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Our experience

The partners of Reforesta have over 30 years of experience working in tropical ecosystems. Our experience includes:

• Pterocarpus officinalis wetland mitigation in Puerto Rico
  
• Reforestation and enrichment planting with native species in montane forest of the Andes in Colombia
  
• Detailed studies of land use and forest regeneration in Puerto Rico (e.g. Barranquitas, Carite, Ciales, Luquillo, Sabana, and Utuado)
  
• Experience propagating native plant species of Puerto Rico
  
• Analyses of aerial photography
  
• GIS analyses of land use and implications for soil loss and sedimentation
  
• Ecological studies of flora and fauna in Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, and Puerto Rico
  
• Develop a carbon sequestration project for Argentina, for the United States Initiative for Joint Implementation program (USIJI).

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Partners

Alejandro Cubiñá, President

Education and positions:

MS. Biology 1999, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

Vice President of Reforesta (1997-2001)

President of Reforesta (2001- present)

Experience:     

Field ecology in Florida, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico

Publications:

Cubiñá, A. and T. M. Aide. (in press) The effect of distance from forest edge on seed rain and soil seed bank in a tropical pasture. Biotropica

Field assistants

 Noel Benavides                Juan Germosén                    Delvis Abad
 (3 years with Reforesta)   (1.5 years with Reforesta)     (2.5 years with Reforesta)                           
                                                                                               

Research Associate

Neftalí Ríos 

Education:

Rios-López, N. 1999. Scinax rubra. Herpetological Review 30(4): 232.

Rios-López, N. and R. L. Joglar. 1999. Rana grilio (Pig frog). Herpetological Review 30(4): 231-232.

Rios-López, N. 1999. Variation in reproductive biology, physiology, and morphology of Eleutherodactylus coqui (Anura: Leptodactylidae) along an altitudinal gradient. Unpubl. Master=s Thesis, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Joglar, R. L. and N. Rios-L�pez. 1998. Eleutherodactylus coqui (Common Coqui, Coquí Común). Herpetological Review 29(2): 107.

Joglar, R. L., N. Rios-López, and M. Cardona. 1998. Osteopilus septentrionalis (Cuban Tree Frog, Rana Platanera). Herpetological Review 29(2): 107.

Joglar, R. L., P. A. Burrowes, and N. Rios-López. 1996. Biology of the Puerto Rican cave-dwelling frog, Eleutherodactylus cooki, and some recommendations for its conservation, p. 251-258. In R. Powell and R.W. Henderson (eds.), Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A Tribute to Albert Schwartz. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca (New York). Contributions to Herpetology, volume 12.

Joglar, R. L. and N. Rios-López. 1995. Osteopilus septentrionalis (Cuban Tree Frog, Rana Platanera). Herpetological Review 26(2):105-106.