Collaboration nord-américaine en vue de conserver les aires protégées transfrontalières
État actuel : Conclu
Plan opérationnel : 2013 et 2014
S’appuyant sur les travaux concertés menés en 2011 et en 2012, ce projet vise à améliorer la santé et la résilience des collectivités et des écosystèmes transfrontaliers, et à améliorer la planification transfrontalière dans la région de Big Bend-Rio Bravo en maintenant ou en rétablissant la salubrité, la connectivité et la résilience aux changements climatiques des écosystèmes communs, des collectivités et des secteurs qui dépendent des ressources naturelles.
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Catherine Hallmich
Principales réalisations
- Identified priority areas for conservation and developed binational strategies and monitoring protocols for the Rio Grande, its tributaries and its uplands
- Engaged several communities in Maderas del Carmen, Ocampo and Cañón de Santa Elena in the implementation of opportunities for ecotourism and riverbank restoration activities
- Planted about 3,000 trees within the fragile riparian zones of three tributaries to the Rio Grande
- Monitored approximately 3,000 square kilometers of riparian habitats (including watersheds) for topography and vegetation
- Collected seeds of native milkweed plants for use in future milkweed restoration and monarch butterfly conservation activities
Résultats
- Conservation Assessment for the Big Bend-Río Bravo Region: A Binational Collaborative Approach to Conservation
- A Proposal for Developing Desired Future Conditions for the Big Bend Reach of the Rio Grande/Río Bravo (Roadmap to a Binational Conservation Strategy)
- Landscape-level monitoring report of priority conservation areas in the Big Bend-Río Bravo region using repeat photography
- Reforestation report of Terlingua Creek in Big Bend National Park, Texas
- Hydrological and biological monitoring report of San Carlos and San Antonio creeks in the protected natural area of Cañón de Santa Elena, Chihuahua
- Assessment and management of visitor use and carrying capacity at ecotourism recreational sites in the protected natural areas of Maderas del Carmen and Ocampo, Coahuila
- Report on collection of native milkweed plant seeds for future monarch butterfly conservation activities