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WHMSI Experts Meeting to crystalize
overarching Americas migratory bird
strategy
Richard Huber
Department of Sustainable Development
Trelawny, Jamaica March 11-15, 2014
WHMSI History within OAS
• III Summit of the Americas in 2001 in Quebec City,
environment ministers agreed to develop a
mechanism to come together to cooperate on shared
species, beginning with migratory birds.
• Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative
(WHMSI) created in 2003 in response to this.
• IV WHMSI Conference (2010) mandated a task force
to advance “Integrating Migratory Bird Conservation
Initiatives in the Americas”.
• WHMSI Purpose and Organization has 21 strategies
Task: WHMSI Overarching Framework
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Most initiatives are on the same page policy wise.
Similarity and overlap -- some simplification is needed.
Transformational policy framework
Overarching framework – a mechanism to increase efficiency of
conservation action, and to increase articulation of efforts for migratory
species at different levels.
A mechanism which helps build synergies/better articulates existing
synergies, and facilitates conservation action, research and monitoring at
a variety of schools, simplifying (or at least not increasing “paperwork”
burdens).
Produce a matrix of the key similarities and differences between each,
can some “fit within others”, and/or where strong logical links exist.
Scale issues -- “global”, “Americas” and “sub regional”.
Matrix would help create traction for a hemispheric initiative by
illustrating the synergies and the need for an overarching coordination
mechanism.
Towards an Overarching
Agreement
Of the existing multilateral agreements and
initiatives in the Americas, CMS is the clear best
candidate under which an overarching
“Americas flyways” framework agreement can
be developed.
Really? Budget?
Effectiveness in other regions?
Consortium of agencies to mainstream agenda
and pool resources.
Institution
Website
Location
Date
Description
Monitoring Land
Birds in Caribbean
Protected Areas
for Adaptive
Management and
Public Education
Bahamas
National
Trust,
Nassau,
Bahamas
Feb 2327 2011.
Promote terrestrial bird monitoring in protected areas
and buffer zones and their application to adaptive
management and environmental education. Develop a
strategy to increase apacity for bird and habitat
monitoring using citizen scientists. More...
“Incorporating
climate
adaptation into
marine turtle
conservation:
capacity
strengthening for
planning and
implementation”
San Juan,
Puerto
Rico
Nov 1-3,
2010.
Build capacity for climate change adaptation in coastal
areas of Latin America and the Caribbean by focusing on
habitats used by endangered marine turtles. More...
Training Local
Stakeholders in
Reforestation and
the Managament
of Land
Neotropical
Migrants in
Colombia,
Nicaragua, and
Peru.
Colombia,
Peru and
Nicaragua
Nov
2010 Jan
2011.
Engage local coffee growers and cattle ranchers in the
region in improving the productivity of their lands for
birds. An integral part of this reforestation project will be
engaging local stakeholders in the protection of habitat
for migratory songbirds. More...
Creando
Capacidades para
Unir Iniciativas de
Conservacion de
Aves Migratorias
de Pastizales
Audubon
(USA) and
Asuncion
(Paraguay
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Estudio sobre la
migracion de
ballenas
jorobadas
(Megaptera
novaeangliae) en
el Oeste del
Pacifico de
Guatemala
Guatemal
a
Nov Dec
2010.
Oct
2010 Jan
2011
Facilitate the adaptation and application of a method to
allow a planned and unified scope for the conservation of
migratory species at local, regional and hemispheric
scales. More...
Promote through research, the conservation and
sustainable management of cetaceans, considered as
migratory species and shared resources. This research
will increase knowledge about the ecology and behavior
of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in
Central American waters, and could be useful in the
establishment of protected marine areas. In addition,
DATA BASIN/Inter American biodiversity Information Network
Environmental Decision Support Tools
Offset and Mitigation Analysis
Ecosystem Services Valuation
Alternative Scenario Evaluation
Cumulative Impact Assessment
Support for Advanced Spatial Analyses
Western Hemisphere Migratory
Species Initiative (WHMSI)
Purpose and Organization
1. Vision
Migratory species of the Western Hemisphere,
their key habitats and migratory routes are
conserved through international cooperation
and communication benefitting people and
enhancing biodiversity conservation.
Flyways-related Initiatives*
• Global
• ACAP
Agreement on the Conservation of
Albatrosses and Petrels
• CMS
Convention on Migratory Species
• GROMS
Global Registry of Migratory Species
• GBIF
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
• MIGRATE
Migration Interest Group: Research Applied
Towards Education
• Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands of International
Importance
• *List compiled by Rob Clay
Americas
Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Conservation Business Strategy
Aves Internacionales
BirdLife International Americas Flyways program
CRIMBI
Copper River International Migratory Bird Initiative
Golondrinas de las Américas
Grupo de trabajo de Calidris canutus rufa
IABIN-SSTN InterAmerican Biodiversity Information Network - Species and Specimens
Thematic Node
ISS
International Shorebird Survey
LaMNA
Landbird Monitoring Network of the Americas
National Audubon Society International Alliances Program Strategy
PRISM
Program for Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring
Red de monitoreo de aves playeras del corredor migratorio del Pacífico (Calidris mauri,
C. alpina) – Migratory Shorebird Project
SRGA
Shorebird Research Group of the Americas
WCC
Waterbird Conservation for the Americas
WHBBN/RAAHO Western Hemisphere Bird Banding Network
WHMSI Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative (including “Integrating
Migratory Bird Conservation Initiatives in the Americas” document)
WHSG
Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group
WHSRN/RHRAP
Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network
Subregional
Alianza de Pastizal/Southern Cone Grasslands Alliance
Alianza Manglar/Neotropical Mangrove Conservation Alliance
Alianza Pino-Encino/Pine-Oak Alliance
Boreal Songbird Initiative
Caribbean Biological Corridor
CAWC
Central American Waterbird Census
Canada Warbler International Conservation Initiative
Cerulean Warbler Technical Group/Grupo Cerúleo
CMS - MoU Aves migratorias de pastizal del Sudamérica
CMS - MoU Cauquen colorado
CMS - MoU Flamencos altoandinos
CWC
Caribbean Waterbird Census
Foro para la Conservación del Mar Patagónico
GCFA
Grupo Conservación Flamencos Altoandinos
Golden-winged Warbler Working Group
HMANA
Hawk Migration Association of North America
IBTCG
International Bicknell’s Thrush Conservation Group
MoSI & MAWS
Monitoreo de Sobrevivencia Invernal, Monitoring Avian Winter
Survival
NWC
Neotropical Waterbird Census
North American Grasslands Alliance
NABCI
North American Bird Conservation Initiative
NAWMP
North American Waterfowl Management Plan
Geographically Focused Conservation Business Plans (in development) – PiF V
process
•Mexico/Central America Gulf-Caribbean Slope - Eastern Deciduous Forests
•Chihuahuan Grasslands – Western Great Plains & Prairies
•Central-South American Highlands – Appalachian and Northeastern Forests, North to
Boreal Grounds)
•West Mexican Thornscrub – Arid Southwest
•Southern Cone Grasslands – Eastern North American Grasslands and Arctic Tundra
•Caribbean - Eastern Upland Hardwood Forest Regions
•Sierra Madre Pine-Oak and Cloud – Western Mixed-Coniferous Forests
•Pacific Shorebirds – Coastal Areas of Middle and South America linked to US and
Canada Coasts and Arctic Breeding Areas)
Species Specific Conservation Plans
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Shorebirds
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
American Woodcock Scolopax minor
Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Landbirds
Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus - in development
Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis - in development
Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii