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 |
Welcome to our April 2007 Newsletter. It has been a busy few months for us. We have selected the 2007 Conservation Award winners and are now supporting 26 outstanding teams who are currently getting set to start projects in 19 countries and working with local people to conserve a whole range of species and habitats (see the winners list below).
As part of the award, one member from each team has been invited to represent their project at an international training course and the 21st Annual Society for Conservation Biology international meeting that will be held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa from 21st June 6th July. The introductory course is aimed at developing innovative project management, education, facilitation and communication skills.
By linking with the Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting, we are able to link participants to a strong professional network, facilitating future international collaboration. Were additionally supporting a group of alumni to attend the meeting, so we will have a significant presence.
Additionally, we have also judged this years Kate Stokes Memorial Award (which you can read more about below); we received applications for the WCS managed Research Fellowship Program, and just selected our annual scholarship awards. We are not the only ones who have been active over the past few months though. Some of the teams weve supported have some exciting news which you can catch up on below!
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
7 10 May 2007 1st South East Asian Bat Conference, Phuket, Thailand
13 19 May 2007 VIII Neotropical Ornithological Congress, Maturin, Mongas, Venezuela
17 21 June 2007 V Brazilian Congress on Protected Areas, Paraná, Brazil
22 June 14 July 2007 Sustainable Environmental Management Course, Berkeley, California, USA
1 5 July 2007 Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
19-31 August 2007 Economic Tools for Ecosystem Conservation International Training, Palo Alto, CA
14 21 October 2007 4th International Symposium on Galliformes, SICHUAN, CHINA
18 20 October 2007 Bolivian Ornithology Congress, La Paz, Bolivia |
Latest News
2007 BP Conservation Programme Team Awards Announced
Establishing the Kate Stokes Memorial Fund
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AFRICA
Bringing Bats off the Brink: Conservation Action for the Critically Endangered Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat (2006)
Ecology and Conservation of Aberdare cisticola in the Mau Narok-Molo Grasslands, Kenya (2006)
Operation Moheli, Comoros (2006)
Mpingo Conservation Project, Tanzania (2004)
Studying the Impacts of Plant Exploitation on Habitat and Gorilla Populations, DRC (2001)
Read more about projects in Africa...
Turtles and Tortoises of Northeast India: Saving them from Extinction (2007)
Breeding Biology of Black Shama (Copsychus cebuensis), Philippines (2006)
Gangetic Dolphin Research and Conservation Team, India (2006)
Inventory, Distribution and Conservation of the Philippine Forest Turtle, Palawan, Philippines (2006)
Conservation Status of the Montaine Slender Loris, Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka (2006)
Frogs Of Gede-Pangrango, West Java, Indonesia (2006)
Mario Soto: Crocodile Hunter, Farmer, Conservationist (CROC Project, Philippines 2005)
Calayan Rail, Philippines (2005)
Distribution, Habitat Preference and Conservation Status of Endemic Giant Rats on Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands (2005)
Behavioural Ecology and Conservation of Rhinopithecus avunculus in Vietnam (2004)
Conservation of Napoleon Wrasses and Rare Corals at Namu Atoll, Marshall Islands (2004)
Effect of Habitat Size on Reproductive Success of Myristicaceae: An Endangered Tree Species of Western Ghats, India (2003)
Nepenthes, Indonesia (2002)
Project Garuda, Indonesia (2002)
Conservation of Waterbirds and Their Habitat in Chongming Island, China (2001)
2006 Scholarship Recipient Dian Risdianto, University of Indonesia, MSc Conservation Biology
Read more about projects in Asia...
Finding Out Number and Distribution of Rare Birds in Western Siberia (2006)
Conservation of Globally Threatened Bird Species, Azerbaijan (2004)
Daggel, Russia (2001)
Read more about projects in Eurasia...
Assessment of Seabird Bycatch in Peruvian Artisanal Fisheries, Peru (2007)
Assessment and Conservation of the Southern Horned Curassow, Peru (2006)
Ecology and Conservation of Sharks in a Nursery Area, São Paulo State, Brazil (2006)
Rethinking Participatory Management & Biodiversity Conservation: Towards an Ecoregion-based Design in Trinidad & Tobago Ainka Granderson, RFP Grantee (2006)
Red Siskin (Carduelis cucullata) Research and Conservation Programme, Guyana (2005)
YARE Project, Colombia (2005)
Conservation of Cuban Cacti (2004)
Alder Amazon Project, Argentina (2003)
Ecology and Conservation of the Chilean Dolphin in Southern Chile (2002)
Read more about projects in Latin America and the Caribbean...
MIDDLE EAST
Project Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) in Sarigol National Park, Iran (2006) |
Programme Alumni: Where are they now? Going Batty in the Philippines with Apolinario Cariño
In the Philippines, flying foxes are important ecologically as pollinators and seed dispersers, playing a key role in the regeneration of natural forest. They roost together in large colonies, which were once found throughout the archipelago.
However, recent evidence suggests that the number of roosts has declined significantly, leaving population estimates at only a fraction of their historical size. Population declines are attributed to hunting, a high rate of habitat loss, and no formal efforts toward bat conservation.
Apolinario Poli Cariño, along with his colleague Tammy Mildenstein, realized that without current information on the status of flying fox population size and roost locations, and without local participation in the effort to acquire this information, sustainable conservation efforts for flying foxes could not begin.
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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.
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Check out project websites for updated news and images from award winning teams in the field:
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