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A Species Action Plan For The Mexican Axolotl (Ambystoma Mexicanum)
By Ian Bride and Richard Griffiths
This publication is one outcome of a 3-year UK Government Darwin Initiative project entitled 'Aztecs and Axolotls: Integrating Tourism and Conservation at Xochimilco, Mexico City', which began in April 2002, and whose principal partners were CIBAC (Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas y Acuocolas de Cuemanco, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, Mexico) and DICE (The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK). From 6-9 December 2004, the project team ran an Axolotl Species/Habitat Action Plan formulation workshop at UAM-X/CIBAC, in which representatives of most of the key,Governmental, NGO and local stakeholder organizations participated alongside representatives of UK-based partners.
Two days of scene-setting presentations were followed by two days of collective and group-based workshop activities in which key elements affecting the conservation of the species were identified and categorised into broad subject areas: the biology of the species; ecological interactions; environmental factors; use and exploitation; legislation; social factors; political factors; and, education. Together these formed a framework within which specific goals were identified and appropriate actions designated, with each action being accorded a level of priority and timeframe. Lead agencies were then allocated to each action and consideration given to the issues surrounding funding and partnerships.
This document summarises key background information, explains the design and conduct of the workshop, and presents the plan itself. It is intended to provide a useful starting point and tool for those involved in the management and conservation of the Xochimilco wetland system and its wildlife, most particularly in relation to activities focused around the axolotl.
It is available as a pdf file (in a black and white or a colour version) from r.a.griffiths@kent.ac.uk or Jeanne McKay at daptf@open.ac.uk.
(My apologies as the email program this is sent to doesn't like any sort of accent marks.)
By Ian Bride and Richard Griffiths
This publication is one outcome of a 3-year UK Government Darwin Initiative project entitled 'Aztecs and Axolotls: Integrating Tourism and Conservation at Xochimilco, Mexico City', which began in April 2002, and whose principal partners were CIBAC (Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas y Acuocolas de Cuemanco, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, Mexico) and DICE (The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK). From 6-9 December 2004, the project team ran an Axolotl Species/Habitat Action Plan formulation workshop at UAM-X/CIBAC, in which representatives of most of the key,Governmental, NGO and local stakeholder organizations participated alongside representatives of UK-based partners.
Two days of scene-setting presentations were followed by two days of collective and group-based workshop activities in which key elements affecting the conservation of the species were identified and categorised into broad subject areas: the biology of the species; ecological interactions; environmental factors; use and exploitation; legislation; social factors; political factors; and, education. Together these formed a framework within which specific goals were identified and appropriate actions designated, with each action being accorded a level of priority and timeframe. Lead agencies were then allocated to each action and consideration given to the issues surrounding funding and partnerships.
This document summarises key background information, explains the design and conduct of the workshop, and presents the plan itself. It is intended to provide a useful starting point and tool for those involved in the management and conservation of the Xochimilco wetland system and its wildlife, most particularly in relation to activities focused around the axolotl.
It is available as a pdf file (in a black and white or a colour version) from r.a.griffiths@kent.ac.uk or Jeanne McKay at daptf@open.ac.uk.
(My apologies as the email program this is sent to doesn't like any sort of accent marks.)
