Country	Ecuador
Name of scheme	Freshwater turtle monitoring system of the Cofán Indians
Biome (terrestrial; freshwater; marine)	Freshwater
What is monitored	River turtles
Who compiles data	Community members
Number of community members involved	150 (2003)
Spatial scale. Size of area monitored	1200 ha along river (in the Cofán-managed territory of 120,000 ha)
Methods used	Methods include, e.g., transects and village group discussions
Year of initiation	1998
Funded by	Funded by The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Documents or publications available	Mendua et al. 2004, Yiyoguaje et al. 2004, Townsend et al. 2005
Organizers and contact details	The Field Museum of Chicago formed a partnership with the Cofa´n Wendy R. Townsend: The Field Museum, Chicago, Ill, Casilla 6266, Santa Cruz, Bolivia; Randall Borman A., Eduardo Yiyoguaje and Luis Mendua: Cofán Survival Fund, Domingo Refingo, Quito, Ecuador. E-mail: wtownsend@fieldmuseum.org; Fax: +591-3-355-6925.
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