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Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Plant Conservation Workshop

Biology Department Auditorium, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus

25-27 June 2012

Overview of Participants

Workshop attendees included a diversity of audiences including university students (BSc, MSc. and

Ph.D.), researchers, faculty members, an emeritus professor, a post doc, natural resources managers and

specialists, foresters, an entomologist, agronomists, botanists, a lichenologist, an Associate Dean,

herbarium managers and curators, field technicians, private consultants, environmental interpreters,

naturalists, environmentalists, biologists, and the general public that represented an assortment of affiliations. Nineteen participants traveled from six countries to attend this workshop, including the US

Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Jamaica, and the United States

(Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, Washington DC). A total of 71 registered participants attended the

workshop representing the following institutions:

Universities (9); Departments or Divisions (15)

University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus – Department of Biology, MAPR Herbarium, Departmentof Crop Protection and Agro-environmental Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Station

University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Department of Biology, Department of Environmental

Science, UPRRP Herbarium, Center for Applied Tropical Ecology & Conservation

University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus, Department of Environmental Health

 Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, San Germán Campus, Department of Biology

 Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus, Environmental Science Program

Florida International University, College of Arts and Science

Columbia University, New York, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology

Pennsylvania State University, Department of Biology

University of the Virgin Islands, Agricultural Experiment Station

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Scientific institutions, Non-government organizations, private entities/consultants (19)

Fundación Puertorriqueña de Conservación, San Juan, PR

Fideicomiso de Conservación de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC

 New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom

 Island Resources Foundation, New York, NY

Sociedad Ornitólogica de Puerto Rico (SOPI)

Virgin Forest Restoration, St John, US Virgin Islands

Geographic Consulting, St Croix, US Virgin IslandsCentro Ambiental Santa Ana, Sociedad de Historia Natural de Puerto Rico, Bayamón, PR

 Bermuda Mount , Jamaica

 Rescate Playas Isabela, Isabela, PR

Silent Grace Foundation, San Juan, PR

Tropic Ventures, Patillas, PR

SelvaKarst, Compañía de Investigación para las Selvas Kársticas, Yucatán, México

CSA Group, San Juan, PR Dr. Eduardo Schöder, Agroecology consultant, Mayagüez, PR

*Dr. Miguel “Papo” Vives Heyliger , Doctor honoris causa, Flora Nativa II Papo Vives, Quebradillas, PR

*The workshop was dedicated to Dr. Miguel A. “Papo” Vives Heyliger who was recently awarded a

 Doctor honoris causa by the UPR Mayagüez for recognizing him as an individual whose

accomplishments are of such excellence that by means they provide inspiration and direction to the

university community. He was also recognized by the University for been widely recognized and highly

valued for his achievements in the botanical field and for promoting strong bonds of collaboration andassisting and educating many students and researchers who worked with the Puerto Rican flora.

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This workshop was funded by a cooperative agreement from the USDA Forest Service.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Group photo taken on Monday June 25, 2012

Photo by José Almodóvar (UPRM Biology)