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07-05-2012, 12:50 PM
Grupo Jaragua announced it has secured international funding for purchasing land in order to ensure the survival of ecologically isolated bird species. Grupo Jaragua announced the purchase of 100 hectares of transitional, previously unprotected and highly threatened forest within the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve. The initiative represents an important step towards halting the conversion of Caribbean forest with high conservation value to low-yield cattle or crop farming, reports surfbirds.com, highlighting the conservation effort. Hans Swegen, the Lekholm Family, BirdLife International, IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands, USFWS-Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act and the Aage V. Jensen Charity Foundation made the deal possible.
The Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve is located in the southwest of the Dominican Republic, connecting lowland dry forest at sea level in the Barahona peninsula and ranges from tropical mountain forests in the highlands of the Sierra de Bahoruco. These forests are located outside the country's current protected area network and are vital for the maintenance of habitat connectivity to ensure the survival of ecologically isolated species populations. They also provide an important buffer against the additional stress that climate change is likely to place on the protected areas.
This region holds more than 40 globally threatened species including birds such as Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata, Bay-breasted cuckoo Coccyzus rufigularis, La Selle thrush Turdus swalesi, Hispaniolan crossbill Loxia megaplaga, Hispaniolan Amazon Amazona ventralis and parakeet Aratinga chloroptera. Moreover, the area is home to six critically endangered frogs, Hispaniola's only extant endemic land mammals n the endangered Hispaniolan Solenodon Solenodon paradoxus and Hutia Plagiodontia aedium, and the vulnerable Rhinoceros Rock Iguana Cyclura cornuta.
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The Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve is located in the southwest of the Dominican Republic, connecting lowland dry forest at sea level in the Barahona peninsula and ranges from tropical mountain forests in the highlands of the Sierra de Bahoruco. These forests are located outside the country's current protected area network and are vital for the maintenance of habitat connectivity to ensure the survival of ecologically isolated species populations. They also provide an important buffer against the additional stress that climate change is likely to place on the protected areas.
This region holds more than 40 globally threatened species including birds such as Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata, Bay-breasted cuckoo Coccyzus rufigularis, La Selle thrush Turdus swalesi, Hispaniolan crossbill Loxia megaplaga, Hispaniolan Amazon Amazona ventralis and parakeet Aratinga chloroptera. Moreover, the area is home to six critically endangered frogs, Hispaniola's only extant endemic land mammals n the endangered Hispaniolan Solenodon Solenodon paradoxus and Hutia Plagiodontia aedium, and the vulnerable Rhinoceros Rock Iguana Cyclura cornuta.
www.birdlife.org/community/2012/07/grupo-jaraguas-first-land-purchase-initiative-saves-100-ha-threatened-caribbean-forest/ (http://www.birdlife.org/community/2012/07/grupo-jaraguas-first-land-purchase-initiative-saves-100-ha-threatened-caribbean-forest/)
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