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Conservation of the Lowland Savannas of Belize Darwin project 17-022

Conservation of the Lowland Savannas of Belize Darwin project 17-022 . Second Annual Meeting of Project Partners 14 th May 2010 Belmopan. Agenda. Introduction: purpose of project 17-022; Summary of activity Sept 09- May ’10 Activities scheduled for year 2

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Conservation of the Lowland Savannas of Belize Darwin project 17-022

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  1. Conservation of the Lowland Savannas of BelizeDarwin project 17-022 Second Annual Meeting of Project Partners 14th May 2010 Belmopan

  2. Agenda • Introduction: purpose of project 17-022; • Summary of activity Sept 09- May ’10 • Activities scheduled for year 2 • Summary: status of project after 1 year

  3. Project Objectives Scientific Baseline activities Mapping of lowland savanna extent and structure from RS data Develop a checklist of savanna species Training and knowledge transfer Build up savanna monitoring capacity Build botanical curation capacity Raise awareness of savanna ecosystem

  4. New Partners and collaborators New project Partners BERDS, Planet Action Collaborations: LIC; Lands & Surveys, BATSUB, Wildtracks Darwin 17012 (Mammal Corridor project) TIDE, YCT, BeFREE, Consultations APAMO, Belize & UK High Commissions

  5. Progress since first partner meeting (3rd September 2009) September 2009 – May 2010

  6. RBGE Activity Sept 09 - May 10 • 300 plant collections at 10 sites (4/9 – 13/10) • Database of 4,000 savanna plant records created • Draft checklist produced • First draft of colour photo-guide created • 15 person weeks of botanical training • Plant Taxonomy course run at Hillbank • Herbarium user course run at ERI

  7. Sample page of Photo-guide

  8. Curation Course and Mounting Display

  9. UB Activity Sept 09 - May 10 • Dr Kay attended Darwin project partner meeting in Brazil and 4NR Meeting in Belize • ERI Inaugurated January 2010 • Darwin botanist German Lopez hired 4th January • Contributing to botanical collecting and curation • Attended 3 training courses in Belize • Attended 4 week training in UK

  10. Collecting and curation training

  11. Re-curating specimens in FD Herbarium

  12. BBG Activity - May 10 • Design and planning of the savanna trail • Purchase and preparation of materials • Delivery of soil, grading and landscaping to create basis of savanna habitat (Oct-Dec 09) • Staff attend Hillbank training course (January) • Seed collecting (January) • Formulation of planting lists • Live plant collecting (May)

  13. BBG Design for Savanna Habitat - 1

  14. BBG Design for Savanna Habitat -2

  15. Groundbreaking at BBG Oct 2009

  16. UoE Activity Sept 09 - May 10 • Project co-ordination and reporting • Maintaining http://www.eeo.ed.ac.uk/sea-belize • Acquisition & processing of ALOS + IKONOS imagery • Ground validation surveys (January 2010) • Mapping consultation in Belize (January 2010) • 3 person-weeks of GPS/GIS training (January 2010) • Production of savanna ecosystem mapping and pre-release to BERDS for evaluation (Feb-May 2010)

  17. Level 2 Patch Level Level 1 Landscape-level Broken Ridge Gallery Forest Forest Forest Patches Mixed Savanna Woodland “Savanna Landscape” Pine Dominated Savanna Open Savanna Seasonally inundated savanna shrubland Wetland Wetland patches Urban/Agro/Industry

  18. Landscape Level Map as KML

  19. Status of project activities after 1 year New map of savanna ecosystem of Belize nearing completion Checklist of plant species – first draft created Photo Guide – sample template created Training activities completed as scheduled Plant collecting slightly behind schedule

  20. Achievements in year 1 • New nationwide mapping of the savanna ecosystem produced from SPOT imagery; • First comprehensive database created of savanna collections made in Belize • ‘Fledgling’ Darwin Savanna Trail created at Belize Botanic Gardens; • Darwin identity used to leverage a further £ 45,000 of funding and donations in kind from other organisations to support this project

  21. Year 2 – Outputs/Deliverables

  22. http://eeo.ed.ac.uk/sea-belize

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