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ASG International Seed Grant Award Winners 2011 We are pleased to announce the second round of recipients of the 2011 ASG International Seed Grants. The Seed Grant program, founded by the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force, continues to be a hugely popular mechanism for kick-starting research and conservation programs that often develop into larger or longer-term projects. As always, the quality of submissions was extremely high with a wide range of projects spread across all continents on which amphibians occur. A thread running through the recipients of this round of Seed Grants is bridging the gap between research and conservation. As amphibians continue to decline and go extinct it is important that we apply our knowledge to their protection, and it is hugely encouraging to see such an interest from the research community in spearheading efforts to conserve amphibians. Evaluation and monitoring of a newly discovered population of Atelopus varius in Costa Rica By José F. González-Maya, Sarah Wyatt & Jan Schipper The harlequin frog, Atelopus varius, is considered as Critically Endangered as result of a severe population decline. There are two known remaining populations, including a recently discovered one in southern Costa Rica with a small number of individuals with potential signs of Chytridiomycosis in some of them. This project aims to establish baseline data on population status (size, structure, and threats), develop a long term monitoring program to ensure persistence, and understand the dynamics of threats facing Atelopus and amphibians in general. In addition, we will be adding to our environmental education programs in the area and working with the indigenous community surrounding the population to develop site conservation strategies. The harlequin frog is a flagship species for conservation in Costa Rica and can be used to raise awareness of global amphibian declines. As expected outcomes the project will 1) collect baseline data on the population and Atelopus varius individual from the new population. Photo: Sarah A. Wyatt-ProCAT International. determine the presence of chytridiomycosis fungus, 2) establish a long term monitoring and research program, 3) work with the local community to implement conservation measures to ensure habitat conservation and survival of the population, 4) develop and carry out environmental education with the local community and surrounding areas and 5) conduct surveys in neighboring watersheds to determine the area of occupancy of this population and search for other threatened amphibians such as A. chiriquiensis. We expect with this project to generate baseline information and provide insights related with the persistence of this population despites its previous disappearance, generating probable hope for some other species’ populations in other areas of the Neotropics. ProCAT team together and in the study site. Photo: ProCAT International 6 | FrogLog Vol. 98 | September 2011
Implementation and development of local conservation strategy for Xenopus laevis and Hyperolius viridiflavis in Yala and Dunga Wetlands, Kenya By Allai Orimba The project targets two unprotected Important Biodiversity Areas: Yala Swamp 0 05N, 34 11’ E in, Siaya District, an area of 8000 ha on altitude of 1,160 m: and Dunga Swamp 01 10’S, 34 47’E in Kisumu District an area of 500 ha at altitude of 1,130. The two areas host numerous amphibian species, and have diverse functions values and benefits to the local communities require urgent conservation and management measures. Our proposed project addresses the need to protect and conserve African reed frog (Hyperolius viridiflavis and Africa clawed frog Xenopus laevis that exists in them. Unfortunately, their habitats are under serious anthropogenic threats, which provide the need for serious concerted efforts of conservation measures from different stakeholder groups. The proposed project is to formulate species management and conservation strategies through; i) promoting awareness and education of amphibian abundance, their needs and their importance in ecosystem balance. ii) Build capacity of local communities and other stakeholders in Allai ( centre) with some of the team members during one of the monitoring survey in Dunga swamp. identification and management of natural resource. iii) Provide information about the occurrence and habitat use of resident species and enhance their survival. iv) Increase an organization strength and knowledge of the two community sites by establishing site support groups. v) Promote monitoring and evaluation activities to support paths to obtaining comprehensive indicators that bring change to amphibian conservation. Amphibian habitat improvement after the eruption in the Gunung Merapi National Park, Indonesia By Cahyandra T.A., K. Latifiana, D.A. Satiti, and Agus Jati In 2010, Mount Merapi erupted on a large scale. The eruption of Mount Merapi damaged 43% of 6410 hectares of national park forest. This eruption changed the structure of the Mount Merapi area and wildlife habitat because of hot clouds. It caused some water resources and vegetation cover in this location to suffer. The effort that we will carry out included in amphibian habitat protection will be amphibian habitat improvement. This project consists of several programs that will contribute to the improvement of amphibian habitats, such as a survey of amphibians and their habitats in Gunung Merapi National Park, amphibian conservation education to local schools, and other activities according to the location. This project also recruited participants from related stakeholders i.e. Gunung Merapi National Park staff, local NGO, and local communities. Amphibian survey after eruption will be carried out and then compared with amphibian survey before the eruption of Mount Merapi. Amphibian habitat survey will also be carried out including the ecological conditions. This result (amphibian and habitat survey) will be overlay to find out the handling of the problems faced in every location. The problems will be solved by Cahyandra T.A (at the left side), Agus Jati (at the middle left side), D.A.Satiti (at the bottom left side), K. Latifiana (at the bottom right side), and our team. making many water sources and securing area. The education program that will be carried out in this project aims to reinforce the love of the environment especially towards amphibians. We will visit several schools around the national park for our amphibian conservation education program. Finally this project hopes to make the understanding between any relevant stakeholders about the importance of the protection of amphibian habitat the same. This improvement for amphibian habitat will help to increase the numbers of amphibians in the Mount Merapi area and also help to increase the diversity in the area. FrogLog Vol. 98 | September 2011 | 7
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