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Western Hemispheric

Migratory Species Initiative

WHMSI

 

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. 

 

 

Recent Events

 

Interim Steering Committee Meeting March 24-25, 2009, Washington DC

Agenda

 

  1. The Alliance for Capacity Building in Natural Areas and WHMSI invite you to join the "programa de entrenamiento para expertos en capacitación en especies migratorias transfronterizas, nivel I," to be held on March 23 - 27, 2009 in San José, Costa Rica. The deadline for applications is February 25, 2009.

  2. VI Seminario Móvil Internacional: Manejo y Planificación de Áreas Protegidas, from April 15 - May 1, 2009 in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The coordinators are Jim Barborak and Miguel Morales from Conservation International, and Elena Florian from CATIE. The application deadline is March 9, 2009.

  3. Information about the WHMSI-Organization of American States (OAS) Capacity Building Projects Funded by the Special Multilateral Fund of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (FEMCIDI) is now available.

News

 

      Second Round of Request for Proposals

Proposals are due by June 15th, 2009. Download files with the complete information.

 

 

WHMSI Training Projects: closeup of turtle swimming away

 

 

The following three projects have been funded by the OAS - Special Multilateral Fund of the Inter- American Council for Integral Development (FEMCIDI) as a mechanism 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.

 

 

 

Memoranda of Understanding signed with international organizations active in the field of migratory species conservation:

 

  • Secretariat of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (UNEP - CAR/RCU)

  • Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB)

  • Ramsar Regional Center for Training and Research on Wetlands in the Western Hemisphere (CREHO)

  • Manatee Conservation Trust of Trinidad and Tobago (MCT)

  • Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

  • US Committee of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (US NABCI)

  • Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN)

International Conventions and WHMSI

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  • Opportunities and Synergies between WHMSI and International Conventions                                          

Request for Proposals:

  • Capacity  Building  for  the  Cooperation  in  Conservation

    • RfP         

    • Annex 1  

    • Annex 2  

  • Update -- May 2007       

  • Cooperation in Conservation: Wildlife directors responsible for the management of flora and fauna and other senior officials have developed the Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative (WHMSI)                 

Events

  • JULY 22-25 , 2008.

    • Asunción, Paraguay. Third WHMSI Conference.

      OAS Presentation "WHMSI OAS Capacity Building Project - Richard Huber"       

  • JUNE 5-6 , 2007. Washington DC. Second WHMSI Steering Committee Meeting.

    • Agenda      

    • Minutes      

    • Follow-up on other Initiatives               

  • JANUARY 16-20, 2006. San José, Costa Rica. WHMS Conference.

    • Draft Agenda       

    • Summary of the FMAM Proposal              

    • Draft's Summary of the FMAM Proposal 

    • News                                           More...

  • Presentations:

    • Environmental Services         

    • Non-birds WWF presentation

    • Aves Migratorias                       More...

 

 

This page was last updated on Thursday June 18, 2009.