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NAME:
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JAN
CORNELIS MEERMAN
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ADDRESS:
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P.O.Box
208, Belmopan, BELIZE.
(Location:
8 mile Chiquibul Road, Cayo District, Belize)
Tel/fax.
501-820-4017 mobile: 609-9491
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BORN:
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30-VIII-1955
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SEX:
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Male
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NATIONALITY:
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Dutch.
Belize resident since 23 August 1989. Permanent Residency
card 8302/90 issued 17-VII-1990.
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EDUCATION:
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AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITY of Wageningen, the Netherlands:
Bachelors
(HBO) in Biology. 1979
Bachelors
(HBO) in Ecology. 1980
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UNIVERSITY
OF AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands: Literature propadeuse.
1986
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
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July
1989 - July 1994. INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL CONSERVATION
FOUNDATION. UK/Switzerland; Manager of Shipstern
Nature Reserve, Corozal district, Belize. Overall
responsibility for management of 8,000 hectare private
reserve, including: conservation management, financial
management, staff training, baseline research, liaise
with local population and Government of Belize; educational
activities and tourism activities.
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From
1994 on- Director of Belize Environmental Consultancies
Ltd. Consulting company focusing on Rapid Environmental
Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments for
small to large size developments.
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From
1994 on- Director of Belizean non-profit organization:
Belize Tropical Forest Studies, focusing on biodiversity
surveys in general. Currently publishing a field guide
to the Butterflies of Belize.
International
Expeditions lecturer at Rainforest Workshops in Iquitos,
Peru and Belize.
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OTHER
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Year
2000 Recipient of “Leontides rosalia” award of Milwaukee
County Zoological Society for contributions to conservation.
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SPECIFIC PROJECTS:
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Biodiversity Surveys/Rapid Environmental Assessments,
1989 – present: Shipstern Nature Reserve, Slate Creek
Preserve, the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary,
Caracol, Chiquibul forest, Gallon Jug, Mountain Pine
Ridge, Upper
Mullins Basin, Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve, Monkey
River, Half Moon Caye, El Pilar, Columbia River Forest
Reserve.
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Principal consultant for a number of Environmental
Impact Assessments
throughout Belize. 1994 - present.
Including residential development, tourism
development and oil exploration. Locations: Long Cay
(Glovers Atoll), Sittee Point (Toledo), Northern Ambergris
Cay, Seine Bight (Stann Creek), Gracy Rock (Belize),
San Pablo (Orange Walk), Gales Point (Belize), Indian
Creek (Toledo).
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SPECIFIC PROJECTS
CONTINUED:
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Consultant for the NARMAP National Protected Area
Management Plan. 1994 – 1995.
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Belize representative on International Workshop "Institutional
Development for Biodiversity Management" in Costa
Rica. 1995.
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Consultant for Belize Center for Environmental Studies,
preparation of the updated Belize Country Environmental
Profile. 1995.
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Consultant for MottMcDonald, for the Las Sierritas
Quarry site EIA (Southern Highway Project) 1997.
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Consultant for Sir William Halcrow & Partners
Ltd. Ecological component of the Second Macal Crossing
(San Ignacio). 1997.
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Consultant for United Tropical Aquatics for ecological
component of Beaver Dam Development
(Cayo district). 1997.
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Belize Representative on Maya Forest Biodiversity
Monitoring Workshop. Mexico, Guatemala and Belize.
Flores, Peten. September 28 - October 3, 1997. CONAP-MAB/TED-SI/MAB-WCS-CCB/Stanford.
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Coordinator for Belize Enterprise for Sustainable
Technology.
In "Monkey River Biodiversity Study".
1995.
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BRASS-El Pilar tourism and Maya Flora and Fauna project
development. Rapid Ecological Assessment. 1996 - 1997.
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Biological assessment of the Columbia River Forest
Reserve, Little Quartz Ridge. Toledo district,
Belize. Forest Planning and Management Project / Conservation
International. Feb. 1997.
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Biological assessment of the Columbia River Forest
Reserve, Compartment 33, subcompartment 2. Toledo
district, Belize. Forest Planning and Management Project.
June 1997. Editor of overall report. 1998.
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Consultant for Belize Electric Company Ltd: Wildlife
monitoring of the Mollejon hydro project. 1998.
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Consultant for ESTAP: “Review of Natural Vegetation
and Associated Habitats in the Southern Region of
Belize”. 1998-1999.
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Consultant for Sir William Halcrow & Partners
Ltd. Ecological component of Orange Walk Town by-pass.
1999.
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Consultant for Belize Electricity Ltd.: Baseline data
for Environmental Impact Assessment Chalillo Hydro
project. 1999.
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Consultant for ESTAP: “Ecological and Economic review
of the Wetlands of the southern Stann Creek District”.
1999.
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Consultant for the
Central American Ecosystems Mapping project
by CCAD, the World Bank and the Government of the
Netherlands. 1999 –2001. Principal author of Ecosystems
Map of Central America: Belize. Meerman & Sabido,
2001. 2 volume report.
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Consultant for Sir William Halcrow & Partners
Ltd. Ecological component of Urban Infrastructure
Project. 2000.
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Consultant for Sir William Halcrow & Partners
Ltd. Ecological component of Belize City Limits Study.
2000
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Lead consultant for Programme for Belize in the Feasibility
Study for the Proposed Northern Belize Biological
Corridor. A WorldBank funded project. 2000- 2001
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Consultant for British Natural History Museum [Las
Quevas Branc] in co-management assessment assessments:
Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve. 2001
Victoria Peak National Monument
Gales Point Nature Reserve
Aquacaliente National Park
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Consultant for UNDP GEF/small grants programme in
project evaluation:
Green Reef Nassau Grouper monitoring
project
Rancho Dolores Natural History Group Spanish Creek
Conservation Project.
