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7/31/2019 PR-VI Plant Cons. Workshop-Participants Summary
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Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Plant Conservation Workshop
Biology Department Auditorium, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
25-27 June 2012
Overview of Participants
Workshop attendees included a diversity of audiences including university students (BSc, MSc. and
Ph.D.), researchers, faculty members, an emeritus professor, a post doc, natural resources managers and
specialists, foresters, an entomologist, agronomists, botanists, a lichenologist, an Associate Dean,
herbarium managers and curators, field technicians, private consultants, environmental interpreters,
naturalists, environmentalists, biologists, and the general public that represented an assortment of affiliations. Nineteen participants traveled from six countries to attend this workshop, including the US
Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Jamaica, and the United States
(Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, Washington DC). A total of 71 registered participants attended the
workshop representing the following institutions:
Universities (9); Departments or Divisions (15)
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus – Department of Biology, MAPR Herbarium, Departmentof Crop Protection and Agro-environmental Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Department of Biology, Department of Environmental
Science, UPRRP Herbarium, Center for Applied Tropical Ecology & Conservation
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus, Department of Environmental Health
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, San Germán Campus, Department of Biology
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus, Environmental Science Program
Florida International University, College of Arts and Science
Columbia University, New York, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Biology
University of the Virgin Islands, Agricultural Experiment Station
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Scientific institutions, Non-government organizations, private entities/consultants (19)
Fundación Puertorriqueña de Conservación, San Juan, PR
Fideicomiso de Conservación de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC
New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom
Island Resources Foundation, New York, NY
Sociedad Ornitólogica de Puerto Rico (SOPI)
Virgin Forest Restoration, St John, US Virgin Islands
Geographic Consulting, St Croix, US Virgin IslandsCentro Ambiental Santa Ana, Sociedad de Historia Natural de Puerto Rico, Bayamón, PR
Bermuda Mount , Jamaica
Rescate Playas Isabela, Isabela, PR
Silent Grace Foundation, San Juan, PR
Tropic Ventures, Patillas, PR
SelvaKarst, Compañía de Investigación para las Selvas Kársticas, Yucatán, México
CSA Group, San Juan, PR Dr. Eduardo Schöder, Agroecology consultant, Mayagüez, PR
*Dr. Miguel “Papo” Vives Heyliger , Doctor honoris causa, Flora Nativa II Papo Vives, Quebradillas, PR
*The workshop was dedicated to Dr. Miguel A. “Papo” Vives Heyliger who was recently awarded a
Doctor honoris causa by the UPR Mayagüez for recognizing him as an individual whose
accomplishments are of such excellence that by means they provide inspiration and direction to the
university community. He was also recognized by the University for been widely recognized and highly
valued for his achievements in the botanical field and for promoting strong bonds of collaboration andassisting and educating many students and researchers who worked with the Puerto Rican flora.
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This workshop was funded by a cooperative agreement from the USDA Forest Service.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Group photo taken on Monday June 25, 2012
Photo by José Almodóvar (UPRM Biology)