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NAME:	JAN CORNELIS MEERMAN
ADDRESS:	Email: meerman(at)btl.net or meerman(at)biological-diversity.info Websites: http://www.biological-diversity.info and http://www.biodiversity.bz http://www.green-hills.net

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE NEW WORLD	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.
	From 1994 on- Director of Belizean non-profit organization: Belize Tropical Forest Studies, focusing on biodiversity study, data management and data distribution.
	From 1994 on- Director of Belize Environmental Consultancies Ltd. Specializing in environmental consulting including Environmental Impact Assessments, Rapid Ecological Assessment, Biodiversity, Conservation, Land use planning, Natural Resource Management, GIS, Remote Sensing.
	From 1996 on- Director Green Hills Butterfly Ranch and Botanical Collection. A private enterprise focusing on live butterfly display, captive breeding of native butterfly species for display (tourism), export and research: http://green-hills.net
PROTECTED AREA PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT PROJECTS:	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.
	- Consultant for the First Belize National Protected Area Management Plan. 1994/95. NARMAP

	- Consultant for British Natural History Museum [Las Quevas Branch] in co-management assessments (2001): Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve. Victoria Peak National Monument Gales Point Nature Reserve Aquacaliente National Park
	- Team Leader Work plan Design National Protected Areas Systems Strategy. (Protected Areas Conservation Trust), 2004
	- Team Leader Belize Protected Areas System Policy and Systems Plan: Protected Areas System Evaluation. NPAPSP; 2004 - 2005. A comprehensive analysis of the existing Protected Areas in Belize making extensive use of GIS data: http://biological-diversity.info/NPAPSP.htm
	- Team Leader for the development of a Management Plan for Gra Gra Lagoon National Park. Ministry of Work, funded by World Bank; 2005 - 2006
	- Lead consultant Synthesis report National Protected Areas System Policy and Systems Plan. NPAPSP Taskforce, 2005
	- Management Plan Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area: Programme for Belize 2006. Mapping timber extraction and conservation management areas based on Land System information.
	- Management Plan Chiquibul Nature Reserve. Friends of Conservation and Development. 2007-2008
	- Strategic Planning for the Golden Stream Biological Corridor. Contracted by Ya’ache Conservation Trust. 2007-2008
	- Conservation Action Management Plan Gulf of Honduras, Belize. Contracted by The Nature Conservancy. 2007-2008
	-Protected Areas Systems Plan for St. Kitts and Nevis. Contracted by Ecoengineering Caribbean Ltd. Trinidad.
PROTECTED AREA BIODIVERSITY PROJECTS:	- 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, Turneffe Islands, El Pilar, Columbia River Forest Reserve, Spanish Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, Mayflower Bocawina National Park, Gra Gra Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarstoon Temash Wildlife Sanctuary, Aguacaliente Wildlife Sanctuary.
	- BRASS-El Pilar tourism and Maya Flora and Fauna project development. Rapid Ecological Assessment. 1996 - 1997.
	- Biological assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Little Quartz Ridge. Toledo district, Belize. Forest Planning and Management Project / Conservation International. Feb. 1997.

PROTECTED AREA BIODIVERSITY PROJECTS:	- 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.
	- Lead consultant for Programme for Belize in the Feasibility Study for the Proposed Northern Belize Biological Corridor. A WorldBank funded project. 2000- 2001
	- Lead consultant Rapid Ecological Assessment Initiation Study, Spanish Creek Wildlife Sanctuary. 2002.
	- Lead consultant Rapid Ecological Assessment Aguas Turbias National Park. (Meso-American Biological Corridor), 2003
	- Lead consultant Rapid Ecological Assessment Sarstoon Temash National Park. SATIIM, 2003.
	- Lead consultant Rapid Ecological Assessment Spanish Creek Wildlife Sanctuary. (PACT), 2003 - 2004
	- Lead consultant Rapid Ecological Assessment Mayflower Bocawina National Park, Stann Creek District, Belize. 2002- 2003
	- Consultant Rapid Ecological Assessment Columbia River Forest Reserve. Y’aax’ Che Conservation Trust. 2004.
	- Consultant for Programme for Belize: Status of Research Needs at Hill Bank, Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area, Orange Walk District, Belize. 2005.
	- Rapid Ecological Assessment Aguacaliente Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary. Aguacaliente Management Team 2006. Ecological Inventory of this protected area in the Toledo district.
	- Rapid Ecological Assessment Agua Caliente Wildlife Sanctuary. Agua Caliente Management Team and Belize Forest Department. 2006. Geo-spatial analysis of wildlife habitats and ecosystems.
MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS	- 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), Blue Creek (Orange Walk), Spanish Lookout (Cayo), Blue Creek (Orange Walk), Rio Bravo (Orange Walk)
	- Belize Forest Department. Rapid Environmental Assessment of the Upper Mullins River Basin. February 1994.
	- Monitoring of the reconstruction of the Hummingbird Highway 1995.
	- Belize representative on International Workshop "Institutional Development for Biodiversity Management" in Costa Rica. 1995.

