curso Anfibios de Bolivia

CURSO TECNICAS PARA EL INVENTARIO Y MONITOREO DE ANFIBIOS NEOTROPICALES

Santiago de Chiquitos, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

16 al 20 de Febrero 2015

El proyecto Iniciativa Anfibios de Bolivia, Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d’Orbigny y Hotel Churapa Invitan al curso “Técnicas para el Inventario y Monitoreo de Anfibios Neotropicales” que se llevará a cabo del 16 al 20 de febrero en Santiago de Chiquitos, Santa Cruz.

El Curso teórico-práctico está dirigido a estudiantes de Biología, biólogos y ramas afines.

Temática:

Aspectos generales de los anfibios

Declinaciones de anfibios a nivel internacional y nacional

Protocolos de bioseguridad.

Métodos de colecta y preparación de material científico

Técnicas de inventario y monitoreo de anfibios

Identificación de anfibios de Bolivia (taxonomia y sistematica)

Diseño y análisis de datos en trabajos con anfibios

Conservación de anfibios neotropicales

Lugar y duración:

El curso se desarrollará en instalaciones del Hotel Churapa, en Santiago de Chiquitos, Santa Cruz con las actividades de campo en alrededores del pueblo. El curso tendrá una duración de cinco días con asistencia de tiempo completo.

Forma de enseñanza:

El curso va ser una mezcla de teoria con practica, lo que quiere decir que todos los dias habran algunas presentaciones sobre los temas mencionados por herpetologos conocidos y en todas las noches y algunos dias habran salidas de campo para buscar anfibios y aplicar lo aprendido en la practica.

Costos:

El curso tiene un costo de 700 Bs para estudiantes y 1.000 Bs para profesionales. El alojamiento y alimentación será cubierto por el curso.

Se ofrecerán en algunos casos becas parciales o totales para lo cual se deberá indicar en el formulario más una carta de solicitud.

Los interesados deberán enviar:

Formulario de aplicación bajar aqui 

Curriculum Vitae

Aplicantes que deseen una beca enviar una carta de solicitud

Los documentos deberán ser enviados hasta el 20 de enero a la siguiente dirección electrónica: 

hyla_art@yahoo.com

Los resultados se darán a conocer el 31 de enero

Concurso de fotografia

Amphibian Husbandry Course Bolivia

Amphibians are declining all around the world and in some cases there are few chances for some species, and in some cases captive breeding together with other in-situ measurements can provide a hope to threatened species.

Captive breeding can provide a safe population that in the future can be reintroduced and help wild populations or to reintroduce a species where previously was present

Finding the need to work with more institutions interested in amphibian conservation and captive breeding we organized together with Amphibian Ark the Amphibian Husbandry course in our Museum in Cochabamba Bolivia.

17 researchers, conservationists and zoo keepers attended this course where they learned different aspects about amphibians, the different parameters that we need to take in account to keep amphibians in captivity such as water quality, temperature, lighting, food, biosecurity among others.

With the great experience from members of Amphibian Ark we were able to share the knowledge that we need to start thinking in a correct way to start a captive breeding program that can be designed for education, exhibition, conservation or reintroduction purposes

With this course we hope that we can start collaborating with more people and institutions for the conservation of threatened Bolivian amphibians.

Conservation Needs Assessment of the Amphibians of Bolivia

Bolivia is a mega-diverse country holding a large percentage of the world’s biodiversity. This richness contrasts with a relatively poor understanding of its biodiversity and as in many South American countries, a lack of economical resources. Disturbingly, a number of high priority sites for amphibian conservation, even within protected areas, require immediate conservation action, and many of these areas appear to be under increasing threats from over harvesting, exotic species and habitat degradation.

The Conservation Needs Assessment for the amphibians of Bolivia brought together sixteen amphibian field biologists from around Bolivia, representing eight different museums, universities, zoos and Non-governmental organizations. The three-day assessment workshop was hosted by the Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d'Orbigny in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and was facilitated by Kevin Johnson from the Amphibian Ark (AArk).

During the workshop, all 265 amphibian species found in Bolivia were assessed and prioritized for the most urgent conservation actions required to ensure their ongoing survival in the wild. These 265 species include 16 that are listed in the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered, 16 Endangered, 25 Vulnerable, 5 Near Threatened, 185 Least Concern and 18 Data Deficient. Eighty-eight of the species (33%) are endemic to Bolivia, and of these 45 species are considered to be threatened.

This project was developed thanks to the support of CBOT Endangered Species Fund, Amphibian Ark, and the support of Bolivian amphinian initiative and Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d;Orbigny and Museo Nacional de Historia Natural