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Latin America & the Caribbean Conservation Conference 2008: Agenda

Monday, August 25
Morning

8:00 – 8:30

Introduction and Acknowledgements

  • Alida Spadafora, President, ANCON
  • Mary Klein, President & CEO, NatureServe

Invited Guests (special program)

8:30 – 8:45

Goals & Agenda

  • Juan Pablo Arce

8:45 – 9:15

NatureServe’s Strategic Plan

  • Mary Klein

9:15 – 10:30

LAC Progress Report: Advances & Projections

  • Juan Pablo Arce

10:45 – 12:45

Session 1: Natural Heritage Methodology & BIOTICS 4

  • Natural Heritage Methodology & BIOTICS 4 (Whitney Weber) (1hr)
  • Implementation and applications of Biotics 4 at the CDC/ANCON: Opportunities and challenges (CDC/ANCON) (15 min)
  • Implementation of Biotics 4 at the CBG/UMSS in Bolivia (CBG/Bolivia) (15 min)
  • The DNRA Information System and the Implementation of Biotics 4 in Puerto Rico (PPN-DNRA) (15 min)

Afternoon

14:30 – 16:00

Session 2: Ecological Systems Classification

  • Ecological Systems (Carmen Josse) (1 Hour)
    • Classification analysis
    • Mapping Examples
    • Applications
  • Ecological Systems Classification in the Amazon Basin of Bolivia and Peru (Carmen Josse, CBG-Bolivia and CDC Peru) (15 min)

16:15 – 17:45

Session 3: Species Distribution Modeling

  • Species Distribution Modeling (Bruce Young)
  • Modeling Distribution of Endemic Species in the Peruvian Amazon Basin (Bruce Young & CDC-Peru)

17:45 – 18:45

Session 4: TNC Methodologies

  • Methods and Tools for Ecoregional and Conservation Action Planning (Maarten Kappelle / Felipe Carazo, TNC)

19:00 – 20:00

Brief presentations by members

  • New member Presentation: International Center for Tropical Ecology of Venezuela (CIET)(15 min)
  • Bat Conservation (Murcielago Guanero) in La Boca Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, (Pronatura Northeast) (15 min)
  • National Environmental Information System in Nicaragua (SINIA/MARENA) (15 min)
  • Mangroves and their Conservation in the Norwest of Mexico (Pronatura Noroeste) (15 min)
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Tuesday, August 26

Morning

8:00 – 8:30

NatureServe’s Strategy for Climate Change and New Tool for Assessing Susceptibility to Climate Change (Bruce Young)

8:30 – 10:30

Session 5: Conservation Planning Assessment

  • NatureServe Vista: A decision support system (Pat Comer)
  • Ecosystem-based Management Tools (Pat Comer)
  • Land Use Planning in San Martin, Peru (Pat Comer)
  • Catalyzing Effective Land-Use Planning in southern Peru (Carmen Josse)
  • Participatory environmental planning and policy on Biodiversity in Pando, Bolivia (Juan Pablo Arce & CIPA/CBG Bolivia)

10:45 – 12:45

Session 6: Conservation and Policy

Environmental Policy Assessment and other tools (Juan Pablo Arce) (30 min)

  • Land Use Policy and the Conservation of Tropical Dry Forests at the Department and Municipality Level in Guatemala (CDC-Guatemala)(15 min)
  • Sustainable Conservation Practices in the Guarani Aquifer of Paraguay (CDC-Paraguay) (15 min)
  • Biodiversity Inventories and Assessment in selected sites for the Mundo Maya Sustainable Tourism Program (Juan Pablo Arce (10 min)
  • Biodiversity Assessment of the Forestry Reserve Ichkabal, Mexico (Pronatura Yucatan Peninsula) (15 min)
  • Biodiversity Assessment of the National Parks Los Volcanes, El Salvador and Rio Amarillo, Honduras (SalvaNatura) (15 min)
  • Integrated Training Courses for Graduate-Level Wildlife Management Students and Protected -Areas Decision Makers (Juan Pablo Arce) (10 min)

Afternoon

14:00 – 16:00

Deliberation on specific topics for the design of the Action Plan. Proposed topics (groups):

  1. Advances in the use of tools, methodologies and training
  2. Information management: data bases, methodologies, information property rights, InfoNatura in each country, Biotics, CITRIX
  3. Communications and Organization: LAC Web, Biodiversity Atlas, communication systems, expansion of the network.
  4. Data Standardization: Common taxonomy: G-Rank

16:15 – 18:30

Group Presentations: conclusions and preliminary recommendations for the Action Plan to be discussed Wednesday

18:45 – 19:45

Brief Presentations By Members

  • Biodiversity Conservation Strategy in Mexico (Pronatura Mexico DF) (15 min)
  • Biodiversity Conservation Strategy in Veracruz, Mexico (Pronatura Veracruz) (15 min)
  • Conservation Corridors within the Sierra Madre mountains range of Chiapas, Mexico (Pronatura Chiapas) (15 min)
  • Design and Implementation of Landscape Management tools in Andean and Dry Ecosystems (CVC/CDC-Colombia) (15 min.)
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Wednesday, August 27

Mañana

8:00 – 8:30

Fundraising and Sustainability Strategy (Joe Bond, NatureServe)

8:30 –12:45

Develop Action Plan 2008-2011 for LAC Network based on NatureServe’s Strategic Plan & goals (groups)

  1. Goal 1: Inform Natural Resource Decisions
  2. Goal 2: Advance Scientific Understanding
  3. Goal 3: Build Conservation Capacity
  4. Goal 4: Develop a Funding Strategy

Afternoon

14:30 – 16:30

Presentation of each group; discussion and conclusions

16:45 – 18:00

Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations

18:00

Closing of the Event (Special Program)

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