	- Consultant for Belize Center for Environmental Studies, Preparation of the updated Belize Country Environmental Profile. 1995.
	- Consultant for MottMcDonald, for the Las Sierritas Quarry site EIA (Southern Highway Project) 1997.
	- Consultant for Sir William Halcrow & Partners Ltd. Ecological component of the Second Macal Crossing (San Ignacio). 1997.
	- Consultant for United Tropical Aquatics for ecological component of Beaver Dam Development (Cayo district). 1997.
	- 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.
	- Coordinator for Belize Enterprise for Sustainable Technology. In " Monkey River Biodiversity Study". 1995.
	- Consultant for Belize Electric Company Ltd: Wildlife monitoring of the Mollejon hydro project. 1998.
	- Consultant for ESTAP: “Review of Natural Vegetation and Associated Habitats in the Southern Region of Belize”. 1998-1999.
	- Consultant for Sir William Halcrow & Partners Ltd. Ecological component of Orange Walk Town by-pass. 1999.
	- Consultant for Belize Electricity Ltd.: Baseline data for Environmental Impact Assessment Chalillo Hydro project. 1999.
	- Consultant for ESTAP: “Ecological and Economic review of the Wetlands of the southern Stann Creek District”. 1999.
	- 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: http://biological-diversity.info/Ecosystems.htm
	- Design, implement and supply with living butterflies a 6 month butterfly exhibit “Butterflies: Living Jewels of the Mundo Maya” at the Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee, Illinois, USA. 2000. http://biological-diversity.info/greenhills_milwaukee.htm
	- Consultant for Sir William Halcrow & Partners Ltd. Ecological component of Urban Infrastructure Project. 2000.
	- Consultant for Sir William Halcrow & Partners Ltd. Ecological component of Belize City Limits Study. 2000
	- Lead consultant “Base Line Diagnosis On The State Of Research On Biodiversity In Belize”. Mesoamerican Biological Corridor Project. 2001/2002

	- Consultant for UNDP GEF/small grants programme in project evaluation: Red Bank Scarlet Macaw Project Green Reef Nassau Grouper monitoring project Rancho Dolores Natural History Group Spanish Creek Conservation Project.
	- Lead consultant Northern Belize Land Management Strategies. Programme for Belize. 2002
	- GIS/Biological Coordinator-Consultant to Central American Ecosystems Mapping update workshop. Guatemala City. October 2002. (WorldBank/CCAD).
	- GIS consultant to Belize Componant of "el Proyecto Bosques y Cambio Climático en América Central" (FAO). 2002.
	- Design, implement and supply with living butterflies a repeat of the 6 month butterfly exhibit “Butterflies: Living Jewels of the Mundo Maya” at the Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee, Illinois, USA. 2003. http://biological-diversity.info/greenhills_milwaukee.htm
	- Expert at Evaluación Ecorregional de las Selvas Maya, Zoque y Olmeca. Baccalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico. March 2004.
	- Team Leader Belize Clearing House Mechanism Needs Assessment (Government of Belize: Forest Department), 2004
	- Trainer at the Biodiversity Monitoring Workshop for SATIIM staff and volunteers, January 19, 2005.
	- Consultant for the Study: Zamia picta study. Ministry of Work, funded by World Bank; 2005
	- Desarrollando Capacidades Y Compartiendo Tecnología Para La Gestión De La Biodiversidad En Centroamérica; Recopilación De La Información Sobre Biodiversidad De Belice. INBIO. 2005
	- Tourism Assets Assessment. Belize Hotel Association. Grant Proposal to PACT (Granted). 2005.
	- Belize City Southside Poverty Alleviation Project. Environmental Consultant. Halcrow Ltd. 2005
	- Educator at the GIS training workshop for Ministry of Natural Resources staff at Galen University. May 27, 2005.
	- Training Workshops Biodiversity and Environmental Resource Data System for Belize (BERDS: http://www.biodiversity.bz): Punta Gorda – YCT, TIDE, SATIIM. 29 Sept 2005. Belize City – BAS, PfB. 31 Sept 2005 Belmopan – University of Belize. 8 Nov 2005. Belize Audubon Society – Belize City, 29 June 2006.
	- Preliminary Survey of Land degradation in Belize (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification). 2005. Survey conducted using a GIS platform.

