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Past Projects

CCES's research projects used to be known as the Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity Program. It worked to assess and monitor the biodiversity in tropical and temperate forests of Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Africa, and Asia. Learn more.

	BioMon: Biodiversity Monitoring Database Learn about and download BioMon, the Biodiversity Monitoring Database. This software was developed by MAB to facilitate the work of data management, analysis, and interpretation within an international network of biodiversity monitoring plots. more
	Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) CARPE is a long-term initiative by USAID to address the issues of deforestation and biodiversity loss in the Congo Basin forest zone, in the middle of the African continent. One of the least developed regions of the world, the Congo Basin holds massive expanses of closed canopy tropical forest, second only to the Amazon Basin in area. more
	Elephants in Central Africa Dr. Sharon Deem, Associate Veterinarian at the National Zoo traveled to Africa, where she helped with a project on forest elephants. Here she shares details of this exciting trip. more
	Madagascar Project MAB's Madagascar Project involved an experimental approach to conservation. MAB worked with others to conserve a threatened forest with a high number of endemic species. The forest could then serve as the base from which to restore other threatened forests in Madagascar. more
	Camisea Project The Lower Urubamba River Valley in the southeastern Amazon region of Perú has its own unique story—a story rich in biodiversity. Using standard protocols of biodiversity monitoring and assessment and the principles of adaptive management, MAB has worked with many groups to tell that story. more
	Peruvian Amazon Biodiversity Program: Arabela At its headwaters, the Arabela River in northern Peru flows through virgin rainforest in a region with one of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world. CCES is collaborating with Repsol Exploración Peru to ensure that recent oil exploration activities in the region maintain the ecological integrity of this uniquely remote and preserved rainforest.  more