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FORTALECIMIENTO DEL PROGRAMA DE FORMACION DE TECNICOS.COMUNITARIOS PARA EL MONITOREO BIOLOGICO EN LA RESERVA DE LA.BIOSFERA MARIPOSA MONARCA The goal of this project is to develop a training program for community technicians that creates employment opportunities and provides relevant information to guide actions aimed at increasing the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserves resilience to climate change. The area is the most important wintering habitat of the monarch butterfly and it is threated by over-exploitation of forest resources, soil erosion, unsustainable agricultural practices, illegal logging, uncontrolled tourism, and lack of alternative sources of income for local people. Through this project, the Recipient will: 1) implement four hands-on training workshops for 20 young leaders on flora, fauna and ecosystems health data collection, ecology, forest management, conflict resolution, and environmental education; 2) organize three exchange of experiences visits to Calakmul, Tehuacan-Cuicatlan, and El Ocote Biosphere Reserves; 3) design and distribute six illustrated guides of flora and fauna; and 4) produce a manual for biological and environmental monitoring.
Preserving a Key Jaguar Corridor through SMART Conflict Management and Community Engagement in the Buffer Zone of the Laguna de Terminos Protected Area The purpose of this project is to support the preservation of a key wildlife corridor between the Laguna de Terminos Protected Area and the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Campeche by increasing tolerance for jaguars among human residents. This project is intended to conserve the jaguar by empowering select local residents to patrol their communities for illegal activities, reducing conflict between jaguars and cattle ranchers, and educating communities about the value of the jaguar. Specific activities include: (1) camera-trapping studies conducted by local Monitoring Committee (MC) members in three communities to ensure long-term wildlife monitoring; (2) training of MC members in the use of the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) for jaguar-cattle conflict mitigation to reduce illegal activity, cattle predation, and attendant jaguar killings); and (3) educational workshops in three communities to increase awareness of jaguar conservation issues and increase positive attitudes toward jaguars.
ALVARADO LAGOON SYS II This project will protect 5,530 acres of wetlands; restore 321 acres of those wetlands; enhance 279 acres as buffer and refuge areas; and continue with the monitoring of ALS and generate a specific monitoring system for the 5,528 acres of private reserves.
CORAL REEF CONSERVATION IN THE MEXICAN PACIFIC, Phase II The goal is to strengthen conservation of 686,767 acres in six Natural Protected Areas (NPAs) with coral reefs in the Mexican Pacific
GPCAS ENHANCEMENT IN THE CHIHUAHUAN DESE Partners will protect 78,248 ac with legal mechanisms, promote sustainable use of grasslands, implement management activities within five properties (89,990 ac), and reduce desertification on 30,722 ac. Bird monitoring surveys will be done in El Tokio at large-scale and in Mapimi and VACE at ranch-level scale. They will develop handbooks about soil restoration activities and seed collection that will allow practitioners and landowners to be more efficient in implementing ecological restoration activities. A social network analysis will be done, to obtain a sociogram with important information to improve the collaboration efforts in the Chihuahua Desert. With the National Institute of Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock Research, Pronatura Noreste, AC will determine how the Carbon absorption and GHG emission fluctuated in different grazing intensities and with the information, support why it is important to restore and conserve grasslands and how grasslands can help in the fight against the clime alterations conditions. There are 11 direct partners and 40 indirect partners that will be involved in different activities. ....
Wildlife Without Borders - Western Hemisphere Capacitacin local para la restauracin ecolgica: restableciendo la conectividad para la conservacin de vida silvestre en las zonas de amortiguamiento e influencia de la Reserva de Biosfera Calakmul, Mxico
ENHANCEMENT OF WETLANDS IMPORTANT TO MIGRATORY WATERFOWL: MORONCARIT LAGOON The project will 1) restore 499 acres of wetlands as waterfowl habitat through hydrological rehabilitation; 2) guarantee long term wetland protection and conservation benefiting migratory and resident waterfowl through a conservation agreement for 544 acres with Ejido Moroncarit for 20-35 years; and, 3) establish a monitoring system for waterfowl and their habitats to generate information that will be the basis for future decision-making regarding management and conservation of habitat and species.
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.
Capacity Building for Sustainable Wildlife Management on Private Lands in Mexico FWS funds will support salaries, travel (including lodging and meals), outreach activities and equipment, and field supplies. As a cooperative agreement, substantive involvement by the FWS may occur in areas such as developing a monitoring and evaluation framework, monitoring project work plan implementation, and providing technical support in outreach methods as requested. The Recipient will be invited to share lessons learned in a FWS-led community of practice for conservation constituency building.
