WHMSI Experts Pre-Meeting

Richard HuberDepartment of Sustainable Development

Washington January 15, 2014

WHMSI Experts Pre-Meeting• Welcome & Opening Remarks (OAS) • Review of Objectives & Flyways Meeting Goals for

March • Roundtable Introductions & Presentations:

– WHMSI Overview & Directive on Flyways (OAS/USFWS?) – CMS Overview & Mandate on Flyways (MT) – Roundtable Presentations (perhaps we can make a list of

participants (Name/Title/Affiliation) and use that as the 'order' for making presentations & to pass around)

• Discussion on Meeting Objectives & Contributions • Wrap up/Next Steps

InstitutionWebsite Location Date Description

 

Monitoring Land Birds in Caribbean Protected Areas for Adaptive Management and Public Education

Bahamas National

Trust, Nassau, Bahamas

Feb 23-27 2011.

Promote terrestrial bird monitoring in protected areas and buffer zones and their application to adaptive management and environmental education. Develop a strategy to increase apacity for bird and habitat monitoring using citizen scientists. More...

    

                       

                                   

“Incorporating climate adaptation into marine turtle conservation: capacity strengthening for planning and implementation”

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Nov 1-3, 2010.

Build capacity for climate change adaptation in coastal areas of Latin America and the Caribbean by focusing on habitats used by endangered marine turtles. More...

                         

                  

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.

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. More...

  

                        

                                   

Creando Capacidades para Unir Iniciativas de Conservacion de Aves Migratorias

de Pastizales

Audubon (USA) and Asuncion

(Paraguay)

Nov - Dec

2010.

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. More...

  

                       

                                        

Estudio sobre la migracion de

ballenas jorobadas

(Megaptera novaeangliae) en

el Oeste del Pacifico de Guatemala

 Guatemala

 Oct 2010 -

Jan 2011

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 Central American 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. More...

Offset and Mitigation Analysis

Ecosystem Services Valuation

Alternative Scenario Evaluation

Cumulative Impact Assessment

Support for Advanced Spatial Analyses

DATA BASIN/Inter American biodiversity Information NetworkEnvironmental Decision Support Tools

Flyways-related Initiatives*• Global• ACAP Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses

and Petrels• CMS Convention on Migratory Species• GROMS Global Registry of Migratory Species• GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility• MIGRATE Migration Interest Group: Research Applied

Towards Education• Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International

Importance

• *List compiled by Rob Clay

AmericasAtlantic Flyway Shorebird Conservation Business StrategyAves InternacionalesBirdLife International Americas Flyways programCRIMBI Copper River International Migratory Bird InitiativeGolondrinas de las AméricasGrupo de trabajo de Calidris canutus rufa IABIN-SSTN InterAmerican Biodiversity Information Network - Species and Specimens Thematic NodeISS International Shorebird SurveyLaMNA Landbird Monitoring Network of the AmericasNational Audubon Society International Alliances Program StrategyPRISM Program for Regional and International Shorebird MonitoringRed de monitoreo de aves playeras del corredor migratorio del Pacífico (Calidris mauri, C. alpina) – Migratory Shorebird ProjectSRGA Shorebird Research Group of the AmericasWCC Waterbird Conservation for the AmericasWHBBN/RAAHO Western Hemisphere Bird Banding NetworkWHMSI Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative (including “Integrating Migratory Bird Conservation Initiatives in the Americas” document)WHSG Western Hemisphere Shorebird GroupWHSRN/RHRAP Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network

SubregionalAlianza de Pastizal/Southern Cone Grasslands AllianceAlianza Manglar/Neotropical Mangrove Conservation AllianceAlianza Pino-Encino/Pine-Oak AllianceBoreal Songbird InitiativeCaribbean Biological CorridorCAWC Central American Waterbird CensusCanada Warbler International Conservation InitiativeCerulean Warbler Technical Group/Grupo CerúleoCMS - MoU Aves migratorias de pastizal del SudaméricaCMS - MoU Cauquen coloradoCMS - MoU Flamencos altoandinosCWC Caribbean Waterbird CensusForo para la Conservación del Mar Patagónico GCFA Grupo Conservación Flamencos AltoandinosGolden-winged Warbler Working GroupHMANA Hawk Migration Association of North AmericaIBTCG International Bicknell’s Thrush Conservation GroupMoSI & MAWS Monitoreo de Sobrevivencia Invernal, Monitoring Avian Winter SurvivalNWC Neotropical Waterbird CensusNorth American Grasslands Alliance NABCI North American Bird Conservation InitiativeNAWMP North American Waterfowl Management PlanPiF Partners in FlightMBC Migratory Bird Convention (Canada-USA-Mexico)Ramsar subregional initiatives (Mangroves and Coral Reefs, High Andean wetlands, Caribbean, La Plata River Basin)Reddish Egret Working GroupSPAW Protocol (Cartagena Convention)

Geographically Focused Conservation Business Plans (in development) – PiF V process•Mexico/Central America Gulf-Caribbean Slope - Eastern Deciduous Forests•Chihuahuan Grasslands – Western Great Plains & Prairies •Central-South American Highlands – Appalachian and Northeastern Forests, North to Boreal Grounds)•West Mexican Thornscrub – Arid Southwest •Southern Cone Grasslands – Eastern North American Grasslands and Arctic Tundra •Caribbean - Eastern Upland Hardwood Forest Regions •Sierra Madre Pine-Oak and Cloud – Western Mixed-Coniferous Forests •Pacific Shorebirds – Coastal Areas of Middle and South America linked to US and Canada Coasts and Arctic Breeding Areas)

Species Specific Conservation Plans• Shorebirds• American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica• American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus• American Woodcock Scolopax minor• Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani• Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis• Dunlin Calidris alpina• Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica• Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes

LandbirdsBicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelliBobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus - in developmentCanada Warbler Cardellina canadensis - in developmentCerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysopariaGolden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandiiSprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii

Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative (WHMSI)Purpose and Organization

1. VisionMigratory species of the Western Hemisphere,

their key habitats and migratory routes are conserved through international cooperation and communication benefitting people and enhancing biodiversity conservation.

Task: WHMSI Overarching Framework • Most initiatives are on the same page policy wise. • Similarity and overlap -- some simplification is needed.• Transformational policy framework • Overarching framework – a mechanism to increase efficiency of conservation

action, and to increase articulation of efforts for migratory species at different levels.

• A mechanism which helps build synergies/better articulates existing synergies, and facilitates conservation action, research and monitoring at a variety of schools, simplifying (or at least not increasing “paperwork” burdens).

• Produce a matrix of the key similarities and differences between each, can some “fit within others”, and/or where strong logical links exist.

• Scale issues -- “global”, “Americas” and “sub regional”. • Matrix would help create traction for a hemispheric initiative by illustrating the

synergies and the need for an overarching coordination mechanism.