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THREATS: ACQUISITION OF MORE HABITAT

Priority Needs List and Tools Matrix

VI. Threats
c. Acquisition of More Habitat

• Through the Fundación Jocotoco effort, ABC is expanding its capacity to purchase, manage, and protect high priority parcels of land, initially in cooperation with partners in Jocotoco, Ecuador. The strategy is to establish reserves that complement the existing national reserve scheme in Ecuador and target conservation of endangered species. A similar approach will be developed in other countries.
• Alliance for Zero Extinction projects involve land acquisition.
  From: American Bird Conservancy, www.abcbirds.org.
  Contact: David Pashley, dpashley@abcbirds.org.

• BI is engaged in land acquisition/management efforts in Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
  From: Birdlife International, www.birdlife.org.
  Contact: Rob Clay, rob@guyra.org.py.

• Ecuador Foundation- Jocotoco Francisco Sornoza Group.
  From: Ecuador - Unidad de Vida Silvestre y Ecosistemas Frágiles, Dirección de
  Biodiversidad y Areas Protegidas, Ministerio del Ambiente, www.ambiente.gov.ec.
  Contact: mrivaden@pi.pro.ec, T: (593 2) 269260 ext: 147.

• Some PIF NGO partners have experience in acquisition outside the U.S., such as The Nature Conservancy.
  From: Partners in Flight, www.partnersinflight.org.
  Contact: Terry Rich, Terry_rich@fws.gov.

• Forest Service has an active lands program, including acquisition, exchanges, and easements. This work is done with partners and landowners, using different funding sources and authorities, including the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
  From: United States Forest Service, www.fs.fed.us.
  Contact: Dennis Kennedy, National Forest System, T: 202-205-1359.

• Shorebird Sites Joining the Network is a pending initiative, where each time a landowner commits his or her land to the WHSRN Shorebird Network, a non-binding agreement will be created so that land use practices are compatible with long-term shorebird conservation goals.
  From: Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, http://www.manomet.org/WHSRN/.
  Contact: WHSRN@manomet.org.