Knut Eisermann - Ornithological Research and Wildlife Photography in Guatemala

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Knut Eisermann

Engineer for Nature Conservation


Personal Information:

Date of birth: 5 June 1973
Languages: German, Spanish, English

Postal address: P.O.Box 98 Periférico
Guatemala, Guatemala.



Education:

University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde, Germany: Dipl. Ing. (FH) degree "Engineer in landscape management and nature conservation" September, 1994 - September, 1999.

October 2000 Award of the Johannes-Schubert-Foundation (best thesis of the year at University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde)


Research, consulting and other professional experiences:

November 2005, until present: Coordination of the identification of Important Bird Areas (IBA) in Guatemala. Ornithological Society of Guatemala and BirdLife International.

June-November 2005: Evaluation of waterbird populations and their conservation in Guatemala. Ornithological Society of Guatemala, SalvaNatura (El Salvador), BirdLife International.

June-October 2005: Ornithological study in an ecological rapid assessment in the Montecristo mountain, Honduras and Guatemala. SalvaNatura, San Salvador, El Salvador.

May, 2003 - November, 2003: Training of Mayan Q’eqchi’ farmers as local bird census takers in the Sierra Sacranix. PROEVAL RAXMU, Guatemala.

January 2003: Cofounder of Cayaya Birding, operator of birding tours in Guatemala.

November 2002 until present - Collaboration in the project: Conservation of Neotropical migratory bird habitat in the Sierra de Chamá biological corridor, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. PROEVAL-RAXMU, funded by US Fish and Wildlife Service.

April 2002 until present - Fundraising for conservation, PROEVAL-RAXMU, Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

April 2002 until present - Biomonitoring Coordinator, PROEVAL-RAXMU, Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

August 2001-March 2002 Investigation of the avifauna in the floodplain of the Ik’bolay river, Guaxac mountains and Sacranix mountains, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Proyecto Ecológico Quetzal / BIDAS, Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

August 2001 - March 2002 Biomonitoring Coordinator, Proyecto Ecológico Quetzal / BIDAS, Cobán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

January 2001 -September 2001 Coordination and evaluation of the training of Mayan Q’eqchi’ farmers as local bird census takers in the south eastern part of the National Park "Laguna Lachuá", Proyecto Ecológico Quetzal / BIDAS, Cobán, Alta Verpaz, Guatemala.

August 2000 - July 2001 Investigation of the avifauna of the protected area "Punta de Manabique", Izabal, Guatemala. FUNDARY (Fundación Mario Dary), Guatemala.

March 2000 - May 2000 "Habitat mapping in a former military area in the east of the city of Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany." Contract with the Nature Conservation administration of the city of Chemnitz, Germany.

November 1999 - February 2000, June - July 2000 Assistance in the investigation of the avifauna of the National Park "Laguna Lachuá", Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. "Proyecto Lachuá", School of Biology, University of San Carlos, Guatemala.

August 1997 - October 1998 " Research on the avifauna of the cloud forest in the Sierra Caquipec, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, and establishment of a biomonitoring program in collaboration with the indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ people.", Proyecto Ecológico Quetzal / BIDAS, Cobán, Alta Verpaz, Guatemala.

February 1997 - August 1997 "Ecology of the populations of the Jackdaw Corvus monedula in the region of Chemnitz, Germany", Association of Saxon Ornithologists (VSO), Germany.

April 1996 -July 1996 "The odonatan fauna of a ship canal: the Finowkanal in Eberswalde, Brandenburg, Germany", University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde, Germany.

August 1995 - December 1995 "Ecological evaluation and development planning of a former military area in the east of the city of Chemnitz, Germany", Nature Conservation administration of the city of Chemnitz, Germany.

March 1995 -July 1995 "Ecological characterization of a bog area: the Schulzensee Chorin, Brandenburg, Germany." University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde, Germany.

April 1994 - September 1994 "Mapping and conservation of urban birds in the city of Chemnitz, Germany" Contract with the Nature Conservation administration of the city of Chemnitz, Germany.

March 1994- August 1994 "The use of churches by birds and mammals in the region of Chemnitz, Germany." Contract with the Specialist Office of the Ministry of Environment of the state of Saxony, Germany.

1993-1997, 1999 Research on and conservation of the Jackdaw Corvus monedula in Saxony, Germany, volunteer position with the "Jackdaw" project of the Ornithological Association of Saxony (VSO), Germany.

Publications:

List of publications

Congresses and workshops:

2002 First national workshop on the cosmovision Q’eqchi’ and nature conservation in Guatemala. Cobán, Guatemala.

2001 Congress of the Guatemalan Society of Ornithology. Presentations "Status of the Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix in Punta de Manabique, Izabal, Guatemala" and "Avifauna of Punta de Manabique protected area, Izabal, Guatemala", Guatemala City.

