ANDES AMAZON PROTECTED AREAS DATABASE Goals Developing a
ANDES AMAZON PROTECTED AREAS DATABASE Goals: - Developing a Public database on indicators about Protected Areas status, based on the official data provided by the national governmental organizations. -Training the PA managers and functionaries in Geomatics tools to improve reporting quality and better monitoring practices. -Strengthening horizontal international cooperation for data, information, experiences and resources to improve conservation in the Amazon basin. Alvaro Espinel (presented by R. M. Huber) Date: January 2007. Place: DSD-OAS Washington
ANDES AMAZON PROTECTED AREAS DATABASE Index o o o o The Amazon Region Antecedents (SURAPA, CONDOR) Project Goals and Donor Interests First Workshop Gamboa, Panamá (June 2005) Second Workshop en Amacayacu, Colombia (July 2006) Some Strategic Alliances Acknowledgments
Amazon Region o o o o o > 35% Earth species 1. 5 millions sq miles of forest 2500 tree species (1/3 total) 30 k/100 k plant species of Latinamerica 2. 2 millions sq miles basin 4000 miles river length 46000 gal/sec 20% total discharge 3000 spp freshwater fishes 1. 5 – 2 millions ha deforestation per year
Tropical Andean PA information is in a Database and linek to infrastructure projects (roads) Conservation International and Andean Corporation of Development
SURAPA – FAO, EU, CI, ACTO
AAPAD Pilot Project 2005
AAPAD June 2005 Gamboa - Panamá o o o Executed DSD -OAS A DB updated by the country official managers Workshop in Gamboa, Panamá (June, 2005). Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela Non Official Delegation of Guyana, French Guyana and Suriname Other institutions: Gordon and Betty Moore F. , IABIN , RAMSAR, WWF and Parks. Watch
AAPAD second Phase: 2006 -2008
Second Workshop, Amacayacu, Colombia July 2006 Country Organization Participant Bolivia Servicio Nacional de Areas Protegidas—SERNAP Brazil 1. Ministerio do Meio Ambiente– Sistema Nacional de Unidades de Conservação MMA—SNUC 2. Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e do Recursos Naturais Renovaveis—Sistema de Informação de Unidades de Conservação –SIUC 3. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia– INPA—Bio. Geo Colombia Unidad Administrativa Especial de Parques Naturales Nacionales –UAESPNN—Regional Orinoquia Amazonia Ecuador Dirección Nacional de Biodiversidad y Areas Protegidas—Ministerio del Ambiente Guyana Environmental Protection Agency -EPA Peru Intendencia de Areas Naturales Protegidas– Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales—INRENA – Ministerio de Agricultura Suriname 1. Nature Conservation Division– Suriname Forest Service 2. STINASU- Stichting Natuurbehoud Suriname Venezuela Instituto Nacional de Parques -INPARQUES– Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales Inter-National Organizations 1. Organization of American States– Department of Sustainable Development 2. Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization-ACTO 3. German International Cooperation Agency— GTZ Non Governmental Organizations Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Participants Amacayacu Country Number Venezuela 2 Ecuador 4 Peru 4 Brazil 8 Guyana 1 USA 3 Holland 3 Germany. GTZ 1 Colombia >35 Total 65
Colaborations and Strategic alliences NASA – JPL Gary Geller PAA archive Full coverage of images georef jpg. o o ASTER y LANDSAT Terra Look (Tool)
U. de Maryland (Dept. of Geography) – Diane Davies (Fire Alarm System)
Environmental Science Research Institute -ESRI -50 Arc GIS licences -200 on line courses - Development of a curriculum online for Park Managers
Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization- ACTO (OCTA) o o Data Sharing Event coordination Sharing Resources Advisory to OTCA on the development of the amazon basin infromation system.
Thank you very much! -Gary Geller – NASA -Diane Davies and Minnie Wong – U. of Maryland -Ryan Valdez- Smithsonian Institution -Jaime Cavelier, Ana C. Villegas GBMF -Claudio Maretti – ARPA project -Rosalia Artega, Francisco Ruiz, Jorge Meza and Carlos Salinas – ACTO -Jon Nystrom, Charles Convis, Jack Dangermond – ESRI - Frank Biasi – The National Geographic -The RANPA network and the park managers of the Amazon Region
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