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WHMSI is building
country capacity to conserve and manage migratory wildlife. It improves
hemispheric communication on conservation issues of common interest,
provides training in priority areas, strengthens the exchange of
information needed for informed decision-making, and provides a forum to
address emerging issues such as new threats to migratory species, or the
connections between wildlife disease and human diseases.
This hemispheric project encompassing 35
nations addresses issues from several mandates,
endorsements and resolutions by the countries in the
Western Hemisphere, including the 1940 Western
Hemisphere Convention , the 1996 Santa Cruz
Sustainable Development Summit and Santa Cruz +10
Ministerial, and the 2001 Summit of the Americas.
One of the main objectives is
to conserve and manage migratory wildlife and its habitat, enforce
national wildlife laws and meet international obligations.
The goal of this
WHMSI training program is to build upon existing WHMSI and other
migratory species efforts to significantly enhance the conservation of
shared migratory species throughout the Americas by strengthening
institutional and human capacity, political commitment, international
cooperation, and public-private partnerships at regional, national and
local levels.
Funded by FEMCIDI, the
goal of the 2010- 2011 Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative (WHMSI)
training program is to build upon existing WHMSI and other migratory
species efforts to significantly enhance the conservation of shared
migratory species throughout the Americas by strengthening institutional and
human capacity, political commitment, international cooperation, and
public-private partnerships at regional, national and local levels. For this
purpose the GS/OAS is working in partnership with five NGOs and Government
Agencies to develop different regional capacity building activities.
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Institution |
Website |
Location |
Date |
Description |
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Monitoring Land Birds in Caribbean
Protected Areas for Adaptive Management and Public Education |
Bahamas National Trust, Nassau, Bahamas |
Feb 23-27 2011. |
The SCSCB will
hold a workshop to promote terrestrial bird monitoring in protected
areas and buffer zones and their application to adaptive management
and environmental education. Based on discussion at the workshop,
SCSCB will develop a strategy to increase apacity for bird and
habitat monitoring using citizen scientists.
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“Incorporating climate adaptation into marine turtle
conservation: capacity strengthening for planning and
implementation” |
San
Juan, Puerto Rico |
Nov 1-3, 2010. |
In
collaboration with the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation
Network (WIDECAST), is helping to build capacity for climate change
adaptation in coastal areas of Latin America and the Caribbean by
focusing on habitats used by endangered marine turtles.
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Training Local Stakeholders in Reforestation and the
Managament of Land Neotropical Migrants in Colombia,
Nicaragua, and Peru. |
Colombia, Peru
and Nicaragua |
Nov 2010 -Jan 2011. |
The goals of
this project are to engage local coffee growers and cattle ranchers
in the region in improving the productivity of their lands for
birds. An integral part of this reforestation project will be
engaging local stakeholders in the protection of habitat for
migratory songbirds.
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Creando Capacidades para Unir Iniciativas de Conservacion de
Aves Migratorias de Pastizales |
Audubon (USA) and
Asuncion (Paraguay) |
Nov -
Dec 2010. |
The proposed
actions proposal will facilitate the adaptation and application of a
method to allow a planned and unified scope for the conservation of
migratory species at local, regional and hemispheric scales.
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Estudio sobre la migracion de ballenas jorobadas (Megaptera
novaeangliae) en el Oeste del Pacifico de Guatemala |
Guatemala |
Oct
2010 -Jan 2011 |
The project aims
to promote through research, the conservation and sustainable
management of cetaceans, considered as migratory species and shared
resources. This research will increase knowledge about the ecology
and behavior of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in
Guatemalan waters, and could be useful in the establishment of
protected marine areas. In addition, through training and awareness
focused on the description of humpback whales.
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Third Round of
WHMSI training projects
Request for Proposals:
Proposals
are due by June 28th, 2010. Download files with the complete information.
If you have any questions, do
not hesitate to contact Richard Huber ([email protected])
or Brian Hayum ([email protected]).
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