	- Mangrove Assessment Northern Turneffe Atoll. Belize Forest Department. 2005-2006. Including wildlife assessment, geo-spatial analysis, title research and land planning recommendations.
	- New River Lagoon Ecological Characterization: Programme for Belize 2006. Mapping and ecological inventory of the New River Lagoon in the Orange Walk District, Belize.
	- Belize Natural Energy Ltd baseline study and EIA for oil exploration and various development activities in the Cayo District, Belize. Subcontracted by Halcrow Ltd. UK. 2006-2007.
	- US Capital Energy Belize. Terms of Reference for proposed EIA in the Toledo District in Belize. 2006.
	- RSM. EIA for proposed seismic activities (oil exploration) in the Rio Bravo and Gallon Jug Areas, Orange Walk District, Belize. 2006.
	- Blue Sky Energy Belize. EIA for proposed Fuel Processing Facility in the Cayo District. 2007
	- Key Biodiversity Areas Analysis for Belize. Geo-spatial Analysis of Biodiversity Data. Contracted by Conservation International. 2007.
	- Accompanying Measures for Sugar Protocol Countries (AMSPC) Transport Infrastructure and Development Strategies Feasibility Study. Geospatial Analysis of land use data. Sub-consultant for Sir William Halcrow & Partners Ltd. on behalf of the Government of Belize. 2007.
	- Environmental Impact Assessment, Action Plan and Management Plan for FMO Bank on behalf of Belize Natural Energy Ltd (BNEL). Sub-consultant for Sir William Halcrow & Partners Ltd. 2007.
	- Belize Natural Energy: Environmental Impact Assessment “Belize Natural Energy Hydrocarbon Exploitation At Never Delay, Cayo District, Belize” 2007-2008
	- Land Use Change Detection Belize 1990-2000-2005. (Deforestation Analysis) Using remote sensing images. CEPF-Conservation International. 2008
	- Petaquilla Copper: Colon District, Panama. Vegetation characterization and mapping component of Social and Environmental Impact Assessment. (SEIA). Subcontracted by Golder Associates, Calgary, Canada. 2007-2008.
	- Proyecto de Actualización del Mapa de Vegetación y Uso de la Cobertura Boscosa de Panamá. Centro del Agua del Trópico Húmedo para América Latina y el Caribe (CATHALAC). 2008 – 2009
	- Sistema Trinacional de Monitoreo y Evaluacion de los Ecosystemas de la Selva Maya (Mexico – Guatemala – Belize). CATIE Costa Rica. 2008 - 2009

