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GVI Ecuador
Rainforest Conservation and CommunityDevelopmentPhase Report 084October – December 2008
GVI Ecuador/Rainforest Conservation and Community DevelopmentExpedition Report 084`Submitted in whole to
Global Vision InternationalYachana FoundationMuseo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales (MECN)
Produced by
Matt Iles - Science Coordinator Jonathon Escolar – Expedition Manager
And
Odette Blackmore Expedition Member Sophie Paterson Expedition Member Peter Coals Expedition Member Nick Pope Expedition Member John Cray Expedition Member Louise Rigby Expedition Member Tom Dickinson Expedition Member Matt Smith Expedition Member Anna Ferguson Expedition Member Greg Spittle Expedition Member Adam Hejnowicz Expedition Member John Taylor Expedition Member Kelly Jones Expedition Member Hannah Urpeth Expedition Member Andrew Mercer Expedition Member Sophia Vasiliou Expedition Member Mark Miller Expedition Member Heleen Zwallenberg
Expedition Member Anna Nelson-Smith Expedition Member
Edited by
Karina Berg – Country Director GVI Ecuador/Rainforest Conservation and Community DevelopmentAddress: Casilla Postal 17-07-8832Quito, Ecuador Email:ecuador@gvi.co.uk Web page:http://www.gvi.co.ukandhttp://www.gviusa.com
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Executive Summary
This report documents the work of Global Vision International’s (GVI) RainforestConservation and Community Development Expedition in Ecuador’s Amazon region andrun in partnership with the Yachana Foundation, based at the Yachana Reserve in theprovince of Napo. During the fourth phase of 2008 from 3 October to 15 December, GVIhas:
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Added 14 species to the Yachana Reserve species list bringing the total number for the Reserve to 617 species of birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and butterflies.
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Added eleven new bird species to the reserve species list: Lesser Goldfinch (
Carduelis psaltria
), Crested Oropendola (
Psarocolius decumanus
), Swainson’s Thrush (
Catharusustulatus
), Olive-faced Flatbill (
Rynchocyclus olivaceus
), Glowing Puffleg (
Ericonemisvestitus
), Black-eared Fairy (
Heliothryx aurita
)
,
Olivaceous Flatbill (
Rynchocyclusolivaceus
), Ocellated Woodcreeper (
Xiphorhynchus ocellatus
), Straight-billedWoodcreeper (
Xiphorynchus picus
), Blackburnian Warbler (
Dendroica fusca
) andVariable Hawk (
Buteo polysoma
).
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Conducted five mist netting sessions for birds, which provided six of the new speciesadditions.
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Made incidental sightings of eight mammal species including Amazon Bamboo Rat(
Dactylomys dactylinus
), Neotropical Otter (
Lontra longicaudis
) and a rare sighting of aSouthern Two-toed Sloth (
Choloepus diadactylus
) and juvenile, which proved to benew to the reserve species list.
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Trialled the use of Sherman live traps for small mammal surveying.
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Continued collecting swab samples from amphibians within the reserve in order toassess the status of the epidemic fungal disease
Batrachochytrium dendrobatitus
.
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Made a rare sighting of a Caecilian (
Caecilia aff. tentaculata).
•
Encountered twelve species of reptile including two which were new to the reservespecies list; the Aquatic Coral Snake (
Micurus surinamensis surinamensis
) and theSpotted Water Snake (
Helicops leopardinus
).
•
Continued an ongoing butterfly study assessing butterfly diversity in the reserve.
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Trialled a new project assessing river quality through the use of benthic invertebrates.
•
Continued with English lessons for local school children in Puerto Rico.
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