| | Accession Number | 5003459 |
| | Title | Tropical forest conservation plan |
| | Project Description | Much of the 7,900 ha nuclear zone of the Cerro San Gil Ecological Reserve in Guatemala-- |
| | essentially the undisturbed mountaintop--has been purchased by FUNDAECO and is also |
| | protected by federal legislation. The surrounding multiple use (11,000 ha) and buffer zones (28,000 |
| | ha), which are unprotected, provide habitats for dozens of bird species that do not occur in the |
| | protected area, and many of these are neotropical migrants. This project will identify and prioritize |
| | sites in need of protection, and FUNDAECO personnel, with support from the National Fish and |
| | Wildlife Foundation, will negotiate, with landowners and land managers to establish through |
| | easements or other means, for protection of high priority habitats. BRDs role in this project is to |
| | assist FUNDAECO in establishing a GIS of the Cerro San Gil area and train FUNDAECO |
| | biologists in its use, and to assist in designating candidate areas, selecting indicator species, and |
| | sampling bird populations in representative habitats. |
| | Keywords | bird populations, candidate areas, central america, fundaeco, gis, indicator species, migratory |
| | birds, neotropical migrants, |
| | Principal | Chandler S Robbins, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: chan_robbins@usgs.gov; Barbara |
| | Investigators | A Dowell, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: barbara_dowell@usgs.gov; |
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