITY BASED LEATHERBACK NESTING BEA : 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.
REFORESTATION OF CRITICAL WINTERING HABITAT FOR NEOTROPICAL MIGRANTS VI The American Bird Conservancy and its in-country partners will plant 112,000 native trees and coffee bushes; acquire 577 acres; and contribute to the ongoing protection of about 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 will benefit 20 additional neotropical migratory bird species, as well as many resident bird species. Activities 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, empowering local people to use agricultural practices that benefit migratory birds.
Hunting sustainability and hunter awareness as a foundation for managing wildlife harvests in South Guyana and Roraima Project activities will build the foundation for monitoring and regulating wildlife harvest by 1) identifying and quantifying existing markets that sell wild meat in the region, 2) establishing a wildlife and wildlife harvest monitoring program to evaluate sustainability of traditional hunting practices, 3) identifying current issues with existing regulations and implementation for wildlife harvest and trade across the region, and 4) raising awareness on national and international regulations concerning wildlife harvest and trade.
Mitigating Human-Jaguar Conflict, Facilitating Stakeholder Cooperation and Capacity, and Increasing Sustainable Use of Native Habitat in the Gran Chaco [Chaco Jaguar Conservation Project, Programa de Funds under this award are to reduce the mortality of jaguars, and increase jaguar habitat, in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina
Fortalecimiento a la estructura trinacional para la implementacin del Corredor Biolgico Trinacional Montecristo Trifinio, en la Regin Trifinio (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) Project will support improved connectivity between protected areas of the Trifinio region by strengthening management and communication tools, and the ability of key stakeholders to use them, for the Montecristo Trifinio Trinational Biological Corridor. Project activities include working with local, national and trinational stakeholders and platforms to create a series of detailed maps (mapping of all 7 sub-corridors, land use changes, coverage maps by ecosystems to better identify ecosystem goods and services, and water supply and sources) in order to support decision-makers to carry out land use planning, identify priorities for conservation actions, and guide future funding decisions. Project will also design, carry out and evaluate a communication campaign directed towards local communities and governments about the critical importance of the biological corridor and the services it provides.
COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF SHOREBIRDS IN AL The Altiplano wetlands have shown to be of high importance to several wintering and migrating Neotropical ..migrants, including Wilson's Phalarope, Baird's Sandpiper, both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, American Golden ..Plover, Upland Sandpiper and Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Despite the evident importance of the Andean wetlands ..for the conservation of Neotropical migrant shorebirds, information regarding the importance of individual sites and ..key threats is limited, and available data have not been used to analyze population sizes or trends of wintering ..populations. The current proposal seeks to capitalize on the forthcoming international flamingo survey in January ..2020, by implementing a simultaneous shorebird survey, in order to obtain up-to-date data on shorebirds using the ..Altiplano wetlands. Main objectives are 1) To conduct a comprehensive census of shorebirds in Altiplano Wetlands; ..2) Quantify population sizes and evaluate trends of wintering shorebird populations; and 3) Identify priority wetlands ..for the conservation of shorebirds. The project's results will significantly aid the development of a mid-continental ..shorebird flyway initiative, developing a set of target species, habitats, conservation decisions and actions for ..collaboration.
EXPAND INTERNATIONAL SHOREBIRD SURVEY IN Assist in the maintenance and expansion of the existing network of participants in the International Shorebird Survey primarily in southern Brazil and Argentina.