Estrategia de difusion y education ambiental para el conocimiento de las areas naturales protegidas y la biodiversidad, en comunidades del municipia de Maxcanu, Yucatan The Mazcanu Province in the state of Yucatan is strategically located between the Ria Celestun and Patenes Biosphere Reserves, which form a unique biogeographic area rich in biological diversity and cradle of the Mayan culture. The goal of this project is to maintain the biological connectivity of the region and its unique biodiversity by delivering an environmental education program that raises the awareness of the local indigenous communities. Project activities include: 1) train twenty indigenous education agents on environmental education techniques for biodiversity conservation; 2) conduct environmental education activities for children, teenagers, and adults focused on environmental issues affecting the region; 3) organize four summer camps on local biodiversity conservation for 120 children and teens; and 4) deliver hands-on training for three groups of artisan women on sustainable practices for the harvesting of gourmet salt, use of color dyes and elaboration of Jipi Japa hats.
SECURING CONNECTIVITY FOR JAGUARS IN STRATEGIC REGIONS OF SONORA AND SINALOA The purpose of this project is to mitigate site-specific sources of mortality and specific barriers to jaguar movement and dispersal within and into Sonora that currently impede range-wide recovery for jaguars in North America and reduce the incidence of human-jaguar conflicts in the project area. .By identifying and then addressing wildlife mortality hotspots on roads and highways that cut across jaguar habitat and movement corridors, the project will create a connected network of lands through which jaguars (and their prey) can roam without the risk of wildlife-vehicle collision, which is a significant cause of mortality.
WTLDS ALVARADO LAGOON SYS The Veracruz coast is one of the most important waterfowl and shorebird continental migratory routes. However, extensive cattle grazing and forest fires threaten this wetland complex, especially its mangroves. Over the last 24 years approximately 12,000 acres of mangroves have been lost, and more than 56,000 wetland acres have been turned into grasslands. This project, with the help and involvement of locals, seeks to mitigate the destructive processes and to restore the wetland system to benefit habitat for the conservation of migratory birds The project will be implemented in the 715,175 acre Alvarado Wetland Complex (ALS). It provides habitat to at least 346 bird species, including Snowy Plover, Red Knot Green-winged Teal, American Golden Plover, Wilsons Plover, and Wilsons Phalarope. Phase 1B will restore 464.56 degraded wetland acres and enhance 2,767.68 additional wetland acres.
POPULATION RECOVERY OF LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE (DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA) The goal of this project is to protect 100% of clutches. To achieve this protection on priority beaches, it would be ensured that up to 75% of all clutches left on the Mexican coast are protected.
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO COMBAT SEA CUCUMBER POACHING AND TRAFFICKING IN YUCATAN, MEXICO: APPLYING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE TO PLACE-BASED MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT This project supports fishing communities in Yucatan, Mexico in combating poaching and trafficking of two species of sea cucumber (Isostichopus badionotus and Holothuria floridana) through the use geographic information science that capitalizes on the potential that well-organized fishing cooperatives have to lead efforts to combat illegal and unsustainable trade. Sea cucumbers are poached to meet the increasing demand from China, with contraband to Asia sometimes smuggled via the U.S. The intent of this two-year project is three fold: reduce illegal harvesting of sea cucumbers; increase field missions to detect, deter, and prosecute illegal activities; and disrupt illegal trade networks through innovative place-based solutions developed by community members themselves. Specific project activities include: (1) three training workshops for members of 12 fishing communities in GIS data collection techniques and their application to conduct place-based investigations of crime hotspots in participants communities; (2) place-based solutions and community patrols to enhance fisheries law compliance and enforcement; and (3) the establishment of effective partnerships between communities and Mexican law enforcement authorities, to ensure that community patrols lead to fines and prosecution.
Restoration & Alternatives for the Sustainability of Alvarado Lagoon System II This project "Restoration and Alternatives for Sustainability of the Alvarado Lagoon System, Phase II " coordinated by Pronatura Mxico, protected 5,530 acres of priority wetlands on private lands in Mexico and restored 321 acres.
RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF CONNECTIVITY IN PRIORITY GRASSLANDS S. CHIHUAHUAN DESERT II Grasslands Priority Conservation Area El Tokio in Coahuila, Mexico comprises about 16,000 acres of inter-mountain grasslands, 80% of which are heavily overgrazed and degraded, and highly fragmented. This project will benefit several species of birds through reestablishment of connectivity and improvement in the quality of priority grasslands in El Tokio, as well as an increase in density of grassland birds through management, restoration, conservation agreements, community participation in decision-making, and environmental education for local children. ..Species that will benefit include: Sprague's pipit, lark bunting, Baird's sparrow, grasshopper sparrow, and Brewer's sparrow...
