Birding for and with People: Integrating Local Participation in Avian Monitoring Programs within High Biodiversity Areas in Southern Mexico

Rubén Ortega-Álvarez, Luis Antonio Sánchez-González, Vicente Rodríguez-Contreras, Víctor Manuel Vargas-Canales, Fernando Puebla-Olivares and Humberto Berlanga
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Rubén Ortega-Álvarez: Iniciativa para la Conservación de las Aves de América del Norte-México (NABCI-México), Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), Liga Periférico-Insurgentes Sur, No. 4903, Col. Parques del Pedregal, Delegación Tlalpan, Distrito Federal 14010, Mexico
Luis Antonio Sánchez-González: Iniciativa para la Conservación de las Aves de América del Norte-México (NABCI-México), Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), Liga Periférico-Insurgentes Sur, No. 4903, Col. Parques del Pedregal, Delegación Tlalpan, Distrito Federal 14010, Mexico
Vicente Rodríguez-Contreras: Iniciativa para la Conservación de las Aves de América del Norte-México (NABCI-México), Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), Liga Periférico-Insurgentes Sur, No. 4903, Col. Parques del Pedregal, Delegación Tlalpan, Distrito Federal 14010, Mexico
Víctor Manuel Vargas-Canales: Iniciativa para la Conservación de las Aves de América del Norte-México (NABCI-México), Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), Liga Periférico-Insurgentes Sur, No. 4903, Col. Parques del Pedregal, Delegación Tlalpan, Distrito Federal 14010, Mexico
Fernando Puebla-Olivares: Iniciativa para la Conservación de las Aves de América del Norte-México (NABCI-México), Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), Liga Periférico-Insurgentes Sur, No. 4903, Col. Parques del Pedregal, Delegación Tlalpan, Distrito Federal 14010, Mexico
Humberto Berlanga: Iniciativa para la Conservación de las Aves de América del Norte-México (NABCI-México), Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), Liga Periférico-Insurgentes Sur, No. 4903, Col. Parques del Pedregal, Delegación Tlalpan, Distrito Federal 14010, Mexico

Sustainability, 2012, vol. 4, issue 9, 1-15

Abstract: Biological monitoring is a powerful tool for understanding ecological patterns and processes, implementing sound management practices, and determining wildlife conservation strategies. In Mexico, regional long-term bird monitoring has been undertaken only over the last decade. Two comprehensive programs have incorporated bird monitoring as the main tool for assessing the impact of human productive activities on birds and habitats at local and regional levels: the Integrated Ecosystem Management (IEM) and the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor Mexico (CBMM). These programs are implemented in supremely important biodiverse regions in the southern and southeastern states of Mexico. Bird monitoring activities are based on the recruitment and participation of local people linked to sustainable productive projects promoted by the CBMM or IEM. Through a series of training workshops delivered by specialists, local monitors receive equipment and coordinate to become part of a large monitoring network that facilitates regional covertures. This data currently being obtained by local people will enable the mid- and long-term assessment of the impacts of sustainable human productive activities on birds and biodiversity. Community-based bird monitoring programs are a promising opportunity for enhancing scientific knowledge, improving sustainable practices, and supporting wildlife conservation in areas of high biodiversity.

Keywords: birds; human productive activities; conservation biology; biological corridor; management; citizen science; community-based monitoring; tropics; development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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