2001 Congress for the anniversary of the RAMSAR wetland program. Presentation "Characterization and conservation of the avifauna of Punta de Manabique, Izabal, Guatemala", Guatemala City.

1999 Annual Congress of the Society of Ecology (GfÖ). Presentation "Bird target species for conservation in a cloud forest in Guatemala", Bayreuth, Germany.

1998 Congress of the Guatemalan Society of Ornithology. Presentation "Nearctic migrant birds in the cloud forest of the Sierra Caquipec, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala", Guatemala City.

1997 International Congress on the conservation of the jackdaw. Organized by the Ornithological Association of Saxony (VSO), Organization and presentation "Spatial population structure and conservation of the jackdaw in the region of Chemnitz", Chemnitz, Germany.

1996 Congress on the conservation of species. Poster presentation "Population structure of jackdaw in the region of Chemnitz", Finowfurth, Germany.

1996 Annual Congress of the German Odonatologists (GdO). Berlin, Germany.

1995 Workshop "Identifying mosses and mapping their distribution in Mecklenburg". Mecklenburg, Germany.

1995 Annual Congress of the Ornithological Association of Saxony (VSO). Torgau, Germany.

1994 Annual Congress of the Ornithological Association of Saxony (VSO). Bautzen, Germany.

1993 Annual Congress of the German Ornithological Society (DOG). Poster presentation "The conservation project Jackdaw in the region of Chemnitz" and "Optimal design of an artificial nest box for the barn owl", Meerane, Germany.

1991 Annual Congress of Saxonian Chiropterologists. Conservation Association of Germany (NABU), Freiberg, Germany.

1990 Annual Congress of German Chiropterologists. Conservation Association of Germany (NABU), Bad Segeberg, Germany.


Further activities:

2002/2003 until present - Design and maintenance of several web sites, see webdesign

December, 2003 until present - Guatemala country coordinator for bird reports published in NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS.

July, 2002 until present - founding member and treasurer of the association PROEVAL-RAXMU, Cobán, Guatemala.

2002 Public slide presentation "Conservation and biomonitoring in Guatemala", Natural History Museum König Albert in Chemnitz, Germany. Organized by "Umweltamt Chemnitz" (Nature Conservation administration of the city of Chemnitz).

2002 Public slide presentation "Conservation and biomonitoring in Guatemala", Botanical Garden Chemnitz, Germany. Organized by NABU, Regional Group Erzgebirge.

2002 Public slide presentation "Conservation and biomonitoring in Guatemala", Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany. Organized by Ornithological Association of Saxony.

2002 Public slide presentation "Bird-monitoring in Guatemala", Ornithological Association of Saxony, Regional Group Chemnitz, Limbach-Oberfohna, Germany.

2000 Public slide presentation "Conservation in Guatemala", Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany. Organized by Ornithological Association of Saxony.

2002 Guiding in students excursions in the cloud forest of the Sierra Yalijux, University of Göttingen, Germany.

2000 Assistance at the International Tourism Fair Berlin (ITB), ECOTOURISM AND ADVENTURE SPECIALISTS, Guatemala.

1999 Ornithological tourist guide in Guatemala, ECOTOURISM AND ADVENTURE SPECIALISTS, Guatemala.

1999 Assistance at the International Tourism Fair Berlin (ITB), ECOTOURISM AND ADVENTURE SPECIALISTS, Guatemala.

1999 Public slide presentation "Conservation in Guatemala", Station for nature conservation, Chemnitz-Adelsberg, Germany. Organized by Umweltamt Chemnitz (Nature Conservation administration of the city of Chemnitz) and Association Naturhof Chemnitz.

1998 Guiding in excursions during the Festival anual de aves in the cloud forest of the Sierra Caquipec. Organized by the Guatemalan Ornithological Society (Sociedad Ornitológica Guatemalteca) and Proyecto Eco-Quetzal.

1998 Leader of an ornithological workgroup in the cloud forest of the Sierra Caquipec during an excursion of the University of Göttingen, Germany.

1998 Ornithological tourist guide in the Sierra Caquipec, ECOTOURISM AND ADVENTURE SPECIALISTS, Guatemala.

1996 Public slide presentation "Conservation project Jackdaw", BUND , Berlin Tempelhof, Germany.

1995 Public slide presentation "Conservation project Jackdaw", ornithology expert group, NABU, Rostock, Germany.

1995 Public slide presentation "Conservation project Jackdaw", ornithology expert group, NABU, Eberswalde, Germany.

1984 -1994 Member of the workgroup ornithology and conservation in the Station "Young Researcher, Ernst Haeckel", Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz. Weekly meetings and excursions in natural areas in the surroundings of Chemnitz, excursions to the biosphere reserve Vessertal, biosphere reserve Steckby, Erzgebirge mountain, vacation course raptors and owls.

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