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ASSOCIATE
PROGRAM 4
Conservation, Outreach and Biodiversity Inventory in Panama
Associate Program Leader: Todd L. Capson
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
This
Associate Program consists of three main components:
| A. |
Conservation and Outreach Initiatives. Todd Capson (STRI) |
| B. |
Terrestrial
Plant Biodiversity Inventory. Alicia Ibañez (STRI). |
| C. |
Marine Invertebrate Biodiversity Inventory. Héctor
Guzman (STRI) |
Aims:
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Link the activities of the APs 1, 2 and 3 to biodiversity conservation
by way of public outreach and educational activities in Panama
and in the international community. |
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Work with the Panamanian government and various other stakeholders
to implement programs to protect Panama's Coiba National Park. |
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Collection of selected plants and marine invertebrates,in coordination
with AP1, from Coiba Island for the drug discovery activities
in APs 2 and 3. |
Personnel:
| Todd
L. Capson |
Leader
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| Alicia
Ibañez |
Botanist |
Héctor
Guzmán |
Marine
Biologist |
| Oris
Rodríguez |
Field
Assistent |
| Narciso
Bastidas |
Field
Assistent |
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