Amphibians and reptiles of the Dominican Republic: species of special concern

Powell, Robert; Ottenwalder, José A.; Inchaústegui, Sixto J.; Henderson, Robert W.; Glor, Richard E.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-3008.2000.00103.x

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“…The Sierra de Bahoruco National Park covers the provinces of Barahona, Independencia, and Pedernales. The Jaragua National Park in Pedernales Province is a recognized international biodiversity hotspot [9][10][11]. In addition, the Biological Reserve Loma Charco Azul is also located within the RBJBE [1].…”

Section: The Rbjbe Biosphere Reserve At Glancementioning

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“…The biodiversity of Lake Enriquillo and its surroundings (conservation zone 1) includes more than 65 native, endemic, and migratory birds, and endemic species of iguanas (Cyclura cornuta and Cyclura ricordii) and the American crocodile [8,11,13]. On May 14, 1974, Law 664 created national parks in Lake Enriquillo, Isla Cabrito, and other protected areas.…”

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At a Conservation Crossroad: The Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve in the Dominican Republic

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This paper assesses the Dominican Republic’s willingness to pay (WTP) for a conservation, restoration, and sustainable development program for the Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve (RBJBE). Created in 2002, the RBJBE covers approximately 4858 km2, of which approximately 900 km2 correspond to the sea surface. With three core conservation zones, the RBJBE constitutes a complex space with a history of conflicts rooted in exploiting natural resources and social and economic issues. At the same time, it is a biodiversity hotspot of global importance. We present a Contingent Valuation Method to estimate the WTP for a conservation and restoration program called PROBIOSFERA. The non-parametric and parametric estimates of the WTP are DOP 165.00 (≈USD 2.94) and DOP 181.88 (≈USD 3.25), respectively. The socioeconomic variables that positively affect the WTP are income level, educational level, and age. The ecosystem services that are statistically related to WTP are the provisioning and supporting services. Regardless of the monetary valuation scenarios defined, the estimated annual monetized aggregated welfare associated with the RBJBE for Dominican society is DOP 7.2 billion (≈USD 128.1 million).

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At a Conservation Crossroad: The Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve in the Dominican Republic

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“…The Lake contains archaeological heritage dating back to the pre-Hispanic settlements of different aboriginal cultures. Its surroundings contain important biodiversity that includes more than 65 native, endemic, and migratory birds, the endemic species of iguanas (Cyclura cornuta and Cyclura ricordii) [35,36], and the American crocodile [37]. Figure 3 shows some pictures with Cyclura cornuta around Lake Enriquillo.…”

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The Incredible and Sad Story of Boca de Cachón: How a Rural Community in the Hispaniola Is in a Prolonged, Heartless, and Predictable Climate Crisis

Gómez-Valenzuela

Ramirez

Bonilla-Duarte

2021

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This article aims to briefly review the socio-economic impact caused by the flooding of Lake Enriquillo on the inhabitants of Boca Cachón due to the complex local phenomenon related to climate variability. Between 2003 and 2014, Boca de Cachón and the communities surrounding Lake Enriquillo were deeply affected by flooding of the Lake’s rising waters. Lake Enriquillo is the largest wetland in the Caribbean and the first designated RAMSAR site. In turn, Boca de Cachón could be considered the first human settlement formally displaced because of climate variability in the Dominican Republic and probably one of the first in the Americas in the twenty-first century. Boca de Cachón is a rural Municipal District located to the northwest of the municipality of Jimaní, with a population of around 3000 inhabitants on the southwest border with the Republic of Haiti and located in the Biosphere Reserve Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo. Given the future climatic scenarios for the Dominican Republic and the possible climate change that could exacerbate by excess or, by default, the socio-environmental problems in the Lake’s belt, it is necessary to support the communities in their capacity-building processes. The lessons learned from Boca de Cachón can serve as a learning space for adaptation processes in rural environments in the Caribbean region.

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“…It is largely because of the startling decline in the genus Alsophis over the past 100 years that Dodd (1993) observed that 'the highest priority region for snake conservation concern today is the West Indies.' This region also includes Endangered and Critically Endangered colubrid snakes of the genera Ialtris, Chironius and Liophis (IUCN, 1996;Powell et al, 2000). For example, the Barbados racer Liophis perfuscus, which is probably already extinct (Underwood et al, 1999), and the Saint Lucia racer L. ornatus, which survives as a relict population on a 10-ha island off the South coast of St Lucia (Corke, 1987).…”

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Five years of conserving the ‘world's rarest snake’, the Antiguan racerAlsophis antiguae

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The Critically Endangered Antiguan racer Alsophis antiguae is confined to Great Bird Island, a 9.9‐ha (24.5‐acre) islet off the north‐east coast of Antigua in the Lesser Antilles. This island represents well under 0.1 per cent of the species’s historical distribution range. During the past 5 years, the total number of racers aged 1 year or more has fluctuated between 51 and 114, and currently stands at approximately 80. Since 1995, the Antiguan Racer Conservation Project (ARCP) has endeavoured to save this harmless snake from extinction by using a combination of education, conservation breeding, habitat restoration, local capacity building and applied research. The Antiguan racer’s ecology and population dynamics have become well understood after 5 years of intensive study, and the species has evidently benefited from the project’s rat eradication programme. The snakes are still seriously threatened by other intrinsic and extrinsic factors, however, including inbreeding depression, frequent hurricanes, invasive predators and deliberate killing by tourists, as well as the problem that Great Bird Island is too small to support more than about 100 individuals. This paper describes the activities and impact of this project to date, and outlines a series of conservation activities to safeguard the long‐term future of the species, which include reintroduction of the Antiguan racer to restored islands within its former distribution range.

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Amphibians and reptiles of the Dominican Republic: species of special concern

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

At a Conservation Crossroad: The Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve in the Dominican Republic

At a Conservation Crossroad: The Bahoruco-Jaragua-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve in the Dominican Republic

The Incredible and Sad Story of Boca de Cachón: How a Rural Community in the Hispaniola Is in a Prolonged, Heartless, and Predictable Climate Crisis

Five years of conserving the ‘world's rarest snake’, the Antiguan racerAlsophis antiguae

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