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Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative Western

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migration species without borders espèce sans frontières especies sin fronteras espécie sem beiras the natural history of many species requires movement across landscapes with no consideration of national boundaries, languages and economy conservation actions for this mobile biodiversity will be more effective if they too can ignore these factors

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building a strategy 2001: Summit of the Americas Plan of Action 2003: Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Conference: conservation issues prioritized conservation Tool Matrix developed Interim Steering Committee formed 2004: Interim Steering Committee meeting: initiative overview document drafted strategy for launching initiative developed

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to contribute significantly to the conservation of the migratory species of the Western Hemisphere by strengthening cooperation among nations, international agreements and civil society, and by expanding constituencies and political support the mission

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the vision Migratory species of the Western Hemisphere, their key habitats and migratory routes are conserved, benefiting people and enhancing biodiversity conservation

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the species all wildlife migrating among the countries of the Americas is to be included: © Canon Martin Harvey © Bat Conservation International © Brad Norman © Mark Peck © Garry Donaldson © Bob Graham

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the people participation open to all supporting this initiative: for development for implementation non-governmental organizations governments conventions

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objectives mitigating threats conservation planning developing awareness capacity building ensuring adequate resources human institutional financial

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benefits hemispheric participation a forum for international input government-private sector collaboration increased cultural contribution unification of conservation efforts hemispheric priorities highlighted centralised communications actions built on existing efforts fulfillment of previous conservation commitments broad-based consultation consensus on actions

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next steps Interim Steering Committee will meet December 12-13 2005 in Washington DC Tools Matrix as a searchable database, part of Rainforest Alliance’s Eco-Index: www.eco-index.org/migratory and www.eco-index.org/migratorio Second WHMSI conference: Hands Across the Hemisphere: Helping People to Help Wildlife. Costa Rica, January 17-20 2006. Focus on hemispheric project to address Capacity Building needs

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more information http://international.fws.gov/ in English y en español