(2010- 2011) Western
Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative
WHMSI – OAS – FEMCIDI III
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.
Linking Conservation Initiatives for Grasslands Migratory Species
of the South Cone
of South America
Coordinated by
GUYRA
PARAGUAY: CONSERVACION DE AVES
Presentation:
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Proposal:
The grasslands of southern South America originally occupied about
100 million hectares in Argentina, Uruguay,
Brazil, and Paraguay.
Currently, approximately 50% of this area has been converted into
housing developments and farmland for agriculture and forestry,
impacting negatively on biodiversity, particularly on migratory
birds that inhabit these areas.
This project seeks to address the solutions identified in the Action
Plan for Migratory Birds in South America, in the framework of the
Convention on Migratory Species, enabling synergies between WHMSI
and existing conservation initiatives for migratory species such as
the Mississippi Flyaway of
the United States and the
Alliance for the Conservation of Grasslands of the Southern Cone of
South America.
The project will facilitate the adaptation and application of a
methodology that allows a unified planning for the conservation of
migratory species at local, regional, and hemispheric levels based
on the use and training in the use of “Miradi” software, which
enable the stakeholders from the various initiatives to design,
manage, monitor, and learn from their projects to achieve the
objectives of conservation of migratory species.
Goals:
Promote the integration of
regional conservation initiatives trough an unified gasp in planning
actions for the protection and management of the migratory species and
their breeding and wintering habitats at the hemispheric level.
Key actors capacity building
for successful implementation of conservation actions from the "Memorando
de Entendimiento para la Conservacion de Aves Migratorias de los
Pastizales del Conosur de Sudamerica" signed by Mercosur member
countries and Bolivia within the framework of the Convention on
Migratory Species.
(Initiative for
the Western Hemisphere Migratory Species) seeks to contribute
significantly to the conservation of migratory species in the
Western Hemisphere through the strengthening of cooperation and
communication between stages, international treaties and civil
society organizations.
Alliance
for the Conservation of Grasslands: Focused on the long-term
conservation of biodiversity in the Pampas grasslands, the
Alliance works using legal instruments, policies
framed by the Alliance
for the Grasslands of the Southern Cone, the implementation of a
"responsible production" combining production and conservation.
Initiative Mississippi River: The Mississippi
River being an important migration corridor for more than 325
species of birds, of which 22 come to southern South America,
this initiative works in key areas by engaging people in
important conservation programs as well as seeking to influence
policy changes to save and improve the habitats along the
corridor.
Non-profit NGO
that seeks to improve the practice of conservation through the
development and dissemination of knowledge about what works and
what does not in terms of conservation; FOS also developed the
training manual and “Miradi” computer program.
Deliverables:
Progress Report
Final Report
Workshops Materials and
Workshop Methodology
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