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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.
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Promoting Caribbean Wetland Conservation: A training workshop for
monitoring, education and conservation |
Negril,
Jamica |
Feb
22-26 of 2010 |
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participants from 16 Caribbean islands on behalf of special interest
groups (decision-makers, protected area managers, scientists,
educators, volunteers) were called to participate on the workshop.
the main objective was to develop an effective strategy for
conservation, education and monitoring of Caribbean wetlands.
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First
Workshop
Latin American Network for The Conservation of
Bats |
La Tirimbina Reserve, Costa Rica |
Dec 12-14 of
2009 |
25 experts attended the first meeting of the Latin American Network
for Bat Conservation that took place in La Tirimbina Reserve in
Costa Rica.
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Adaptation to climate change for marine turtles |
Junquillal, Costa Rica |
Nov 27-29 of 2009 |
17 marine turtle
conservation practitioners, from the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of
Costa Rica, attended an 'Adaptation to climate change for marine
turtles' workshop at Junquillal Beach. The two-day training
workshop, hosted by WWF.
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Climate change adaptation workshop for shorebird conservation in the
Southern Cone |
Rio Gallegos, Argentina |
Oct 21-24 of 2009 |
Representatives from the four WHSRN sites in the Southern Cone
attended the course
(San Antonio Oeste, Río Gallegos, and Reserva de la Costa
Atlántica de Tierra del
Fuego,
Argentina; Bahía Lomas, Chile).
Additional invitations were sent to partners of Península Valdés,
Argentina, a site to be nominated in the near future as a WHSRN Site
of Regional Importance.
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More about the WHMSI project:
Second Round of Request for Proposals
Proposals
are due by June 15th, 2009. Download files with the complete information.
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