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Lead consultant Rapid Ecological Assessment Mayflower
Bocawina National Park, Stann Creek District, Belize.
2002-2003
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Lead consultant Northern Belize Land Management Strategies.
Programme for Belize. 2002
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Lead consultant Rapid Ecological Assessment Initiation
Study, Spanish Creek Wildlife Sanctuary. 2002.
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GIS/Biological Coordinator-Consultant to Central American
Ecosystems Mapping update workshop. Guatemala City.
October 2002. (WorldBank/CCAD).
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GIS consultant to Belize Componant of "el Proyecto
Bosques y Cambio Climático en América
Central" (FAO). 2002. |
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Lead consultant Rapid Ecological Assessment Sarstoon
Temash National Park. SATIIM, 2003. |
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Lead consultant Rapid Ecological Assessment Spanish
Creek Wildlife Sanctuary. (PACT), 2003
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Publications and reports
with reference to Meso-America.
Meerman,
J.C. 1994. The status of Crocodiles in the Eastern Corozal
district, Belize. Estudio
Integral de la Frontera Mexico-Belice. CIQRO,
Chetumal. pp 107-112.
Meerman,
J.C. 1994. The Woodstork colonies in the North Eastern Corozal
district, Belize. 1991 and 1992 seasons. Including a report
on other bird colonies in the Chetumal Bay area. Estudio Integral de la Frontera Mexico-Belice. CIQRO,
Chetumal. pp 113-116.
Meerman, J.C. 1995. Terrestrial Biological Survey,
Western Long Caye, Glovers Atoll. Belize Tropical Forest
Studies Publication # 4. 6 pp.
Meerman,
J.C. 1996. State of the coastal zone: Threatened species;
Crocodiles. In: McField et al. (Eds.) State of the Coastal
Zone Report, Belize, 1995. Coastal Zone Management Programme,
Government of Belize. pp. 61-65.
Meerman,
J.C. 1996. Vegetative Key to the Passionflowers of Belize.
Passiflora 6(3): 25-28.
Meerman,
J.C. 1997. Columbia River Forest Reserve (Compartment 33,
subcompartment 2) Rapid Biodiversity Assessment. Report
to the Forest Planning and Management Project,
14 pp.
Meerman,
J.C. (1999). Lepidoptera of Belize: 1). Butterflies, 2)Emperor-moths
and Hawk Moths, Tropical Lepidoptera 10. Supplement
1.
Meerman,
J.C. (In prep.). Guide to the Butterflies of Belize and
the Yucatan Peninsula. Mariposa Press, Gainesville.
Meerman,
J.C. & T.Boomsma. 1993. Biodiversity of the Shipstern
Nature Reserve. Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural
History Society. 2(1-11): 1-85.
Meerman,
J.C. & T.Boomsma. 1994. Upper Mullins River Basin environmental
review. Forest Management and Planning Program. Internal
Report Series vol. 7,#03. 16 pp.
Meerman,
J.C. & T. Boomsma. 1995. Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve,
Cayo district, Belize: Biological Survey 1994. Report to
Belize Audubon Society, 27 pp. Belize Tropical Forest
Studies Publication # 1. 27 pp.
Meerman,
J.C. & T.Boomsma. 1995. False Sittee Point Biological
and Physical Survey, Stann Creek district, Belize. Belize
Tropical Forest Studies Publication # 2. 45 pp.
Meerman,
J.C. & T.Boomsma. 1995. Report to National Protected
Areas Management Project. In: PfB 1995. Towards a National
Protected Area systems plan for Belize. 120 pp
+ app
Meerman,
J.C. & T.Boomsma. 1997. Urania
fulgens and other Lepidoptera migrations in Belize,
Central America. News of the Lepidopterists’ society
39(1): 8-9.
Meerman,
J.C. & W. Sabido. 2001. Ecosystems Map of Central America:
Belize. 2 vols + map. Programme for Belize.
Meerman,
J.C. & T. Garel, 2002. Tokay Gecko Gecko gecko.
(L.) established on South Water Caye, Belize. http://biological-diversity.info/gecko
Meerman,
J.C. & G.Williams. 1995. The January-February 1995 Maya
Mountains Divide Expedition. Belize Tropical Forest Studies
Publication #3. 45 pp. 7 app.
Emmons, K.
& J.Meerman. 1996. Insects. In: Emmons,K., R.H.Horwich,
J.Kamstra, E.Saqui, J.Beveridge, T.McCarthy, J.Meerman,
F.Koontz, E.Pop, H.Saqui, S.C.Silver, L.Ostro, D.Beveridge
& J.Lumb. Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, it’s
history, flora and fauna. For visitors, teachers and Scientists.
Orang-utan Press.
Platt, S.G.,
C.A.Schmidhauser & J.C.Meerman. 1997. Notes on Economic
Plants: Local Treatment of human botfly myiasis in Belize.
Economic Botany 51(1):88-89.
Platt,
S.G., J. C. Meerman & T. Rainwater. 1999. Diversity,
observations, and conservation of the Herpetofauna of Turneffe,
Lighthouse, and Glovers Atolls, Belize.
Vreugdenhil, Daan, Jan Meerman, Alain Meyrat, Luis Diego
Gómez, and Douglas J. Graham. 2002. Map of the Ecosystems
of Central America: Final Report. World Bank, Washington,
D.C.
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