2023 Petén, Guatemala

5 November: Evening Icebreaker

6 November: Iguana Specialist Group Meeting held at the Hotel Camino Real Tikal, Petén. Morning Social Mixer; Afternoon Poster Session

7 November: Iguana Specialist Group Meeting and Group Discussion

8 November: Field trip to Uaxactun in the Reserva Biosfera Maya

9–10 November: Ctenosaura palearis and Cachryx defensor Conservation Workshop

 

Download: 2023 ISG Meeting Agenda and Abstracts

 

Attendees

Nicholle Amador Gómez – Kanahau Wildlife Conservation Organization, Útila, Honduras
Rosalia Argueta – Fundación Islas de la Bahia, Útila, Honduras

Daniel Ariano – Centro de Estudios Ambientales y Biodiversidad, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala

John Bendon – IUCN-UK National Committee, UK

Paulina Birk – Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Ciudad de Guatemala

Joe Burgess – Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
Francisco Castillo Obregón – Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Ciudad de Guatemala

Geyvy Delarca – Instituto de Conservación Forestal, Áreas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre, Útila, Honduras

Christina De Jesús Villanueva – Independent, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA

Dale DeNardo – Arizona State University, Arizona, USA
Zach Dykema – Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA

Susannah French – Utah State University, Utah, USA

Gabriele Gentile – University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Glenn Gerber – San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, California, USA
Johana Gil – Heloderma Natural Reserve, Zacapa, Guatemala

Tandora Grant – Independent, California, USA

Court Harding – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

Brian Henley – Cameron Park Zoo, Waco, Texas, USA
Evert Henningheim – Dutch Iguana Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Charles Knapp – John G. Shedd Aquarium, Illinois, USA

Catherine Malone – Independent, The Netherlands
Daisy Maryon – Kanahau Wildlife Conservation Organization, Útila, Honduras

Blaklie Mitchell – Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA

Suita Narvaez – Fundación Islas de la Bahia, Útila, Honduras

Karin Nelson – University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sophie O’Hehir – Exeter University, Cornwall, UK

Cecilia Paradiso – University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy & Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA

Stesha Pasachnik – Fort Worth Zoo, Texas, USA

Cayle Pearson – Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Kim Rainwater – Fort Worth Zoo, Texas, USA

Victor Hugo Reynoso – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México

Mohd Syafiq-Rahim – University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Wendy Townsend – Independent, USA

Jeroen van Kuijk – Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, The Netherlands

George Waters – GWA, Florida, USA
Jimmy Wehsener – Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA

Mark Welch – Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA
Karen Worley – International Iguana Foundation, California, USA
Eugenia Zarza – El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, México

 
Conservation Workshop for Cachryx spp. and Ctenosaura palearis Participants
Rosalia Argueta – Fundación Islas de la Bahia, Útila, Honduras

Daniel Ariano – Centro de Estudios Ambientales y Biodiversidad, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala

Christian Tomás Chinchilla Putzeys – Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala
Geyvy Delarca – Instituto Nacional de Conservación Forestal, Útila, Honduras
Rony García – Wildlife Conservation Society, Guatemala
Johana Gil – Heloderma Natural Reserve, Zacapa, Guatemala
Tandora Grant – Independent, California, USA
Charles Knapp – John G. Shedd Aquarium, Illinois, USA
Seyner Luis-Valenzuela – Wildlife Conservation Society, Guatemala
Catherine Malone – Independent, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Daisy Maryon – Kanahau Wildlife Conservation Organization, Útila, Honduras
Suita Narvaez – Fundación Islas de la Bahia, Útila, Honduras
Melissa Ojeda – Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (CONAP), Guatemala
Stesha Pasachnik – Fort Worth Zoo, Texas, USA
Víctor Hugo Reynoso Rosales – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Gilberto Salazar – Valle de Aguan, Guatemala
Abel Sandoval – Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (CONAP), Guatemala
Eugenia Zarza – El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, México