Tool Matrix Contributors Lack of Knowledge: Monitoring Inventory of Important Sites Capacity Building and Training Legislation to Foster Conservation Habitat: Map Sites for Each Country Protection of Smaller Areas Develop MOU with Private Landowners, Government, and NGOs Establish Incentives for Private Landowners Public Awareness: Program on Conservation and Sustainable Use Education Programs That Embrace Local Wildlife Electronic Information Exchange Administration: Develop Regional Associations for Wildlife Agencies to Share Information Support to Implement Administration/Training of Personnel Regional Bird Banding Center Coordination/Partnerships: Establish Center for Information Sharing National Plan for Migratory Species Conservation Joint Planning of Activities Under International Conventions Threats: Land Use Planning and Monitoring Involvement in Communities Acquisition of More Habitat Collaboration on Species with Expanding Ranges and Behaving as Invasives	THREATS: ACQUITSITION OF MORE HABITAT Priority Needs List and Tools Matrix VI. Threats c. Acquisition of More Habitat Through the Fundación Jocotoco effort, ABC is expanding its capacity to purchase, manage, and protect high priority parcels of land, initially in cooperation with partners in Jocotoco, Ecuador. The strategy is to establish reserves that complement the existing national reserve scheme in Ecuador and target conservation of endangered species. A similar approach will be developed in other countries. Alliance for Zero Extinction projects involve land acquisition. From: American Bird Conservancy, www.abcbirds.org. Contact: David Pashley, dpashley@abcbirds.org. BI is engaged in land acquisition/management efforts in Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. From: Birdlife International, www.birdlife.org. Contact: Rob Clay, rob@guyra.org.py. Ecuador Foundation- Jocotoco Francisco Sornoza Group. From: Ecuador - Unidad de Vida Silvestre y Ecosistemas Frágiles, Dirección de Biodiversidad y Areas Protegidas, Ministerio del Ambiente, www.ambiente.gov.ec. Contact: mrivaden@pi.pro.ec, T: (593 2) 269260 ext: 147. Some PIF NGO partners have experience in acquisition outside the U.S., such as The Nature Conservancy. From: Partners in Flight, www.partnersinflight.org. Contact: Terry Rich, Terry_rich@fws.gov. Forest Service has an active lands program, including acquisition, exchanges, and easements. This work is done with partners and landowners, using different funding sources and authorities, including the Land and Water Conservation Fund. From: United States Forest Service, www.fs.fed.us. Contact: Dennis Kennedy, National Forest System, T: 202-205-1359. Shorebird Sites Joining the Network is a pending initiative, where each time a landowner commits his or her land to the WHSRN Shorebird Network, a non-binding agreement will be created so that land use practices are compatible with long-term shorebird conservation goals. From: Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, http://www.manomet.org/WHSRN/. Contact: WHSRN@manomet.org.
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