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Reforestation of Critical Wintering Habitat for Neotropical
Migrants, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Region: |
The northern
Andes in Colombia (Pauxi pauxi Reserve, Fuertes’s
Parrot Reserve, Cerulean Warbler Reserve); Ecuador (Buenaventura
Reserve, Tapichalaca Reserve, Jorupe Reserve, Yanacocha
Reserve); and northern Peru (Abra Patricia Private Conservation
Area and its buffer areas, and Alto Mayo Protected Forest) |
Partner: |
Fundación
ProAves, Fundación
Jocotoco, and Asociación
Ecosistemas Andinos (ECOAN) |
Initiation: |
April 2008 |
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Introduction: Cutting
forests to establish monoculture grass pasturelands for cattle
is ubiquitous throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Most
of the public and private nature reserves in Latin America are
threatened by unsustainable, fire-dependent monoculture grazing
regimes in their buffer zones. This project will increase the
value of these lands for migratory birds and a host of other
endangered species, through reforestation and silvipasture techniques.
The value of the reserves and their buffer
zones is significant. Some of these are Alliance for Zero
Extinction sites in the northern Andes with such species as
the Gorgeted Wood-Quail (Odontophorus strophium);
Fuertes's Parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi), Black-breasted
Puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis), Jocotoco
Antpitta (Grallaria ridgelyi) and Ochre-fronted
Antpitta (Grallaricula ochraceifrons), as well as
numerous other Critically Endangered, Endangered, and Vulnerable
species, not only of birds but mammals and reptiles as well.
In addition these areas are home to WatchList
species such as Swainson's
Hawk (Buteo swainsoni), Swallow-tailed
Kite (Elanoides forficatus), Olive-sided
Flycatcher (Contopus borealis), Cerulean
Warbler (Dendroica cerulea), Golden-winged
Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), and Canada
Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis).
This project also complements, and is a
vital component of, Nearctic-Neotropical migratory bird conservation
work ABC and its partners are engaged in the United States.
For instance, ABC is working with a variety of partners to
protect the Cerulean Warbler throughout its breeding range
and migratory routes by improving the protection and management
of public and private lands where Cerulean Warblers breed,
by reforesting abandoned mine lands in the heart of Cerulean
Warbler breeding habitat, and by reducing threats from collisions
with communication towers and wind turbines.
Objective: This
project will provide direct, measurable benefits on the known
wintering grounds of declining Nearctic-Neotropical migrants
by protecting lands acquisition, by reforestation and restoration
of grazing lands, and through technical workshops and outreach
to coffee growers and cattle ranchers in the region to engage
them in improving the productivity of their lands for birds.
Actions:
1. Protect more than 1,890 hectares (4,670 acres) of habitat
through acquisition.
2. Restore more than 904 hectares (2,233 acres) through reforestation.
3. Provide technical workshops and outreach to coffee growers
and cattle ranchers in the region to engage them in improving
the productivity of their lands for birds.
Accomplishments:
1. April 2008—Proposal accepted.
2. April 2008—Work begun on reforestation in Ecuador
and Peru.
For more information about this project
or ABC’s work with Neotropical migrant birds on their
wintering grounds, contact
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