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Document of The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Report No.: 60947-AR Public Disclosure Authorized PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT ARGENTINA – NATIVE FORESTS AND PROTECTED AREAS PROJECT (LOAN No. 4085) ARGENTINA – BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PROJECT (TF-28372) June 29, 2011 Public Disclosure Authorized IEG Public Sector Evaluation Independent Evaluation Group Public Disclosure Authorized ii Currency Equivalents (annual averages) Argentina Currency Unit = Peso 1996 US$1.00 AR$1.00 2004 US$1.00 AR$2.97 1997 US$1.00 AR$1.00 2005 US$1.00 AR$3.04 1998 US$1.00 AR$1.00 2006 US$1.00 AR$3.07 1999 US$1.00 AR$1.00 2007 US$1.00 AR$3.14 2000 US$1.00 AR$1.00 2008 US$1.00 AR$3.44 2001 US$1.00 AR$1.00 2009 US$1.00 AR$3.81 2002 US$1.00 AR$3.40 2010 US$1.00 AR$3.97 2003 US$1.00 AR$2.95 2011 US$1.00 AR$4.02 iii Abbreviations and Acronyms ABC Argentina Biodiversity Conservation Project APN Administración de Parques Nacionales (National Park Service of Argentina) COFEMA Consejo Federal del Medio Ambiente (National Environmental Council) DNB Dirección Nacional de Bosques (National Directorate of Forests) GEF Global Environment Facility GIS Geographic Information System IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank) ICR Implementation Completion Report IEG Independent Evaluation Group IEGPS IEG Public Sector Evaluation M&E Monitoring and Evaluation NFPA Native Forests and Protected Areas Project NGO Non-Governmental Organization OED Operations Evaluation Department (now called IEG) PPAR Project Performance Assessment -
In Argentina New Birding ‘Lodges’ in Argentina James Lowen
>> BIRDING SITES NEW BIRDING LoDGES IN ARGENTINA New birding ‘lodges’ in Argentina James Lowen Birders visiting Argentina tend to stay in hotels near but not at birding sites because the country lacks lodges of the type found elsewhere in the Neotropics. However, a few new establishments are bucking the trend and may deserve to be added to country’s traditional birding route. This article focuses on two of them and highlights a further six. Note: all photographs were taken at the sites featured in the article. Long-trained Nightjar Macropsalis forcipata, Posada Puerto Bemberg, Misiones, June 2009 (emilio White); there is a good stakeout near the posada neotropical birding 6 49 >> BIRDING SITES NEW BIRDING LoDGES IN ARGENTINA lthough a relatively frequent destination Posada Puerto Bemberg, for Neotropical birders, Argentina—unlike A most Neotropical countries—has relatively Misiones few sites such as lodges where visitors can Pretty much every tourist visiting Misiones bird and sleep in the same place. Fortunately, province in extreme north-east Argentina makes there are signs that this is changing, as estancia a beeline for Iguazú Falls, a leading candidate to owners build lodgings and offer ecotourism- become one of UNESCO’s ‘seven natural wonders related services. In this article, I give an of the world’. Birders are no different, but also overview of two such sites that are not currently spend time in the surrounding Atlantic Forest on the standard Argentine birding trail—but of the Parque Nacional de Iguazú. Although should be. Both offer good birding and stylish some birders stay in the national park’s sole accommodation in a beautiful setting, which may hotel, most day-trip the area from hotels in interest those with non-birding partners. -
Diversity and Structure of Bird and Mammal Communities in the Semiarid Chaco Region: Response to Agricultural Practices and Landscape Alterations
Diversity and structure of bird and mammal communities in the Semiarid Chaco Region: response to agricultural practices and landscape alterations Julieta Decarre March 2015 A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Division of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Life Sciences Imperial College London 2 Imperial College London Department of Life Sciences Diversity and structure of bird and mammal communities in the Semiarid Chaco Region: response to agricultural practices and landscape alterations Supervised by Dr. Chris Carbone Dr. Cristina Banks-Leite Dr. Marcus Rowcliffe Imperial College London Institute of Zoology Zoological Society of London 3 Declaration of Originality I herewith certify that the work presented in this thesis is my own and all else is referenced appropriately. I have used the first-person plural in recognition of my supervisors’ contribution. People who provided less formal advice are named in the acknowledgments. Julieta Decarre 4 Copyright Declaration The copyright of this thesis rests with the author and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives licence. Researchers are free to copy, distribute or transmit the thesis on the condition that they attribute it, that they do not use it for commercial purposes and that they do not alter, transform or build upon it. For any reuse or redistribution, researchers must make clear to others the licence terms of this work 5 “ …and we wandered for about four hours across the dense forest…Along the path I could see several footprints of wild animals, peccaries, giant anteaters, lions, and the footprint of a tiger, that is the first one I saw.” - Emilio Budin, 19061 I dedicate this thesis To my mother and my father to Virginia, Juan Martin and Alejandro, for being there through space and time 1 Book: “Viajes de Emilio Budin: La Expedición al Chaco, 1906-1907”. -
