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IN TOLIMA, THE WATER OF THREE RIVERS IS MONITORED TO PRESERVE LIFE

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IN TOLIMA, THE WATER OF THREE RIVERS IS MONITORED TO PRESERVE LIFE
(June 24, 2021)   -   The project 'Rio Saldaña – Una cuenca de vida' monitors the quality of this vital resource in the Siquila, Amoyá y Cucuana Rivers, to identify the pressures affecting it, take corrective action to strengthen its care and teach communities to preserve it.

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IN EL TUPARRO NATIONAL NATURAL PARK, RESEARCHERS MONITOR THE POPULATION STATUS OF GAME ANIMALS FROM WHICH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES BENEFIT

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IN EL TUPARRO NATIONAL NATURAL PARK, RESEARCHERS MONITOR THE POPULATION STATUS OF GAME ANIMALS FROM WHICH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES BENEFIT
(August 13, 2020)   -   With the images gathered, researchers will make an analysis of the occupation of ungulates or hoofed mammals, as the tapir, to adapt environmental management measures in the protected area. The camera traps will give clues on the status of this type of fauna usually hunted, for food, by the ethnic groups that live in the protected area.

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‘IT HAS BEEN AN ORGANIZED RESTORATION, LINKED WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHICH CAN BE REPLICATED IN OTHER COLOMBIAN PARAMOS’

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‘IT HAS BEEN AN ORGANIZED RESTORATION, LINKED WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHICH CAN BE REPLICATED IN OTHER COLOMBIAN PARAMOS’
(August 13, 2020)   -   Érika Nadachovsky, of the Regional Environmental Authority of Risaralda (Carder), talks of the recuperation of 258 hectares of paramo within Los Nevados National Natural Park, degraded by livestock farming, an initiative of the project ‘Proyecto Páramos Biodiversidad y Recursos Hídricos en los Andes del Norte’, financed by the European Union. Nine thousand native plants were planted, with the aim of restoring original paramo landscapes in part of the ecosystem.

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A HARLEQUIN FROG THAT REAPPEARED AFTER ALMOST TWO DECADES OF ABSENCE HAS ITS REFUGE IN CHOACHÍ

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A HARLEQUIN FROG THAT REAPPEARED AFTER ALMOST TWO DECADES OF ABSENCE HAS ITS REFUGE IN CHOACHÍ
(May 29, 2020)   -   In Choachí (Cundinamarca) Carlos Ríos, a man of peasant origin, dedicated his farm to the conservation of Atelopus lozanoi, an endemic harlequin frog that disappeared at the beginning of the century and was rediscovered in 2016. WCS joins Parques Nacionales de Colombia to support this conservation effort with monitoring, environmental education and productive projects.  

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NEWSLETTER WCS COLOMBIA - NOVEMBER

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NEWSLETTER WCS COLOMBIA - NOVEMBER
(November 29, 2016)   -   p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; color: #232323; -webkit-text-stroke: #232323} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; color: #232323; -webkit-text-stroke: #232323; min-height: 15.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Verdana; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 16.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} WCS Colombia shares the new edition of its newsletter En Terreno.     It includes an article about the first colle...

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MONITORING PROGRAM IN TUPARRO NATIONAL PARK CONCLUDED

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MONITORING PROGRAM IN TUPARRO NATIONAL PARK CONCLUDED
(October 06, 2015)   -   On August 28th the final reports of the project "Design and implementation of the monitoring program of Tuparro National Park as a core area of the Biosphere Reserve" were ready. This is the first monitoring program formulated for a nationally protected area, under the framework of adaptive management.For two years and three months, researchers from the WCS Colombia program, the Institute for Scientific Research Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH) and the Red de Reserva de la Sociedad Civil (Resnatur)...

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EN LA BÚSQUEDA POR DECLARAR SAN LUCAS…

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EN LA BÚSQUEDA POR DECLARAR SAN LUCAS…
(August 24, 2015)   -   Investigadores de WCS y Parques Nacionales Naturales se reunieron con integrantes de la Asociación de Reserva Campesina del Valle del río Cimitarra (ACVC) y habitantes de algunas veredas de los municipios de Remedios y Segovia, en Antioquia, para presentar los avances en el proceso de declaratoria de una nueva área protegida para el país: la serranía de San Lucas.Los talleres, especialmente dirigidos a los líderes de las Juntas de Acción Comunal y...

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