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= = Workshop Questions =toc 1.Why is the bellbird endangered and why is it important to save? = The three wattled bellbird, is a Central American bird located throughout tropical habitats of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. The specie is considered vulnerable, and it's on the verge of extinction. A major factor that has contributed to the endangerment of the bellbird is deforestation, which than becomes the inflictor of habitat loss, starvation, and interferes with bellbird's reproductive season. Bellbirds depend on the consumption of wild avocado, which is a unique fruit only found in certain regions of Central America, particularly in national reserves of Costa Rica. Without the wild avocado, bellbird's lack fat, nutrients, and energy which are fundamental components to breed healthily, and more frequently. There is more information on the bellbird in Bird Life It's important to save the bellbird because it can expand fruit seeds, and pollinize to flourish surrounding environment. The bellbird, as it benefits itself eating fruits, also becomes a benefactor to nearby species as it expels waste, containing seeds that can increment fruit and plant growth. This with luck can help the distribution and expansion of natural land throughout plains, and flat elevation areas. This waste process can even produce new migratory trails for animals, since they have more access to food and protection in these new areas.

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=** 2. How can GPS and GIS contribute to advance scientific research in general and in Monteverde? **= GIS and GPS are technological software implemented with satellite signals and images, to group, manipulate, analyze, disperse, and enclose geographical information, in order to plan projects related to territory. With these computation tools, we can contribute on scientific research in general and in Monteverde, by pointing out geographical locations that can enable us to gather information about animal activity, biodiversity level, and growth or depletion rate of animal population. We can even apply information from GIS and GPS, to the Shannon and Simpson Indexes, which are complex formulas that respectively measures the level of biodiversity and the abundance of a specie in a specific area. GIS and GPS are tools that can definitely be used for ecological reasons, it is especially helpful for organizations and research facilities that are working on fortifying, or recuperating natural areas. You can learn and acquire GIS tools by going to [|GIS Info].



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=media type="custom" key="18361896"= = = =Related Topics Question= = 3. Why is taxonomy important to sustainable development = Taxonomy, which is the study and group organization of animals, is important for sustainable development, because utilizing this grouping system can analyze the adaptations and characteristics that an animal develops. Taxonomy in means of surviving as a specie shares a link with sustainable development. The reason is becuase species that have different techniques, and recourses to survive in the present (sustainable), are grouped together in natural circumstances, in order to individually and in some occasions collectively work to survive and progress as a specie (development). In taxonomy the chart of classification chart of animals, is also known as the taxonomic hierarchy. The taxonomic chart or taxonomic hierarchy is divided in the following levels: Animals, for example humans, have gone through evolution and acquired new skills, and physical features. This is why taxonomy is important for sustainable development, we are able to observe physical as well as mental traits that have been both lost and gained in any type of species. We can also see from what aspects have species been benefited and harmed. In Monteverde, taxonomy is applied simply to organize different species into their respective categories, this tool is also a helpful way to investigate the differences in between a modern specie and the original ancestor of the specie. There is more information about taxonomy in [|Taxonomic Division]
 * ~ Level ||~ Example (Human) ||
 * Kingdom || Animalia ||
 * Phylum || Chordata ||
 * Class || Mammalia ||
 * Order || Primata ||
 * Family || Hominidae ||
 * Genus || Homo ||
 * Specie || Homo Sapiens ||

media type="youtube" key="kKwOlAqQoLk" height="315" width="560" = 4. What is the purpose of identifying, classifying and collecting plants and insects? = The purpose of identifying, classifying, and collecting plants and insects, is to be able to categorize certain individuals into the taxonomic levels, and be able to research and investigate more about the animal and the specie it belongs to. To identify, is to be able to recognize and distinguish an individual (scientific means), and classify is defined as the arrangement of an individual to a particular category or class, according to scientific means we would classify animals by utilizing the taxonomic charts and incorporating them to their assigned levels of taxonomy. To collect is bring and gather together, that way we can view the differences and similarities in between two or more individuals, and to also to gather them into an identical group or category of classification, or into separate groups of categorization. This is why particularly plants and insects which have several species that look alike, it becomes vital to follow these three processes of identifying, classifying, and collecting, because it can later lead to more thorough investigation, making it easier to find animal differences and classification. In Monteverde, insects were collected in order to classify each individual insect, using this procedure more in-depth research and analysis was able to be done over each individual



= 5. What are ecosystem services? = Ecosystem Services is a service that under natural ecosystems produces recources that we depend on. Some of the productions that we recieve from ecosystem services are fresh water, which originates from clean water, we also recieve clean air from the carbon dioxide process that trees perform. As you can see animals work not only for their wn survival, but they also unconsciously help our survival, by producing resources that are key to our health and survival. . Throughout the years, researchers have noticed that animals are benefited from other animals. Wether it's a purifying air or expelling excrement animals are part of the ecosytem services produced under natural conditions. We're pactically living under a mutual symbiotic relationship in which positives lead to positives. Man programs, throughout our planet have been researching and even atttempting to instigate ecosystem services, for example [|Ecosystem Services Project]. In Monteverde, we can see that for example many species of birds that are benefited from consuming fruits grown on trees. Later birds will naturally expell excrement, normally containg seeds of the fruit eaten, which will then be consumed by bats.



= 6. How can the integrity and diversity of nature be conserved to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable? = The integrity and diversity of nature can be conserved to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecolligically sustainable, by not abusing of a resource that can be helpful to other species that depend on a resource. It's more than simple if we want to conserve nature itself we must, us as humans, and other species not abuse of power and properly mantain components of a species survival, as to equally be able to distribute and obtain a component that is essential for a species survival. To conserve nature, we must conserve others, and conserve the factors that contribute to the conservation of species, that simple. It's not a question of imposing some type of restriction, or controlling an aspect of nature it's to preserve and share the remedies of survival, which keep us as a family in the society of living organisms. This is what can lead to equality in the animalia kingdom we form part in, equality, and sustainability in the world of nature and ecology. This the intention that Monteverde researchers our tryin to proposing, our minds at the end of the day will prove as the key object If you want to see more information about protecting our environment enter [|Greenpeace] which will let you access and know about international camapaigns to save the environment, and if you want to navigate our website feel free on Mon-tee-ver-dee to navigate this and other pages.



-Also if you want to see more information on this webpage try out the following links:Ecosystems, Climate Change, and Biodiversity

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