[SOS-PCA] PCA Meeting Tuesday, May 21st

[Prescott, Leah]

***The next Plant Conservation Alliance meeting is on Tuesday, May 21st
from 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET.***

The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) holds regular meetings that are open
to everyone and usually accessible online. This month, the PCA is excited
to welcome Javier Robayo, Executive Director of Fundacion EcoMinga
(EcoMinga Foundation), to present from 2:00-3:00 pm ET, on May 21st:

Fundacion EcoMinga (EcoMinga Foundation in English) is an Ecuadorian
foundation with international sponsors, dedicated to the conservation of
the unique foothill forests, cloud forests, and alpine grasslands
(“paramo”) of the Andes, especially those on the edge of the Amazon basin
in east-central Ecuador and those on the super-wet western Andean slopes of
the Choco region in northwest Ecuador. The foundation was established in
Ecuador in 2006, under the statutes and supervision of the Ecuadorian
Ministerio del Ambiente.

Read more at ecomingafoundation.wordpress.com

*****This meeting will be held in the John Muir room at the Main Interior
Building, 1849 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20240.*****

*If you plan to attend this meeting in person, please RSVP to Leah Prescott
(lprescott at blm.gov <lprescott at blm.gov>) by COB May 15th*

Join the live WEBINAR: **
http://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?sigKey=blm&i=742990168&p=meeting&t=c**

Number: 742990168
Passcode: meeting
Host:   PEGGY  OLWELL

Call-in Number:     1-877-414-1336
Call-in Passcode:   6177335#

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There may be previously stored information in your computer that
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meeting.*



Please let me know if you have any questions or additions to the agenda.

**More about Javier Robayo**

Javier has worked for more than 20 years for the conservation of nature in
Ecuador. He began working at Ecominga in 2006; his main function has been
the creation of Ecominga Reserves in the Baños area, where he worked for
almost 10 years with local communities, authorities and scientists. Four
years ago he started the Dracula Reserve project, located in the cloud
forests of the Chocó eco-region, in the northwest of Ecuador on the border
with Colombia. There, he has coordinated scientific research activities and
worked with the communities of Chical and Maldonado. His interest in
plants, birds, mammals and the ecology of the cloud forest has allowed the
Dracula Reserve, a treasure of the Choco eco-region, to have a holistic
vision in its planning, expansion and conservation. He also spent 13 years
at Fundación Jocotoco as Manager and Director of Reserves. He is currently
coordinating the work of the Dracula Reserve, the Manduriacu River Reserve
and the Ecominga administrative operation.

Thank you!

-- 
Leah Prescott
Seeds of Success
National Collection Curator (Contractor)
202-912-7232

Seeds of Success
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>
Plant Conservation Alliance <http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/>
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