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Regional
Projects / Peru / Venezuela
Regional
Projects
Eastern Caribbean
Coalition for Environmental Awareness (ECCEA): Marine Mammal Sanctuary,
Maritime Space of the French West Indies. ECCEA
successfully lobbied for the establishment of a marine mammal sanctuary
in the maritime space of the French West Indies. Details about this
work are available on the ECCEA’s web site at www.eccea.org. The
website also includes presentations about the sanctuary given by France
and local governments to the IWC meeting in 2006 and also to the
Meeting of Caribbean Governments (28 countries in the region) at the
UNEP Cartagena Convention CoP 4 in Jamaica, November 2006. Contact:
Lesley Sutty : l.sutty@orange.fr
or ecceacaribbean@gmail.com
Cetacean Society
International (CSI): Project on human impacts on
dolphins in Latin America. CSI’s Latin American Project
in 2006 supported five multi-nation workshops on human impacts to five
regional dolphin species, including consumption, trade, regulations,
enforcement and education relating to incidental and directed
fisheries. Contact: William Rossiter - rossiter@csiwhalesalive.org
Peru
Pro
Wildlife: Rehabilitation
and reintroduction of woolly and spider monkeys in Peru. Pro
Wildlife is supporting Ikamaperou, a rescue centre for
primates. In the Amazon region, millions of primates are poached
annually for the regional bushmeat trade, and young animals are often
sold on markets as pets. Woolly and spider monkeys are among the most
sought-after species, and both have already become locally extinct at
many sites. The project also works to establish a protected area in the
Peruvian Amazon with the involvement of local communities. Contact:
Daniela Freyer - daniela.freyer@prowildlife.de
Venezuela
Asociación de Rescate de
Fauna (ARFA): Educational project in the State
of Cojedes, Venezuela (2000-2007). Shell Venezuela and
the British Embassy in Caracas provided funds for conservation and
environmental education in schools of Cojedes, Venezuela. Workshops
held in 2003 and 2007 trained teachers and state education officials
for the benefit of children in nearby communities; the program was
later expanded to Caracas. Ecological games, outdoor activities,
murals, and art contests for children, together with their families,
complemented academic instruction. Other workshops trained
environmental police and veterinarians in wildlife handling. Contact:
Lucy Alió - lucyalio@cantv.net
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