Actividades de conservación y de educación ambiental en torno a una especie emblemática, el tapir de montaña (Tapirus pinchaque), en sectores andinos del sur de Ecuador

The Universidad Internacional del Ecuador (Loja), together with the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, since August 2015, have been carrying out activities to take care of the mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) and the habitats where this species lives in the southern Andes of Ecuador, in environments of cloud forests and páramos of the Biological Reserve Tapichalaca and adjoining areas. For this, we proposed to carry out the present project that seeks to establish a system for monitoring and research this emblematic species for ecotourism purposes, as well as to support the training in environmental education. A preliminary diagnosis and the implementation of a system of investigation and monitoring using trap cameras and direct observation is carrying out, in order to generate population data and images of this species in its natural habitat and identify the most suitable sites to observe it in Ecotourism activities. It is also sought to create primers and didactic stories that describe the main ecological aspects of the mountain tapir. Finally, conservation proposals are drawn up to achieve a sustainable development of the activity, in accordance with the millennium goals, and the strategic goals of the autonomous decentralized parish and provincial governments as well as the Management Plans of the Podocarpus and Yacuri National Parks.

• Huvudupphovsman: Álvarez, Pedro (author)
• Övriga upphovsmän: Yánez, Patricio (author)
• Materialtyp: article
• Publicerad: 2017
• Ämnen: Conservación biológica, educación ambiental, especie bandera, tapir de montaña, Tapirus pinchaque; Biological conservation, environmental education, flag species, mountain tapir, Tapirus pinchaque
• Länkar: https://doi.org/10.33890/innova.v2.n8.2017.159; https://repositorio.uide.edu.ec/handle/37000/3430