In this Issue: Programme Manager's Message Diary Dates Latest News News From the Field Programme Alumni: Where are they now? Final Reports Received Project Websites |
After a busy field season, many of our award winners have much to report in this edition of our newsletter, so its chock-a-block with updates from all over the world the CROC project received the prestigious Castillo Cup for their outstanding contribution to crocodile conservation; hunters in Georgia are committed to conservation of the Caucasian Tur; and thanks to the ongoing efforts of the Araripe Manakin team in Brazil, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Araripe National Forest, a nationwide commemorative stamp with a picture of the Manakin has been produced. Read on to find out more.
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BPCP Team Complete!
Paul comes to us from the South Downs National Park Authority with an MSc in Environmental Monitoring, Modeling and Management, a BSc in Zoology, and a keen interest in international conservation. Experience in setting up projects in Indonesia and Ecuador coupled with his time spent at the BPCP training in 2004 has given him a good understanding of the needs of young people when setting up international conservation projects and the importance of capacity building in conservation. He has been through the process of applying for funding, setting up a small project, carrying out fieldwork and working to build capacity within international groups. His work in Ecuador with Global Vision International in particular has given him hands-on experience developing and delivering training to international groups of volunteers and local people.
Marianne Carter, BPCP Executive Manager |
Quarterly newsletter for the BP Conservation Programmea partnership between BirdLife International, BP, Conservation International, Fauna and Flora International and the Wildlife Conservation Society. Please contact Robyn Dalzen, dalzr1@bp.com, with comments and queries or visit our website at http://conservation.bp.com. |
Diary Dates
15 Oct 2006 Call for Project Concepts, Seed Funding Facility, Wetlands International
30 Oct 4 Nov 2006 Coral Reef Ecosystem Biodiversity Forum, New Caledonia
31 Oct 2006 Whitley Award Deadline, Whitley Fund for Nature
6 17 Nov 2006 UN Climate Change Conference, Nairobi, Kenya
24 Nov 2006 BP Conservation Programme Award Deadline
8 Jan 2007 Deadline for oral and poster presentations for SCB Annual Meeting (1-5 July).
27 29 March 2007 Student Conference on Conservation Science, Cambridge, UK
17 21 June 2007 V Brazilian Congress on Protected Areas, Paraná, Brazil
The BPCP winners group on a day trip to Muir Woods before the start of the conference. |
Latest News
A new bird to science has been discovered on an unexplored mountain range in northern Colombia by a team supported by the BP Conservation Programme. It has been named Yariguies Brush-Finch, with the scientific name Atlapetes latinuchus yariguierum. Read More!
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AFRICA
Chameleons for Conservation: Surveys and Monitoring in the Menabe Region, Madagascar (2006)
Ecology and Conservation of Aberdare cisticola in the Mau Narok-Molo Grasslands, Kenya (2006)
Operation Moheli, Comoros (2006)
Ecology, Distribution, Status and Protection of Three Congolese Fruit Bats, DRC (2005)
Project Yabelo: Status of the Ethiopia Bush Crow and White-tailed Swallow, Ethiopia (2005)
Rainforest Reserves for Critically Endangered Comorian Fruit Bats (2005)
Threats to Nesting Leatherback Turtles in Pongara National Park, Gabon (2005)
Tulbagh Renosterveld Project, South Africa (2005)
Bat Conservation, Madagascar (2004)
Mpingo Conservation Project, Tanzania (2004)
Yala Management Team, Kenya (2003)
Studying the Impacts of Plant Exploitation on Habitat and Gorilla Populations, DRC (2001)
Read more about projects in Africa...
Bat Count Philippines (2006)
Conservation Status of the Montaine Slender Loris, Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka (2006)
Javan Slow Loris Project, Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park, Indonesia (2006)
Small Carnivore Conservation in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (2006)
CROC Project, Philippines (2005)
Extending Chelonian Research, Education and Conservation, Cambodia (2005)
Calayan Rail: Conservation of an Island Endemic, Philippines (2005)
Behavioural Ecology and Conservation of Grey-Shanked Douc Langur, Vietnam (2004)
Action Tayam Peh, Nicobar Islands, India (2004)
Population Status and Behaviour of Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey, Vietnam (2004)
Nepenthes, Indonesia (2001)
Read more about projects in Asia and the Pacific...
Sustainable Bat Conservation in the Caucasus Mountains (2006)
Supporting Conservation of the West Caucasian Tur, Georgia (2006)
Developing Conservation Measures for Darevsky's Viper, Armenia (2005)
Conservation of Globally Threatened Bird Species, Azerbaijan (2004)
Read more about projects in Eurasia...
An Ecological Study of the Bloody Bay Poison Frog, Trinidad & Tobago (2006)
Conservation Status of Newly Rediscovered Southern Horned Curassow, Peru (2006)
Assessment of Seabird Bycatch in Peruvian Artisanal Fisheries, Peru (2005)
Conservation of the Araripe Manakin, Brazil (2004)
Threatened Birds of Bolivia / Proyecto Aves Amenazadas de Bolivia (2004)
Community Participation for Long-term Conservation of the Andean Cat, Argentina (2003)
Incidental Capture of Seabirds, Argentina (2003)
A Unique Bird Habitat, Southeastern Cuba (2005)
Read more about projects in Latin America and the Caribbean... |
Programme Alumni: Where are they now? Sharing a Recipe for Success in Southern Chile with Francisco Viddi
Wearing his tie-dyed shirt stenciled with marine mammals, Francisco Chico Viddi was easy to spot in a crowd at the Society for Conservation Biology meeting in San Jose, California. Prepared with a talk and a poster on the conservation of dolphins in Chile, Chico demonstrates that he is on his way to becoming a leader in the field of conservation. The 2002 BPCP team, for which Chico was the project leader, perfected the recipe for an award-winning project by combining high-priority conservation research with raising awareness in government and local industries, and adding a dash of community environmental education to aid efforts for marine mammal conservation in southern Chile. Read More... |
These recently concluded projects have had some exciting results. For a copy of the full report, send an email request to bp-conservation-programme@birdlife.org.uk or telephone +44 (0) 1223.277.318.
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Check out project websites for updated news and images from award winning teams in the field:
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