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	COORDINATION PARTNERSHIPS: NATIONAL PLAN FOR MIGRATORY SPECIES CONSERVATION Priority Needs List and Tools Matrix V. Coordination/Partnerships b. National Plan for Migratory Species Conservation Partners in Flight in the United States and Canada is a multi-partner initiative that has comprehensive sets of landbird conservation plans. This matches work done for waterfowl under the North American Waterfowl Plan and other initiatives for shorebirds, colonial waterbirds, and upland game birds. From: American Bird Conservancy, www.abcbirds.org. Contact: David Pashley, dpashley@abcbirds.org. BirdLife national partners work with national conservation plans. From: Birdlife International, www.birdlife.org. Contact: Rob Clay, rob@guyra.org.py. CBSG’s Comprehensive Conservation Planning allows participants to develop a vision for the protected area's future and the species, explore key issues affecting its future within the larger landscape, and craft management goals. These goals are then refined, alternatives for future management are identified, and detailed objectives for reaching the goals are created. From: Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC), www.cbsg.org. Contact: Onnie Byers, onnie@cbsg.org. CMS Small Grants Programme could fund efforts to develop national plans for migratory species conservation. From: Convention on Migratory Species, www.wcmc.org.uk/cms. Contact: Lyle Glowka, lglowka@cms.unep.de. Fundación Cethus is a member of the Comisión Asesora Honoraria Ballena Franca Austral, which advises governments in the management of the Southern right whale. From: Fundación Cethus, http://cethus.org. Contact: Cecilia Gasparrou, cgasparrou@house.com.ar. North American Landbird Conservation Plan deals with 448 species. This approach is currently underway in Mexico. From: Partners in Flight, www.partnersinflight.org. Contact: Terry Rich, Terry_rich@fws.gov. USFS has helped develop national plans for migratory species conservation and provided habitat research and management expertise to bird conservation and recovery plans for endangered and threatened species, migratory bats and butterflies. USFS has worked and helped fund development of the Mexico Shorebird Plan, and the Councils and Steering Committees for development of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, Waterbird Plan for the Americas, and US Shorebird Conservation Plan. From: United States Forest Service, www.fs.fed.us. Contact: Jack Capp, International Programs, T: 202-273-4725. WHSRN’s U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan involves State and federal agencies and non-governmental organizations pooling their resources and expertise to develop a conservation strategy for migratory shorebirds and the habitats upon which they depend. The plan provides a scientific framework to determine species, sites, and habitats that most urgently need conservation action. From: Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, http://www.manomet.org/WHSRN/. Contact: Heidi Luquer, Luquer@vermontel.net.
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