60% of the planet’s forest coverage, survival of deforestation, has been impacted or transformed, highly or moderately, by man. The research led...

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WCS, Nature, Universidad de Arizona, bosques, Deforestación, The Nature Conservancy, Padu Franco, integridad ecológica, Raisforest Foundation, Universidad de Queensland, bioma amazónico

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) seeks a Knowledge Manager to join the team of our Andes-Amazon Region.  This position provides an opportunity for an outstanding professional with a relevant academic background (M.A./M.S. or higher) and work experience to join a cohesive, passionate, and committed team to save some of the world’s most spectacular wildlife and wild places on Earth. The position is based in Lima, Peru, and entails close collaboration with colleagues in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and the New York headquarters, as well as with WCS’s partners.

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WCS, Job oportunity, KNOWLEDGE MANAGER

On August 28^th 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), worked on the design of the monitoring framework and implementation hereof. Everybody was included, from the team of officials of Tuparro National Park, to the directors of Territorial Orinoquía and the subdirectors of management of the Colombian National Parks authorities.

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WCS, , monitoring, Tuparro National Park

In this protected area, located between the departments of Quindío and Risaralda, a study was conducted in which 67 bee species of the 604 registered in Colombia were found. Forests, pastures, crops and housing are among the places where these insects were found.

The information of the discussed study was obtained between May 2014 and September 2015. As part of this, we present the brochure Bees in Barbas-Bremen, which had the support of the University of Freiburg (Germany), Colciencias, the Rufford Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Society, the ICESI University and the Alexander von Humboldt Institute.

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WCS, Bees, Barbas-Bremen, Quindío, Risaralda

Following Crocodylus intermedius specimens who were recently released in the Tuparro National Park

Through monitoring and tracking, 8 individuals were located in the vicinity of the Tomo River (Vichada); this work has seen great progress due to radio transmitters that were installed in 12 of the 21 reintroduced alligators last May.

These tracking routes are being conducted by researchers from the Casanare Palmarito Foundation, the organization that leads the protection of this species in the Eastern Plains (Llanos Orientales) of Colombia. It forms part of Project Wildlife (Proyecto Vida Silvestre), which is a conservation initiative led by WCS Colombia and Ecopetrol, with the support of the Mario Santo Domingo Foundation.

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Proyecto Vida Silvestre, WCS, Tuparro, Orinoco Crocodile, crocodylus intermedius, Palmarito Casanare, release of alligators

Event to form a working group for the Striped Catfish in the Middle Magdalena

The meeting was held under the direction of the Wetlands Foundation (Fundación Humedales), an organization that carries out conservation actions for this species in the Middle Magdalena (Magdalena Medio).

The main objective of the meeting was to discuss and agree on establishing an instrument that allows to join institutional and community forces to optimize conservation work for the Striped Catfish. Similarly, this instrument should aim to help improve the conditions of the fishermen in the Middle Magdalena basin.

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WCS, Striped Catfish in the Middle Magdalena, Striped Catfish Working Group

This was a series of visits where the exchange of knowledge and experiences by owners of different properties, led to the sharing of various experiences regarding the implementation and management of the privately owned reserves. The reason hereof is that the education and training of so-called "local actors" is critical to the success of any project. All of this took place in line with the 073 agreement from 2014 signed between WCS and the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Valle del Cauca (CVC).

This tour of sharing experiences resulted in an excellent environment to motivate different landowners, and served as a basis for enriching ideas on how to manage farm estates. 

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WCS, Ecofuturo, Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle del Cauca

Se trató de las sexta y séptima jornadas del programa de monitoreo participativo de Penelope perspicax, especie de pava conocida como Pava Caucana. Dicho estudio se lleva a cabo en la Reserva Nacional Forestal Bosque de Yotoco, importante laboratorio ambiental ubicado en la cordillera Occidental, en el Valle del Cauca.

El monitoreo participativo es un ejercicio planeado y acordado con entes académicos de la región, que ha permitido evaluar periódicamente el estado de la población de la especie y establecer que la Reserva de Yotoco es un lugar muy importante para esta ave.

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monitoreo, WCS, pava caucana, Penelope perspicax, Yotoco

For the implementation of Agreement 073 of 2014, signed by the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Valle del Cauca (CVC) and WCS for the promotion and registration of 20 privately owned nature reserves (in the municipalities of Restrepo and La Cumbre in the Cauca Valley), a participatory workshop was held in relation to the selection and qualification of objectives and targets.

Finally, all the collected information served as the main input for the first drafts of action plans to be implemented in each property. These were structured by the components of conservation, sustainable production and community empowerment.

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WCS, Reservas de la sociedad civil, taller participativo, CVC, Restrepo, La Cumbre, planes de manejo, Valores Objeto de Conservación.

Wildlife Conservation Society se unió a Red Viva, iniciativa para conservar la biodiversidad en agroecosistemas colombianos de la que forman parte instituciones de índole nacional y regional. Estas trabajan por la conservación y la investigación de la fauna y la flora, y por el bienestar de las comunidades agrícolas rurales. Red Viva quiere aprovechar el trabajo colaborativo entre diferentes instituciones para identificar las buenas prácticas de manejo y producción existentes en diversos agroecosistemas en Colombia.

Red Viva une a instituciones y a personas que trabajan o se interesan por la preservación de los paisajes rurales de Colombia, es decir, a quienes integran esos esfuerzos ya existentes cuyo principal objetivo es favorecer el quehacer de las comunidades agrícolas rurales, la conservación de la biodiversidad y la protección de los ecosistemas.

Haz parte de Red Viva. Acoge a las viajeras sin maleta en tu finca.

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WCS, Red Viva Colombia, agroecosistemas, aves migratorias, trabajo cooperativo

 

NGO Yoluka, one of the ten organizations, led the planting of 200 Moriche palms. This happened in the Natural Reserve La Pedregoza and the estate named “El Bolsillo”.

 

Keep in mind that the Moriche palm is recognized as an excellent water purifier, and an important part of the landscape of the Llanos Orientales Unfortunately, increasing changes in the use of land have led to population declines.

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Proyecto Vida Silvestre, Ecopetrol, Moriche, WCS, Yoluka