Comprehensive Survey of the Pacific Coasts of Peru and Chile for Shorebirds Partners will survey Neotropical migratory shorebirds at 300 sites along the Pacific coasts of Peru and Chile
SAVING THE GOLDEN-CHEEKED WARBLER WINTER In 2017 the Alliance for the Conservation of Mesoamerica's Pine-Oak Forests concluded the process of updating the Conservation Plan for the endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler (GCWA) wintering habitat (2017-2027). This proposal will begin implementing this new plan. It is urgent to move forward with the recovery of GCWA habitat in Honduras after the severe devastation caused by the bark beetle. Additionally, the alliance identified the relevance of replicating successful strategies in the management and conservation of pine-oak forests in other countries. This project will replicate the approach of incorporating better forest management practices with high conservation values from Chiapas to Guatemala. Partners will disseminate the plan and give continuity to the collaborative work of the Alliance, as well as maintaining and strengthening links with Partners in Flight and the Western Forest Conservation Business Plan. Partners will restore 98,842 acres of pine oak forest in Honduras and ensure that at least 7,400 acres of pine-oak forest have been incorporated into sustainable forest management in Chiapas, Mexico. In the project's second year, field surveys of the GCWA will be carried out to update the potential winter habitat modeling for the species, along the species winter range.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTINUE HAWKSBILL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AT NESTING BEACHES IN BAHIA DE JIQUILISCO BIOSPHERE RESERVE (BAHIA), EL SALVADOR AND ON FORAGING GROUNDS IN EL SALVADOR AND N THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTINUE HAWKSBILL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AT NESTING BEACHES IN BAHIA DE JIQUILISCO BIOSPHERE RESERVE (BAHIA), EL SALVADOR AND ON FORAGING GROUNDS IN EL SALVADOR AND NICARAGUA. THE INTENT OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROTECT NESTS AND NESTING FEMALES FROM POACHING AND ALSO TO WORK WITH LOCAL FISHERMAN TO REDUCE HAWKSBILL BYCATCH FROM LOBSTER FISHERIES. THE SMALL EASTERN PACIFIC HAWKSBILL NESTING POPULATION WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN EXTIRPATED UNTIL REMNANT POPULATIONS WERE DISCOVERED IN REMOTE SITES UNTIL 2008. BAHIA DE JIQUILISCO ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 40 OF ALL HAWKSBILL NESTING IN THE EAST PACIFIC. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) CONDUCT COMMUNITY BASED PATROLS AND RELOCATION OF NESTS TO HATCHERIES (2) CONDUCT OUTREACH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS A HAWKSBILL FESTIVAL, HAWKSBILL CUP COMPETITION AND DAY OF THE HAWKSBILL EVENTS IN SCHOOLS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THREATS TO HAWKSBILLS (3) CONDUCT YEAR ROUND FISHERIES BYCATCH MONITORING OF LOBSTER FISHERIES WITH ON BOARD OBSERVERS (4) CONDUCT LED LIGHT TRIALS ON LOBSTER NETS TO DETERMINE DETERRENCE EFFECTIVENESS AND (5) DEVELOP LOCAL CAPACITY TO STRENGTHEN A HAWKSBILL ECOTOURISM PROGRAM FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.
Strengthening Conservation Actions For G All objectives and activities of this project were identified by the Alliance for the Conservation of..Mesoamericas Pine-Oak Forests in its recently updates Conservation Plan for the Pine-Oak Forests..and the Migratory Bird Dendroica chrysoparia (now Setophaga chrysoparia). In previous projects,..partners have gathered knowledge and experience of working in the ecoregion. Recent analyses of the..GCWAs potential range have highlighted the importance of broadening the scope and verifying the..new information generated about the species distribution within the five countries located in the..ecoregion, in order to have reliable records of the species in sites which have not yet been confirmed..as GCWA winter range. The recent floral characterization in the GCWA habitat provides the basis for..the establishment of pilot projects that contribute to the recovery and conservation of the GCWA's..winter habitat, contributing in turn to the national restoration strategies that are being constructed in..Guatemala and Mexico.
SHOREBIRD CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ON Promote the conservation of grassland shorebirds in private lands near Merlin lagoon as part of the Atlantic Flyway, by involve landowners on six ranches in shorebird conservation.
Providing Habitats for NMBs of Grasslands of Colombian Orinoco This project will enhance 4,942 ha of natural grasslands in the Colombian Orinoco basin, and will recommend bird-friendly management practices in ricefields, which will be certified as bird-friendly rice production lands.