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HABITAT: MAP SITES FOR EACH COUNTRY
Priority Needs List and Tools Matrix
II. Habitat
a. Map Sites for Each Country
- Alliance for Zero Extinction, a project involving 16 NGOs, covers all terrestrial taxa, but emphasizes birds which occur at single sites and are listed on the IUCN RedList as Critically Endangered or Endangered. A preliminary list includes about 90 AZE sites for birds in this Hemisphere, with concentrations in Mexico, the Caribbean, northern and central Andes, and the Atlantic forest of Brazil. Each site has been mapped and is being analyzed for status, threats, and needs.
From: American Bird Conservancy, www.abcbirds.org.
Contact: David Pashley, dpashley@abcbirds.org.
- BCI’s website (www.batcon.org) has range maps for all U.S. bat species.
From: Bat Conservation International, www.batcon.org.
Contact: french@batcon.org www.batcon.org.
- Important Bird Areas program includes, or is developing maps for key sites in many countries.
From: Birdlife International, www.birdlife.org.
Contact: Rob Clay, rob@guyra.org.py.
- CMS Small Grants Programme can include possible funding for mapping efforts.
From: Convention on Migratory Species, www.wcmc.org.uk/cms.
Contact: Lyle Glowka, lglowka@cms.unep.de.
- Quito Eco-Science Wetlands Inventory Project (EcoCiencia Proyecto Inventario de Humedales) includes maps for relevant areas.
From: Ecuador - Unidad de Vida Silvestre y Ecosistemas Frágiles, Dirección de
Biodiversidad y Areas Protegidas, Ministerio del Ambiente, www.ambiente.gov.ec.
Contact: Eduardo Briones, humedales@ecociencia.org, T: (593 2) 223 1624.
- PIF partners can provide training and assistance on mapping technologies.
From: Partners in Flight, www.partnersinflight.org.
Contact: Terry Rich, Terry_rich@fws.gov.
- Mapping of high-priority areas for the conservation of eco-regions of global importance in Latin America.
From: Paraguay - Proyecto Paraguay Silvestre, http://www.paraguaysilvestre.org.py.
Contact: Cristina Morales, cmorales_py@yahoo.com.
- Ramsar sites database includes mapping of globally important wetlands. See: http://www.wetlands.org/RDB/Directory.html.
From: Ramsar Convention, www.ramsar.org.
Contact: Margarita Astrálaga, astralaga@ramsar.org.
- Funding and personnel to monitor Buff-breasted Sandpipers in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, using satellite imagery to document habitats available to this species. This will ultimately allow for the generation of a population estimate for the species.
From: United States Fish and Wildlife Service- Alaska, http://alaska.fws.gov/.
Contact: Richard Lanctot, richard_lanctot@fws.gov.
- Maps of national forests and national grasslands using GIS systems that can be used as models. This mapping includes detailed on-the-ground resource inventories, land and boundary surveys, and special surveys for priority habitats.
From: United States Forest Service, www.fs.fed.us.
Contact: Chris Iverson, National Forest System, T: 202-205-3199.
- Database of soil types, topography, hydrography, forests, crops, and cattle-raising integrated to a Geographic Information System. Data on distribution and abundance of fauna, particularly birds, is currently being added through a project World Bank/GEF funded project on Integrated Management of Agrarian Natural Resources and Biodiversity, which will take place 2005-2009.
From: Uruguay - Dirección General de Recursos Naturales Renovables, http://www.mgap.gub.uy/Renare/default.htm
Contact: Jorge Luis Cravino, Cerrito 318, C.P. 11.000, Montevideo, Uruguay, Phone: +598 2 915 6452/53; Fax: +598 2 915 6456; jcravino@mgap.gub.uy|Western Hemisphere Homepage| |International Affairs Main Menu| |email| |USFWS Main Page| |Disclaimer|