Direct and Indirect Relationships Between Logging Intensity And
Forest Ecology and Management 474 (2020) 118343 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Forest Ecology and Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/foreco Direct and indirect relationships between logging intensity and regeneration T of two timber species in the Dry Chaco of Argentina ⁎ Andrés Tálamoa, , Javier Lopez de Casenaveb, Lucas A. Garibaldic,d, Mauricio Núñez-Regueiroa,e a Instituto de Bio y Geociencias del Noroeste Argentino (IBIGEO), Laboratorio de Ecología Aplicada a la Conservación (LEAC), Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)-Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Avenida Bolivia 5150, 4400 Salta, Argentina b Desert Community Ecology Research Team (Ecodes), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, and IEGEBA (UBA–CONICET), Piso 4, Pabellón 2, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina c Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, Río Negro, Argentina d Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural, Río Negro, Argentina e Universidad Católica de Salta, Campus Castañares, 4400 Salta, Argentina ABSTRACT Dry forests with a high abundance of hardwood tree species, such as the Dry Chaco, have a long history of logging practices. Logging intensity can directly affect forest structure, both in the canopy and in the understory, by extracting larger trees, and by damaging the understory. This in turn can impact the regeneration of timber species, showing an indirect effect of logging. However, little is known about these relationships in Neotropical dry forests. In this observational studyacross 13 sites with different logging histories, we analyze how understory structure (shrub basal area and shrub stem density) and canopy cover are modifiedbylogging intensity (quantified by an index that combines logging selectivity, frequency, and time since the last harvest). -
Global Ecological Forest Classification and Forest Protected Area Gap Analysis
United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre Global Ecological Forest Classification and Forest Protected Area Gap Analysis Analyses and recommendations in view of the 10% target for forest protection under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 2nd revised edition, January 2009 Global Ecological Forest Classification and Forest Protected Area Gap Analysis Analyses and recommendations in view of the 10% target for forest protection under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Report prepared by: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Network World Resources Institute (WRI) Institute of Forest and Environmental Policy (IFP) University of Freiburg Freiburg University Press 2nd revised edition, January 2009 The United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP- WCMC) is the biodiversity assessment and policy implementation arm of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the world's foremost intergovernmental environmental organization. The Centre has been in operation since 1989, combining scientific research with practical policy advice. UNEP-WCMC provides objective, scientifically rigorous products and services to help decision makers recognize the value of biodiversity and apply this knowledge to all that they do. Its core business is managing data about ecosystems and biodiversity, interpreting and analysing that data to provide assessments and policy analysis, and making the results -
The Giant Armadillo of the Gran Chaco
The Giant Armadillo of the Gran Chaco A giant armadillo Priodontes maximus at the Saenz-Peña Zoo in South America raises up, balancing with its tail, a common posture for this large species. Venezuela The Guianas: Guyana hat’s the size of Texas and Arizona combined, reaches temperatures Suriname French Guiana Wof 115 degrees Fahrenheit, has plants with 15-inch-long thorns, Colombia and houses an armadillo larger than a coffee table? The South American Gran Chaco, where giant armadillos wander freely. The Gran Chaco region covers more than 1 million square kilometers of Argentina, Bolivia, Perú Brazil Paraguay, and Brazil, with approximately 60 percent in Argentina and Bolivia just 7 percent in Brazil. The region is a mosaic of grasslands, savannas, Paraguay • open woodlands, dry thorn forests, and gallery forests that provide a GRAN CHACO 15 range of habitats where some diverse animal species flourish. • In the gallery forests of the humid Chaco, we regularly encounter animals Argentina that are associated with tropical and subtropical forests, like jaguars, owl monkeys, howler monkeys, peccaries, deer, tapirs, and various kinds of eden- tates, a group of mammals that includes sloths, anteaters, and armadillos. The Gran Chaco—from the Quechua Although there are no sloths in the Chaco, we regularly find lesser anteaters 2003 and sometimes come across giant anteaters. Both the nine-banded armadillo, Indian language of Bolivia for “great hunting ground”—crosses four coun- also found in Texas, and the tatu bola, or three-banded armadillo, which you tries and encompasses an area the can see at the Wild Animal Park’s Animal Care Center and the San Diego Zoo’s size of Texas and Arizona combined. -