OTHER ACTIVITIES	International Expeditions lecturer at Rainforest Workshops in Iquitos, Peru and Belize 1997 - 2003.
	Year 2000 Recipient of “Leontides rosalia” award of Milwaukee County Zoological Society for contributions to conservation.
	Participant in CITES training workshop for Scientific Authorities, Managua, Nicaragua, 16-19 September 2002.
	Lecturer in Biodiversity Informatics Seminar organized by INBio ( Costa Rica) in Belize City 28-29 August 2003.
	Co-founder of Biodiversity and Environmental Resource Data System for Belize (BERDS) http://www.biodiversity.bz. A spatially enabled, web-based data bank for Biodiversity and Natural Resource information. Partnering in this effort with TransNatura LLC: http://www.transnatura.com/
	ESRI Classroom Instruction: Building Geodatabases 1, Building Geodatases 2. September 1&3, 2004.
	Participante-Expositor en el Congresso Mesoamericano de Areas Protegidas. Managua, Nicaragua. 10-14 March 2003.
	Participant in Symposium “Integracion de las metodologias de monitoreo de la diversidat biologica en los paises Mesoamericanos” (Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biologia y la Conservacion). Managua, Nicaragua 15-19 November, 2004.
	Participant in CITES Scientific Committee meeting, Managua, Nicaragua, 20-23 September 2005.
	Participant at FAO-UNEP Global Land Cover Network (GLCN) awareness and training workshop “Mapeo de Cobertura Terrestre”, San José, Costa Rica, 5-9 December 2005.
	Co-organizer Belize GIS-day event. November 16, 2005. Galen University. Belize.
	Technical Training: “Deteccion de cambios con sensores remotos” El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Y Conservation International. San Cristóbal de las Casas, 5-16 March 2007.
	Member Core Planning Team Technical Assessment Maya Mountain Massif. Government of Belize / The Nature Conservancy. 2007-2008.
	Expert at Inter American Biodiversity Information Network Ecosystem Thematic Network workshop, In Panama City, March 26-29, 2007. Panama City, Panama.
	Member of the National GIS working group. Principal aim is to come to a National Spatial Data Infrastructure.

Publications and reports with reference to Meso-America.

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.

Meerman, J. C. and S. Matola (eds.), 2003. The Columbia River Forest Reserve: Little Quartz Ridge Expedition, A Biological Assessment. Columbia University Printing Services. 93 pp.

Meerman, J. C. 1995. Western Long Caye, Glovers Atoll: Terrestrial Biological Survey. Belize Tropical Forest Studies Publication # 4. May 1995. 9 pp.

Meerman, J. C. 1998. Rapid Ecological Assessment El Pilar Archaeological Reserve. Report To BRASSS/El Pilar. 20 pp + app.

Meerman, J. C. 1998. Rapid Ecological Assessment Maya Ranch. A study conducted at the request of Janus Foundation. 33 pp + app.

Meerman, J. C. 1998. Rapid Environmental Appraisal Las Sierritas. Report to Mott MacDonald. 15 pp. + app.

Meerman, J. C. 1999. 1998-1999 Wildlife Monitoring Macal River, Cayo District, Belize. Report to BECOL. 23 pp.

Meerman, J. C. 1999. Ecological Study: Guatemala Link Road – Feasibility Study. Report to Halcrow Group Ltd. 24 pp + app.

Meerman, J. C. 1999. Rapid Ecological Assessment Runaway Creek, Belize. Report to the Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, Inc. 42 pp + app.

Meerman, J. C. 1999. Review of Natural Vegetation and Associated Habitats in Southern Region of Belize. Report To Environmental And Social Technical Assistance Project (ESTAP). 73 pp.

Meerman, J. C. 1999. Status of the Vegetation Case Study: Red Bank, Stann Creek District, Belize. With special reference to the Scarlet Macaw. Report to Environmental And Social Technical Assistance Project (ESTAP). 17 pp

Meerman, J. C. 2001. A first Assessment of damage to terrestrial ecosystems in Southern Belize as caused by Hurricane Iris of October 8, 2001. Report prepared for the Belize Forest Department 10 pp.

Meerman, J. C. 2001. Report on a short assessment of the shore vegetation of Five Blues Lake National Park. Report to PACT. 5 pp.

Meerman, J. C. 2004. Rapid Ecological Assessment Columbia River Forest Reserve Past Hurricane Iris. Report commissioned by Ya’axche Conservation Trust and Toledo Institute for Development and Environment. 23 pp + app.

