scholarly journals Mammals of the Natural National Park Selva de Florencia, Caldas, Colombia

Therya ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-475
Author(s):  
Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves ◽  
Daniela Velásquez-Guarín ◽  
Juan D. Ocampo-Velásquez ◽  
Ingrith Y. Mejía-Fontecha ◽  
Amilvia E. Acosta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Management Plan ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Natural Parks ◽  
Biogeographic Provinces ◽  
Trapping Methods ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Diverse Groups

The Department of Caldas, Central Andes of Colombia, has two National Natural Parks protecting strategic Andean ecosystems.  However, the available information on mammals in these protected areas has not been compiled or updated recently.  Here, we present an updated inventory of the mammals present in the Selva de Florencia National Natural Park.  To construct the inventory, we used historical (museum vouchers) and recent records obtained during field activities over the last 20 years.  We used several trapping methods including Sherman and Tomahawk traps, mist nets, and camera traps.  We documented 81 mammal species belonging to nine orders, 25 families and 59 genera.  Bats (Chiroptera: 30 spp.), rodents (Rodentia: 17 spp.), and carnivores (Carnivora: 13 spp.) were the most diverse groups, representing 73.2 % of recorded species.  We also recorded orders such as Didelphimorphia (8 species), Primates (5), Pilosa (3), Artiodactyla (2), Cingulata (2), and Eulipotyphla (1).  Also, we recorded two endemic species (Marmosops chucha and Cryptotis colombianus) and two new species for the Department of Caldas (Bassaricyon neblina and Heteromys aff. anomalus).  These species constitute elements of the Andean region and the Nor-Andean and Chocó-Magdalena biogeographic provinces.  We highlight the presence of four endangered primates (Aotus lemurinus, Ateles hybridus, Cebus versicolor, and Saguinus leucopus), two of which are endemic to Colombia: S. leucopus and C. versicolor. This work is the baseline to update the management plan of the protected area, from the review of its conservation targets, the definition of the specific management goals, to its effective monitoring.

scholarly journals Checklist of large and medium-bodied mammals from four areas of Tocantins state, Central Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 683-700
Author(s):  
Michelle Pinto Mercês ◽  
Kleiton Rodolfo Alves-Silva ◽  
Wlainer Silva De Paula
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Sampling Effort ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Cerrado Savanna ◽  
Tapirus Terrestris ◽  
Available Information ◽  
First Time ◽  
Speothos Venaticus

The state of Tocantins is located in Central Brazil. The northern extreme of this state corresponds to the southeastern portion of the Amazon biome, while it is covered primarily by Cerrado savanna, as well as the transition area between these two biomes. We provide a checklist of large- and medium-bodied mammals from four localities in Tocantins, update the list of species for the state, and compile the available information on their geographic distribution. We surveyed mammals at four sites during different periods (between 2010 and 2018), using camera traps and opportunistic observations. In spite of the differences in the sampling effort among the sites, we recorded 42 mammal species belonging to eight orders and 20 families. Our list includes rare and threatened species, such as the jaguar (Panthera onca), the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), and the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris). One species (Galictis cuja) was recorded in the state for the first time and the known range distribution of two others (Speothos venaticus and Alouatta caraya) was updated.  

scholarly journals Annotated Checklist and Conservation Status of Mammal Species in Sarpang District, Bhutan

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-270
Author(s):  
Jigme Tenzin ◽  
Phub Dhendup ◽  
Dago Dorji ◽  
Sangay Nidup ◽  
Phuntsho Thinley
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Status ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Periodic Monitoring ◽  
Total Geographical Area ◽  
Forest Division

Bhutan has a total geographical area of 38,394 Km² located in between the Indo-Malayan and Palearctic region, out of which 51.44% (19750.75 km²) of its total geographical area has been designated as the protected area.  However, none of the districts have a structured baseline checklist of mammal species documented till date. Therefore, Sarpang Forest Division under the Department of Forests and Park Services had carried out five rigorous camera trap surveys including a nationwide tiger survey that covers representable areas of the district from 2014 till 2020. The survey shows that district has 36 mammal species that belong to 18 families under seven orders. Felidae and Cervidae families has the highest species abundance (n = 17%), while, Canidae, Herpestidae, Leporidae, Manidae, Melinae, Muridae, Mustelidae, Tupaiidae, Proboscidae, Pteromyidae, Suidae and Ursidae were the lowest (n = 3%). Above all, Sarpang homed 29.90% of total mammal species of Bhutan, out of which 3% of mammal species were categorized under Critically Endangered, 14% Endangered, 14% Vulnerable, 22% Near Threatened, and 47% Least Concern as per IUCN Red List. However, only 20 mammal species are listed under CITES and nine in Schedule I of Forest and Nature Conservation Act of Bhutan, 1995. Therefore, landscape-based planning such as the Division-based Conservation & Management plan; periodic monitoring of wildlife species using camera traps, and validation of Schedule I species are suggested for long-term conservation and management of globally threatened species inside the landscape of Sarpang district in Bhutan. 

scholarly journals A Multidimensional Evaluation Approach for the Natural Parks Design

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1767
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Del Giudice ◽  
Pierfrancesco De Paola ◽  
Pierluigi Morano ◽  
Francesco Tajani ◽  
Francesco Paolo Del Giudice
Keyword(s):  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Economic Evaluations ◽  
Concrete Case ◽  
Balanced Growth ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Natural Parks ◽  
Multidimensional Evaluation ◽  
Definition Of