Conservation of Biodiversity in Protected Areas of Shared Priority Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean
Inter-Agency Technical Committee of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean Twelfth Forum of Ministers of the Environment Distribution: of Latin America and the Caribbean Limited UNEP/LAC-IGWG.XII/TD.3 Bridgetown, Barbados 27 February, 2000 2nd to 7th March 2000 Original: English - Spanish A. Preparatory Meeting of Experts 2nd to 3rd March 2000 The World Bank United Nations Development Programme Conservation of Biodiversity in United Nations Protected Areas of Shared Environment Programme (ITC Coordinator) Priority Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Inter-American Development Bank Conservation and sustainable use of tropical rainforests of Latin America and the Caribbean This document was prepared by the Inter-Agency Technical Committee on the basis of the mandates of the Eleventh Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean (Lima, Peru, March 1998). The work was carried out by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), as the lead agencies, in coordination with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The purpose of the document is to provide the Forum with support for discussing and approving courses of action in the sphere of the Regional Action Plan for the period 2000-2001. UNEP/LAC-IGWG.XII/TD.4 Page i Table of Contents Chapter I. Conservation of Biodiversity in Protected Areas of Shared Priority Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean................................................. 1 I. Introduction................................................................................................ 1 II. Development of priority theme lines ................................................................ -
Cintia Luz.Pdf
Cíntia Luíza da Silva Luz Filogenia e sistemática de Schinus L. (Anacardiaceae), com revisão de um clado endêmico das matas nebulares andinas Phylogeny and systematics of Schinus L. (Anacardiaceae), with revision of a clade endemic to the Andean cloud forests Tese apresentada ao Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de São Paulo, para obtenção de Título de Doutor em Ciências, na Área de Botânica. Orientador: Dr. José Rubens Pirani São Paulo 2017 Luz, Cíntia Luíza da Silva Filogenia e sistemática de Schinus L. (Anacardiaceae), com revisão de um clado endêmico das matas nebulares andinas Número de páginas: 176 Tese (Doutorado) - Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de São Paulo. Departamento de Botânica. 1. Anacardiaceae 2. Schinus 3. Filogenia 4. Taxonomia vegetal I. Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Biociências. Departamento de Botânica Comissão julgadora: ______________________________ ______________________________ Prof(a). Dr.(a) Prof(a). Dr.(a) ______________________________ ______________________________ Prof(a). Dr.(a) Prof(a). Dr.(a) _____________________________________ Prof. Dr. José Rubens Pirani Orientador Ao Luciano Luz, pelo entusiasmo botânico, companheirismo e dedicação aos Schinus Esta é a estória. Ia um menino, com os tios, passar dias no lugar onde se construía a grande cidade. Era uma viagem inventada no feliz; para ele, produzia-se em caso de sonho. Saíam ainda com o escuro, o ar fino de cheiros desconhecidos. A mãe e o pai vinham trazê-lo ao aeroporto. A tia e o tio tomavam conta dele, justínhamente. Sorria-se, saudava-se, todos se ouviam e falavam. O avião era da companhia, especial, de quatro lugares. Respondiam-lhe a todas as perguntas, até o piloto conversou com ele. -
Different Approaches to Evaluate Tannin Content and Structure of Selected Plant Extracts – Review and New Aspects M
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by JKI Open Journal Systems (Julius Kühn-Institut) Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality 86, 154 - 166 (2013), DOI:10.5073/JABFQ.2013.086.021 1University of Kiel, Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding – Grass and Forage Science / Organic Agriculture, Kiel, Germany 2Institute of Ecological Chemistry, Plant Analysis and Stored Product Protection; Julius Kühn-Institute, Quedlinburg, Germany Different approaches to evaluate tannin content and structure of selected plant extracts – review and new aspects M. Kardel1*, F. Taube1, H. Schulz2, W. Schütze2, M. Gierus1 (Received July 2, 2013) Summary extracts, tannins, salts and derivates was imported to the EU in the year 2011, mainly from Argentina, with a trade value of nearly Tannins occur in many field herbs and legumes, providing an im- 63.5 mio. US Dollar (UN-COMTRADE, 2013). These extracts are pro- mense variability in structure and molecular weight. This leads to duced industrially on a large scale. They could therefore maintain complications when measuring tannin content; comparability of a relatively constant quality and thus provide an advantage in rumi- different methods is problematic. The present investigations aimed at nant feeding. characterizing four different tannin extracts: quebracho (Schinopsis Tannins from different sources can react very diverse regarding lorentzii), mimosa (Acacia mearnsii), tara (Caesalpinia spinosa), protein affinity (MCNABB et al., 1998; BUENO et al., 2008). Diffe- and gambier (Uncaria gambir) and impact of storage conditions. rences in tannin structure can occur even between similar plant Using photometrical methods as well as HPLC-ESI-MS, fundamen- species (OSBORNE and MCNEILL, 2001; HATTAS et al., 2011) and a tal differences could be determined. -