Meerman, J. C. and T. Boomsma, 1995. Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve, Cayo District, Belize: Biological Survey 1994. Belize Tropical Forest Studies Publication # 1. January 1995. 27 pp.

Meerman, J. C. and T. Boomsma. 1994. Upper Mullins River Basin Environmental Review February 1-6, 1994. Report to the Forest Planning and Management Project (FPMP). 33 pp.

Meerman, J. C. and T. Boomsma. 1995. False Sittee Point, Stann Creek District, Belize. Belize Tropical Forest Studies Publication # 2. March 1995. 37 pp.

Meerman, J. C. and T. Boomsma. 1996. Rapid Environmental Assessment San Antonio, Cayo District, Belize. Prepared for Slate Creek Preserve. 36 pp + app.

Meerman, J. C. & E. Cherrington, 2005. Preliminary Survey of Land Degradation in Belize. Ministry of Natural Resources Local Government and the Environment. Belmopan, Belize. 64 pp.

Meerman, J. C., B. Holland, A. Howe, H. L. Jones and B. W. Miller. Rapid Ecological Assessment Mayflower Bocawina National Park. Report to Friends of Mayflower. 2 vols. 48 + app.

Meerman, J. C., M. Vasquez, E. McRae, N. Arnold, T. Boomsma, R. Wilson. 2000. Feasibility Study of the Proposed Northern Belize Biological Corridor Project (NBBCP). Report to Programme for Belize. 2 vols. 77 pp + app.

Meerman, J. C., P. Herrera and A. Howe. 2003. Rapid Ecological Assessment Sarstoon Temash National Park, Toledo District, Belize. Report prepared for Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM). 2 vols. 73 pp + app.

Meerman, J. C., P. Herrera, A. Howe and E. Bustamante. 2003. Rapid Ecological Assessment Aguas Turbias National Park, Orange Walk District, Belize. Report prepared for the Conservation Division of the Forest Department. 26 pp + app.

Meerman, J. C., P. Herrera, B. Holland and A. Howe. 2004. Rapid Ecological Assessment Spanish Creek Wildlife Sanctuary. Report to the Rancho Dolores Environment and Development Group. 2 vols. 44 pp + app.

Meerman, J. C., T. Boomsma, E. McRae, B. Hassan. 1995. Monkey River Special Development Area Biodiversity Study. Report to Belize Enterprise for Sustainable Technology (BEST). 110 pp + app.

Meerman, J. C., T. Grimshaw and B. Holland. 2000. An Assessment of the Social, Economic and Environmental Development Options of the Southern Stann Creek Coastal Wetlands. Report to Environmental And Social Technical Assistance Project (ESTAP). 107 pp.

Meerman, J.C. & G.Williams. 1995. The January-February 1995 Maya Mountains Divide Expedition. Belize Tropical Forest Studies Publication #3. 45 pp. 7 app.

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. 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. 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. (In prep.). Guide to the Butterflies of Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula. Mariposa Press, Gainesville.

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. 2004. Xate in the Columbia River Forest Reserve. A preliminary investigation commissioned by the Ya’axche Conservation Trust. Toledo District, Belize. 9 pp.

Meerman, J. C. 2004. Rapid Ecological Assessment Columbia River Forest Reserve Past Hurricane Iris. Report prepared for the Ya’axche Conservation Trust and the Toledo Institute for Development and the Environment. 22 pp + app.

Platt, S. G., J. C. Meerman, T. R. Rainwater & A. G. Finger. 2002. Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler): an addition to the herpetofauna of Turneffe Atoll, Belize. Herpetological Bulletin 82 pp 30-31.

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.

Shuey, J. A., V. Giles, J. Meerman, P. Labus, C. W. Schutte, P. Kovarik. 2005. New Additions to the Butterfly Fauna of Belize. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society, 59(2), 2005, 83-88.

Vreugdenhil, D., J. Meerman, A. Meyrat, L. Diego Gómez, and D. J. Graham. 2002. Map of the Ecosystems of Central America: Final Report. World Bank, Washington, D.C.

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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. 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. 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.

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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