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| | Resource Title: | Establishing a Baseline to Monitor Species and Key Biodiversity Areas in Belize
| | Description: | Meerman, J. C. 2007 (Draft). Establishing a Baseline to Monitor Species and Key Biodiversity Areas in Belize. 15 pp. Report to Conservation International. Funded by a CEPF grant - Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
Site conservation is among the most effective means to reduce global biodiversity loss. Therefore, it is critical to identify those sites where unique biodiversity must be
conserved immediately. To this end, the concept of key biodiversity areas (KBAs) has been developed, seeking to identify and, ultimately, ensure that networks of globally
important sites are safeguarded. This methodology builds up from the identification of species conservation targets (through the IUCN Red List) and nests within larger-scale conservation approaches. Sites selection is driven by the distribution and population of species that require site-level conservation. Biodiversity baseline data such as those that can be used in the establishment of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA’s) are scattered. In general, everywhere, but particularly in Belize, the access to biodiversity data is one of the principal constraints in effective
conservation planning. In Belize a mechanism exists to gather such information. This system is called the Biodiversity and Environmental Resource Data System for Belize (BERDS). The idea behind BERDS is that members can and should enter their gathered biodiversity data and although the BERDS system has several members in and outside Belize, the actual data entry is lagging behind. The reason for this is very simple; most NGO’s and other members simple do not have the time and erson-power allocated to data management. To overcome this restraint, the project was meant to populate the BERDS database with data provided by members. Then using the BERDS data, the project establishes the baseline for species and KBA outcomes. The project also analyzes and prioritizes KBAs.
| | Link: | KBA_belize.pdf
| | Type: | Documents - Reports
| | Format: |  Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) (.pdf)
| | File Size: | 2.2 Mb | | Language(s): | English
| | Theme(s): | Ecosystems & Habitats
Geogr. Info. Systems
Land Use and Planning
Monitoring (and Evaluation)
Parks & Protected Areas
Policy & Legislation
Regional Projects
Species Protection
| | Author: | Meerman, Jan 
| | Publisher: | Meerman, Jan
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