SUMMARYThe Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia is home to the Narakajmanta indigenous community, made up of 500 families, who have been involved in a series of adversities caused by the regional conflict with armed groups. These challenges have directly compromised their secure access to vital resources such as water and energy. The figures …
FITORREMEDIATION WITH RED MANGROVE (RHIZOPHORA MANGLE) OF COASTS CONTAMINATED WITH MERCURY, ON THE COLOMBIAN PACIFIC COAST
RESUMEThe biodiversity of the MPA Protected Marine Area: UTRÍA (ID 303549), on the Colombian Pacific coast, it contains high mercury concentrations from illegal gold extraction mining activities in the Atrato and Jurubid River rivers. We locate 208 sources of illegal mining in rivers surrounding the coast, which generate the felling of 16,000ha of mangroves/annuals; and …
ECOTOURISM PLAN BASED ON INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON
This PLAN proposes the promotion of ecotourism in the Colombian Amazon based on integrated water management. The Amazon region is one of the most biodiverse areas in the world, but it is also one of the most threatened due to environmental degradation and lack of water resources. Integrated water management is a comprehensive approach to …
CONSERVATION PROGRAM OF THE Caquetá Tití Monkey (Plecturocebus caquetensis), IN THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON BASIN
The Caquetá Titi Monkey (Plecturocebus caquetensis) Conservation Project is an effort to protect and preserve this endangered species. The project is made up of several key components, including in situ conservation, education, sustainability and communication. The in situ conservation component focuses on the direct protection of the habitats of the Caquetá titi monkey. This includes …
STRATEGIC REFORESTATION TO FIGHT AGAINST EROSION IN THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON
ABSTRACTThe main objective of this research work is to determine the importance of reforestation on the banks of the Amazon River as an alternative for the mitigation of erosive processes in 36Km2 of humid tropical forests of the Ticuna indigenous territory, in Puerto Nariño-Amazonas; where an environmental problem of landslides in highly deteriorated forests is …
SHORT-MEDIUM-AND-LONG-TERM-ACTION-PLAN-TO-COUNTER-THE-RATE-OF-DEFORESTATION-IN-THE-AMAZON-COLOMBIA.
SUMMARYThe action plan presented below is based on the Strategy 2020-2025, Bosques Territorios de Vida, of the government of Colombia, and therefore, is inspired by the vision, general objective, lines of action and measures thereof, adjusting, specifying or adding new specific actions for the regional context. Those actions proposed by the actors who participated in …
PROACTIVE PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY CONSERVATION OF THE ORINONO CROCODILE (Crocodylus intermedius), IN COLOMBIA
This document presents the Institutional Program for the Conservation of the Orinoco Crocodile (2021), which allows us to define within the framework that gives knowledge of the state of the populations of the species, with its current problems, limitations and potentialities, the actions to follow for its recovery and conservation.In fact, from resolution 0676 of …
ANDEAN CONSERVATION PLAN 2021-2026 FOR THE DUROECOELIA (Aotus lemurinus), IN COLOMBIA
RESUMEN: Through a cooperation agreement between COLOMBIA WILD CORPORATION, World Wildlife Fund-WWF and the Emberá indigenous community, we draw up conservation strategies for the sustainable and community protection of duroecoelia (Aotus lemurinus), in the Colombian Andes Mountain range. To do this, we review the main threats, habitats, ecological corridors and ecological variables of this species, …
ACTION PLAN FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE BELLO ROCKET FROG (Hyloxalus abditaurantius) IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE COLOMBIAN ANDES
This study aims to carry out a diagnosis of the conservation status and propose conservation strategies for the amphibian Bello Rocket Frog (Hyloxalus abditaurantius), a frog that lives in the moorlands that generate water that feed the Pacific Ocean, in western Colombia. Together with the IUCN, the Embera indigenous community and the University of Chocó, …
HERPETO-PLAN FOR THE CONSERVATION OF AMPHIBIANS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA COLOMBIANA.
Resumen: This plan aims to conserve 3 endemic frogs in Colombia: The frogs ‘Atelopus laetissimus’, ‘Atelopus carrikeri’ and ‘Atelopus nahumae’ are endemic species of Colombia, and can only be found in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, home to the indigenous Arahuac community. These amphibians are exposed to strong anthropic pressures due to the vulnerability …