World Bank Document
Public Disclosure Authorized Argentine Repu,blic.,,-:, Biodiversit CosevaknPrjc Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized * Project -Document. Public Disclosure Authorized THE WORL.-DAINK GEF Documentation The Global Environment Facility (GEF) assistsdeveloping countries to protect the globalenvironment in four areas:global warming, pollution of internationalwaters-, destructionof biodiversity,and depletion of the ozone layer. The GEF is jointlyimplemented bytheUnited Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, andthe World Bank: GEF Project Documents - identifiedby a greenband - prpvideextended project- specific information.The implementing agency responsible for each.projectis identified by its logoon the coverof thedocument. GjobalEnvironment-Division EnvironmentDepartment . World-Bank 1818 H Street,NW Washington,DC 20433 Telephone:(202) 473-1816 Fax:(202) 522-3256 Report No. 17023-AR Argentine Republic Biodiversity Conservation Project ProjectDocument September 1997 Country Management Unit Argentina, Chile and Uruguay Latin America and the Caribbean Region CURRENCY EOUIVALENTS Currency Unit - Peso (Arg$) EXCHANGE RATE (September 16, 1997) US$1.00 Arg$1.00 Arg$1.00 = US$1.00 FISCALYEAR January 1 to December 31 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES The metric system has been used throughout the memorandum. Vice President: Mr. Shahid Javed Burki Director: Ms. Myma Alexander Acting Sector Leader: Mr. Luis Coirolo Team Leader: Mr. Robert Kirmse This report is basedon an AppraisalMission carried out in July 1997. -
THE GIANT ARMADILLO (Priodontes Maximus) in the ARGENTINE CHACO Mastozoología Neotropical, Vol
Mastozoología Neotropical ISSN: 0327-9383 [email protected] Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos Argentina Quiroga, Verónica A.; Di Blanco, Yamil E.; Noss, Andrew; Paviolo, Agustín J.; Di Bitetti, Mario S. THE GIANT ARMADILLO (Priodontes maximus) IN THE ARGENTINE CHACO Mastozoología Neotropical, vol. 24, núm. 1, julio, 2017, pp. 163-175 Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos Tucumán, Argentina Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45753369014 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Mastozoología Neotropical, 24(1):163-175, Mendoza, 2017 Copyright ©SAREM, 2017 http://www.sarem.org.ar Versión impresa ISSN 0327-9383 http://www.sbmz.com.br Versión on-line ISSN 1666-0536 Artículo THE GIANT ARMADILLO (Priodontes maximus) IN THE ARGENTINE CHACO Verónica A. Quiroga1, Yamil E. Di Blanco1, Andrew Noss2, Agustín J. Paviolo1, and Mario S. Di Bitetti1 1 Instituto de Biología Subtropical (IBS), Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNaM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Forestales (UNaM) y Asociación Civil Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlántico (CeIBA). Bertoni 85; CP: 3370; Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina. [Correspondence: Verónica Andrea Quiroga <[email protected]>] 2 Department of Geography, University of Florida, 1405 NW 38th St., Gainesville, Florida, USA. ABSTRACT. The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) is a difficult species to study because of low population densities, combined with nocturnal and fossorial habits. -
Argentina Dario Podestá Dario
100 reasons to visit ARGENTINA DARIO PODESTÁ DARIO An amazing variety of landscapes and habitats... an impressive diversity of birds. Red-tailed Comet Picaflor cometa | Sappho sparganura Argentina comprises an amazing diversity of landscapes and habitats: from subtropical rainforests in the north to dry steppes and deserts in the south N and west; and from the highest peaks of the western SE N E J hemisphere in the Andes range, to the flatlowlands of ER LL the Pampas and Chaco. And everything in between. O For this reason there is an impressive diversity of MÓN M RA birds, with over 1000 species. In this brochure you will find a selection of Argentina’s bird fauna, with species significant for their uniqueness, rarity, or endemic status. They represent some of the species most sought-after by birdwatchers who visit this part of the globe. Credits. Idea and text: Marcelo Gavensky and Francisco González Taboas (Aves Argentinas). Edition and graphic design: Mariano Masariche. Colaboration: Roberto Güller. Technical revision: Alejandro Di Giacomo. Fotos: Roberto Güller; Adrián Aspiroz; Francisco Erize; Andrés Terán; Ramón Moller Jensen; Alec Earnshaw; Alejandro Ronchetti; Fernando Bernasconi; Francisco Lucero; Carlos Cuñado; Carlos Cáceres; Alberto Gurni and Luis Piovani. Ruddy-headed Goose Cauquén colorado | Chloephaga rubidiceps CISCO ERIZE CISCO N FRA ARGENTINA Bolivia JUJUY North Argentina’s SALTA 1 4 1 - Laguna de los Pozuelos Natural Monument TUCUMÁN 3 JUJUY CATAMARCA 2 - Calilegua National Park Chile 2 tourism SANTIAGO DEL 3 - Baritú