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Español Public Involvement and Education Program in the Gulf of California
Project Description The objectives of this program are to (1) promote a regional approach to wetland conservation based on an education strategy implemented through elementary school teachers from coastal communities; (2) engage educators from five coastal states in Mexico in a public involvement and education program aimed at increasing participants’ understanding of and appreciation for
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Community participation in bird conservation in Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico
Project Description Pronatura Noroeste received support from the Sonoran Joint Venture to promote the involvement of the local community in bird conservation and monitoring activities in Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico (BLA). The BLA region is used as a breeding, roosting, and feeding ground by large numbers of seabirds and wading birds. The
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Implementation of the Bird Conservation Plan for the Colorado River Delta: outreach and monitoring
Project Description The Colorado River delta is one of the most important areas for bird conservation in the Sonoran Desert. The delta supports more than 150,000 migratory waterbirds, is a critical stopover site for over 100 species of Neotropical migratory landbirds, and provides habitat for endangered species such as Yuma Clapper Rail and California Black
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Habitat enhancement for endangered rails at the Ciénega de Santa Clara, Sonora, Mexico
Project Description The Ciénega de Santa Clara is the largest marsh wetland in the Sonoran Desert, extending over 5,800 hectares. It supports nearly 75% of the total population of the Yuma Clapper Rail, an endemic marshbird of the Lower Colorado River and its delta that is protected as Endangered in the United States and Threatened
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Avian Monitoring in the Colorado River delta, Mexico
Project Description The Colorado River delta supports over 300,000 wintering waterbirds and is a critical stopover site for over 100 species of Neotropical migratory landbirds. This wetland system also provides habitat for significant populations of endangered species, such as the Yuma Clapper Rail and the California Black Rail. The goal of this project is to
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Capacity Building for Avian Monitoring and Conservation in Baja, California, Mexico
Project Description PRBO Conservation Science, with partners from the Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) and Terra Peninsular, A.C., and support from the Sonoran Joint Venture, have been expanding collaborative, bi-national bird studies, training and monitoring programs, and conservation efforts in northwestern Baja California, with an emphasis on the seriously
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