Initiatives to prevent and detect illegal logging in the Protected Areas with Main Focus on the

Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala

Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas

Wildlife Conservation Society

With the collaboration of:

With the support of:

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1. Mapping of annual extraction in forest concessions

2. Monitoring of seed trees

3. Threat detection overflights and aerial photography

1. SMART software for patrol data compilation and analysis

2. Camera traps for wildlife monitoring and threat detection

3. UAV’s overflights for aerial photography and electronic dispositive for data recording

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1. Mapping of annual extraction in forest concessions

Who? Forest concessions (community and industrial)

What? Detailed maps of each tree in an AnnualHarvest Area, an associated database

Why? Because a regulation required by CONAP ForestDepartment to verify the procedence of woodharvested, to estimate (ex ante) the volume to beharvested, to locate seed trees, to assist roadplanning, to identify sensitive areas (archaeologicalsites for example)

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1. Mapping of annual extraction in

forest concessions

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1. Mapping of annual extraction in

forest concessions

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2. Monitoring of seed trees

Who? Wildlife Conservation Society, Forestconcessions (community and industrial)

What? Field verification of the persistence and compliance with minimum requirements of designated seed trees in areas harvested 3-5 yearsbefore

Why? As an indicator of good forest managementcomplient with regulations related to seed trees

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2. Monitoring of seed trees

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2. Monitoring of seed trees

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3. Threat detection over flights and aerial photography

Who? CONAP, Wildlife Conservation Society, Lighthawk, several other organizations

What? Overflights in the MBR to detect threats and to collect aerial photography to develop keyindicators

Why? An aerial platform of long endurance (up to 5 hours) allows managers to detect threats in areas noteasily reachable and to collect aerial photography todevelop selected indicators

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3. Threat detection over flights and aerial photography

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3. Threat detection over flights and aerial photography

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3. Threat detection over flights and aerial photography

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3. Threat detection over flights and aerial photography

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4. SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) software for patrol data compilation and analysis

Who? CONAP, Wildlife Conservation Society, forestconcessions, other institutions

What? Adoption of SMART, a free software tocompile and analize data collected during control and vigilance patrols

Why? To sistematically collect data during patrols, tomeasure the level of effort invested in patrols, toanalize trends in threats, to improve the processesrelated to law enforcement and prosecution of illegalactivities

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4. SMART (Spatial Monitoring and ReportingTool) software for patrol data compilation and analysis

http://www.smartconservationsoftware.org/15

4. SMART (Spatial Monitoring and ReportingTool) software for patrol data compilation and analysis

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4. SMART (Spatial Monitoring and ReportingTool) software for patrol data compilation and analysis

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4. SMART (Spatial Monitoring and ReportingTool) software for patrol data compilation and analysis

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5. Field cameras for wildlife monitoring and threat detection

Who? Wildlife Conservation Society

What? Camera trap surveys for wildlife monitoring, field cameras to monitor threats

Why? To estimate selected species populationdensity and presence/absence, to monitor threatsincluding road traffic, resources extraction, humanspresence in remote areas

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5. Field cameras for wildlife monitoring and threat detection

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5. Field cameras for wildlife monitoring and threat detection

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5. Field cameras for wildlife monitoring and threat detection

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5. Field cameras for wildlife monitoring and threat detection

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5. Field cameras for wildlife monitoring and threat detection

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6. UAV’s overflights for aerial photography and electronic dispositive for data recording

Who? CONAP, FONACON

What? Overflights in different Protected Areas to detectthreats and to collect aerial photography to develop keyindicators

Why? Based on UAV´s (close to 1 hour each flight) allowsmanagers to detect threats in areas not easily reachableand to collect aerial photography to monitor the eventswithin protected areas in real time

6. UAV’s overflights for aerial photography and electronic dispositive for data recording

Source: CONAP

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6. UAV’s overflights for aerial photography and electronic dispositive for data recording

Source: CONAP

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6. UAV’s overflights for aerial photography and electronic dispositive for data recording

Source: CONAP

Annual extraction mapping in forest concessionsFernando Baldizón, CONAPfbaldizon13@hotmail.com

Seed trees monitoringGabriela Ponce Santizo, WCSgponce@wcs.org

Threat detection overflights and aerial photographyVictor Hugo Ramos, CONAP-WCSvhramos@wcs.org

SMART software for patrol data compilation and analysisVictor Hugo Ramos, CONAP-WCSvhramos@wcs.org

Camera traps for wildlife monitoring and threat detectionRony García Anleu, WCSrgarcia@wcs.org

UAV’s overflights for aerial photography and electronic dispositive for data recording

Amado Adalberto López, CONAP

alopez@conap.gob.gt

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