OCI Awards
Ana María Benavides Duque & Angela Patio
Epiphyte orchid distribution and population dynamics on a disturbance gradient in Andean cloud forests, proposed by Ana María Benavides Duque and Angela Patio, will be carried out in an area of the world that is particularly orchid rich.
See the report on the orchids of the Arví Regional Park, 2009.
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An article about this award and the project it supports appeared in Orchids (USA, April 2007 issue, also covering the following OCI award). The article is available here with kind permission, as a PDF file Asterisk.
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Khaled Hamdan
Khaled Hamdan at the American University of Beirut has been awarded a start-up grant for his project Towards a Sustainable Orchids Monitoring Program in the Shouf Reserve in The Lebanon. The flora of The Lebanon has not been revised or updated since the 1960s and the status of orchids, similar to most plant species, remains unchecked.
A Booklet called “Orchids from Lebanon - Al Shouf Biosphere Reserve” has been published.
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Raymond Tremblay
A Workshop on Population Dynamics and Pollination Biology applied to Orchid Conservation, by Raymond Tremblay. The workshop will be offered at the Mariano Ospina Foundation Headquarters, or at the Botanical Gardens in Bogot either in December 2006, or January 2007.
This Workshop is now also scheduled to be held at:
The University of Loja
Ecuador,
11-13 November 2007, prior to the Andean Orchid Conference.
Johnson Bridgwater
Johnson Bridgwater of WildShare International has been awarded funding to assist with an Orchid Conservation Program in the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve. This project is part of a larger program that is establishing a botanical garden, arboretum and herbarium in the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in Mexico, as part of a conservation management plan for local inhabitants being created and implemented by WildShare International. Funding is being awarded for an element of a larger program that aims to establish an orchid display garden as well an outreach program targeting several communities within the Reserve and ecotourists who visit the Reserve.
Articles about this award and about the work of the El Ceilo Biosphere Reserve appeared in The Orchid Review (UK, March/April 2007 issue) and Orchids (USA, April 2007 issue, also covering the preceding OCI award). The articles are available here with kind permission, as PDF files Asterisk.
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