PROTECTION & HYDROLOGICAL RESTORATION IN The Marismas Nacionales Biosphere Reserve is a mosaic of river deltas, salt marshes, freshwater lagoons, estuaries, coastal lagoons, intertidal wetlands and coastal dunes. It contains the largest mangrove area on the Pacific coast and is one of the most important refueling sites for migratory birds on the Mexican Pacific Flyway. To benefit three tidal basins within the Reserve, this project will carry out a variety of activities. ..(1) This project will rehabilitate the hydrology of 15.53 miles of natural flood channels in mangroves, which will enhance 3,705 acres. In addition, it will enhance 494 acres and 1.86 miles of previously rehabilitated channels that were affected by Hurricane Willa in 2018. ..(2) This project will protect the restored sites and adjacent areas for 20 years through public or private mechanisms by: a) establishing a 'Sustainable Use Unit', a Conservation Agreement or an Ejido Reserve to protect 6,792.5 acres; and b) updating the 'Sustainable Use Unit' agreement for another 494 acres. ..(3) This project will also determine the biological baseline of the sites; strengthen community monitoring using camera traps; implement an education campaign to reduce illicit activities among fishermen, shrimp producers, farmers and ranchers...
CONSERVATION OF THE LEATHERBACK TURTLE IN MEXICAN PACIFIC The purpose of this project is to implement a conservation program that will contribute to the recovery of the East Pacific hawksbill population and involves community based nesting beach conservation projects on four of the most important nesting beaches in El Salvador and Ecuador. Activities include; 1 community based surveys to deter illegal poaching of nesting females and eggs and counting of nests to monitor population trends at Los Cobanos and Punta Amapala, El Salvador and Machalilla and El Pelado in Ecuador, and 2. relocation of nests threatened by poaching or tidal inundation to safe beach hatcheries.
Travel For NAFTA-International Grants PROGRAMA DE CAPACITACIN Y CONSERVACIN DEL HBITAT DE CRIANZA DE LA BALLENA JOROBADA EN NAYARIT, JALISCO, Y OAXACA, MXICO, 2012-2013
PROTECTING JAGUAR HABITAT THROUGH ECOTOURISM IN THE LACANDONA REGION IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO. The project "Protecting Endangered Habitat through Nature Tourism in the Lacandon Region in Chiapas, Mexico" supports the conservation of the tropical rainforest of the Lacandon jungle of Mexico by addressing the impacts of uncontrolled and unsustainable agricultural expansion in the forests of the indigenous communities of Naha, Metzabok and Las Nubes. The Lacandon jungle represents the largest rainforest in North America and is home of endangered species such as jaguars, tapirs, peccaries, and harpy eagles. This two-year assistance award will enable Eco-Creando Soluciones, A.C. to create non-extractive economies based on nature-tourism that will generate alternative economic opportunities that rely on the local communities' ability to conserve their primary forests and preserve wildlife. Specific activities include: (1) building the communities capacities to establish and manage seven nature tourism enterprises so they meet visitor ready standards; (2) co-creating experiential tourism products linked to the natural ecosystems and local culture; (3) connecting community enterprises with nature tourism markets to make nature tourism a viable alternative livelihood; (4) enhancing facilities and providing equipment to improve nature tourism services; (5) facilitating participatory workshops to reach voluntary conservation agreements with communities and promote the reforestation of degraded lands; and (6) monitoring forest cover, connectivity, and ecological integrity to assess effectiveness of the project activities.
Conservacin de Arrecifes de Coral en el Pacfico Mexicano Coral reefs are among the world's most productive and diverse ecosystems; they provide important environmental services for tourism development, fisheries production, as well as opportunities for research and adaption to climate change. Moreover, coral reefs are an important source of income for coastal communities, natural barriers for coastline protection against storms, hurricanes and sea level rise. The long term goal of this project is that the Mexican Pacific coral reefs located in marine protected areas (MNPAs) under the management of the Commission of Natural Protected Areas of Mexico (CONANP) have a standardized and active biological monitoring and conservation. Through this grant, CostaSalvaje, A.C will: 1) minimize the impact of touristic activities on the coral reefs of Huatulco National Park by training park rangers and tourism outfitters in the effective installation of buoyage systems and fixed routes for coral reef observation; 2) promote the standardization of coral reef monitoring protocols among MNPAs along the Mexican Pacific; 3) improve the management of Cabo Pulmo National Park; and 4) sign agreements with the tourism operators of the Huatulco and the Cabo Pulmo National Parks to develop a sustainable tourism vision.
