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.
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