Travel For NAFTA-International Grants Alebrijes from Oaxaca: Conservation of Copalillo wood for carving
EVALUATION OF THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF THE KEMPS RIDLEY SEA TURTLE AT RANCHO NUEVO, MEXICO: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY The purpose of this project is to support the Mexico-US Binational Kemp's Ridley conservation project in Mexico. The intent of this project is to assess nesting beach management practices, predator threats to nests to inform and improve management practices and enhance population recovery. Activities include: (1) assess sex ratios in hatchery and in situ nests; (2) assess hatching fitness from hatchery and in situ nests; (3) assess arribada nesting events using drones; and (4) assess predator threats to in situ nests.
CONSERVATION OF THE LEATHERBACK TURTLE (Dermochelys coriacea) IN THE MEXICAN PACIFIC The purpose of this project is to implement a conservation program for the East Pacific leatherback nesting population. This population was the worlds largest in the 1980s but due to killing of nesting females, overharvest of eggs and accidental capture in gill net and longline fisheries it has been reduced to less than 1000 nests each year in Mexico. Mexico historically accounted for 90 percent of the East Pacific nesting population. The intent of this project is to implement a nesting beach conservation program on three primary and two secondary nesting beaches in Mexico to protect nests. Activities include: 1) patrolling Tierra Colorada, Cahuitan, Barra de la Cruz, San Juan Chacahua and Bahia de Chacahua nesting beaches at night throughout the nesting season to deter poaching and count nests to monitor nesting trends, and 2) relocate nests threatened by poaching and tidal inundation to secure beach hatcheries
Wildlife Without Borders-Western Hemisphere 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 OF THREE IMPERILED GRASSLAN ? 2015-2: Objectives for this addition include fee title acquisition of 415 acres (275 wetlands, 140
Conservation Strategy For Migratory Bird and 415 upland acres). Management will take place on 1,045,353 acres (316,507 wetland acres /
Desarrollando una relacin positiva entre el ser humano y la nutria The goal of the project is to support the conservation efforts in the rivers Actopan, La Antigua and Jamapa in the state of Veracruz, in order to reduce the human-otter conflict. The objective of the project is the conservation of the Neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis), through the development of local capacities that allow reducing the conflict between humans and otters as a result of the competition for the same nutritional resources and the illegal trading of the otters cubs as pets. Project activities include: (1) the creation of three participative committees to evaluate the population status of the Neotropical otter in the Actopan, La Antigua and Jamapa rivers; (2) implementation of an environmental education program aimed at changing the perceptions of the members of the communities on the Neotropical otter and to understand the species importance; and (3) implementation of hands-on training workshops for local fishermen and fish farmers targeted at reducing the conflict human-otter by providing information and technical support for the implementation of sustainable and otter-friendly aquaculture practices.
Integrated Mgmt of the Watersheds of Marismas Nacionales This project will restore 1,729 acres of the Las Cabras Lagoon; rehabilitate 3.41 miles of natural canals; conduct a study on the migratory pattern of the American avocet; and develop public outreach and educational materials.
CONSERVATION OF SHOREBIRDS & WATERFOWL I The coastal wetlands of the State of Sinaloa are affected by agrochemical pollution, direct human disturbance, habitat destruction or fragmentation due to aquaculture developments, deforestation, change in hydrological regimes, and climate change. To support shorebird and waterfowl conservation, this project includes a variety of actions in five coastal wetlands. (1) Protection: a) Promotion of a conservation agreement for 1,235 acres of critical habitat in Baha de Ceuta. b) Integration of the Navolato Municipality Land Use Plan. C) Update of the Ramsar site technical sheet for Baha Santa Mara. (2) Management of protected properties: a) Integration of the Management Plan for the Playa Ceuta Lagoon System. b) Installation of habitat management signs in Playa Ceuta. c) Environmental and ecological assessment of the Playa Ceuta Sanctuary. d) Monitoring of and capacity building for tracts owned by Pronatura Noroeste in Santa Mara Bay, covering 5,550.09 acres. (3) Infrastructure development: a) Installation of three MOTUS stations. b) Bi-annual monitoring of shorebird and waterfowl populations in the five wetlands. (4) Training: a) Training of instructors, park rangers and community promoters in shorebird, waterfowl and wetland conservation and monitoring techniques. b) Training of tour operators in birding tourism techniques .