The design of a natural park is generated by the need to protect and organize, for conservation and/or for balanced growth, parts of the territory that are of particular interest for the quality of the natural and historical–cultural heritage. The necessary tool to support the decision-making process in the design of a natural park are the financial and economic evaluations, which intervene in three successive steps: in the definition of protection and enhancement levels of the park areas; in the choice of the interventions to be implemented for the realization of these levels of protection and enhancement; in determining and verifying the economic and financial results obtainable from the project execution. This contribution deals with aspects and issues relating to the economic and financial evaluation of natural park projects. In particular, an application of the “Complex Social Value” to a concrete case of environmental design is developed on the basis of the elements that can be deduced from a feasibility study of a natural park: the levels of protection and enhancement of the homogeneous areas of the natural park are preliminarily defined, and the choice of the design alternative to be implemented is, therefore, rationalized with multicriteria analysis.

scholarly journals Geomorphosite assessment in Montesinho Natural Park (Portugal)

2007 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Pereira ◽  
D. Pereira ◽  
M. I. Caetano Alves
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Method ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Geomorphological Heritage ◽  
Natural Parks ◽  
Numerical Assessment ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Staged Approach ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract. The Montesinho Natural Park (MNP), with an area of about 750 km2, is one of the largest protected areas in Portugal. Since its inauguration as a natural park in 1979, geological and geomorphological aspects have not been taken into consideration in its nature conservation policies. Over the last few years, this deficit has been compensated with an assessment of its geomorphological heritage. The assessment was made possible due to a research project on the geological heritage of the natural parks of north-eastern Portugal.The assessment method propagated herein proposes a clear definition of three types of geomorphosites: Single places, geomorphological areas or panoramic viewpoints. Further, it proposes as two-staged approach to assessment with inventory compilation followed by quantification of value. Inventory compilation, for example, involves the identification and qualitative assessment of potential geomorphosites and, therefore, the selection and characterization of geomorphosites. The quantification stage includes the numerical assessment of sites and their final ranking. The values are numerically assessed using selected criteria. The implementation of this approach in the MNP led to the identification of 154 potential geomorphosites, of which only 26 were selected after the qualitative assessment or characterisation process. The numerical assessment of the sites and their ranking allowed a final selection of 13 sites for public use.

scholarly journals Iron Gates Natural Park - Administration and Management

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 347
Author(s):  
Sînziana Pauliuc ◽  
Marian Proorocu ◽  
Sonia Bodan ◽  
Mădălina Miclăuş
Keyword(s):  
Natura 2000 ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Ramsar Site ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Natural Parks ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Status ◽  
A Subunit ◽  
European Projects

This paper analyzes the management and administration of one of the largest, beautiful and complex natural parks from Romania, the Iron Gates Natural Park. The management plan is a frame of integration of the biodiversity conservation problems and protection of the natural and cultural environment that also supports socio-economic development of Iron Gates Natural Park. It is also an instrument of dialog between the institutions which coordinate this area. The management plan is a document approved by H.G 1048/2013 and it resulted after consulting the interested factors of the area (city halls, local and central authorities, civil society). The administration of Iron Gates Natural Park has a new structure, founded in 2003 and is working as a subunit of Forest-National Administration (Romsilva), which assures the necessary personal and equipment for administrating the area. The area has the status of: Natural Park, Natura 2000 and Ramsar site. The forest represents 65% of the total area, 98% being a state property. Analysing Iron Gates Natural Park documents (Iron Gates Natural Park management plan, scientific council and park administration documents, visits and observations within park), we can conclude that the park has a good administration leaded by the scientific councils, who also achieved many successful European projects.

scholarly journals A large mammal survey in Koyli Alpha Community Wildlife Reserve and its surroundings in the Great Green Wall extension area in Senegal

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 19223-19231
Author(s):  
Anna Niang ◽  
Papa Ibnou Ndiaye
Keyword(s):  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Erythrocebus Patas ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Green Wall ◽  
Wild Mammals ◽  
Lepus Capensis ◽  
Wildlife Reserve

Wildlife in the Great Green Wall (GGW) area, northern Senegal, is threatened by the cumulative effects of anthropogenic activities, drought, and climatic changes. To support conservation planning in line with the GGW management objectives, we studied large mammal diversity in the Koyli Alpha Community Wildlife Reserve in the GGW extension area. We interviewed local communities, made reconnaissance & transect walks, placed camera traps, and carried out fixed point surveys to map the distribution of mammals & to estimate their relative abundance. The surveys were conducted between May 2017 and December 2019. We identified the presence of nine mammal species belonging to six families: one lagomorph, Cape Hare Lepus capensis; seven carnivores, Common Jackal Canis aureus, Pale/Sand Fox Vulpes pallida, Wild Cat Felis silvestris, Marsh Mongoose Atilax paludinosus, Honey Badger Mellivora capensis, Zorilla Ictonyx striatus, Common Genet Genetta genetta, and one primate, Patas Monkey Erythrocebus patas. Our results indicate that the most of the observed species range broadly across the Koyli Alpha Reserve. The Wild Cat and the Sand Fox were also found outside the reserve around the village of Koyli Alpha. Camera trapping events of humans and domestic animals were high throughout the survey area, and the majority of the large mammals observed were mainly nocturnal. The diversity of large wild mammals identified during this study points to the urgent need for the implementation of a management plan of the biodiversity in this area of the Ferlo. 

HOW STUDENTS DEFINE THEIR SUCCESS: A RESEARCH STUDY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Ullrich ◽  
David S. Strong
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Full Study ◽  
Definition Of Success ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Diverse Groups

How undergraduate engineering students define their success and plan for their future differs notably amongst students. With a push for greater diversity and inclusion in engineering schools, it is valuable to also better understand the differences in these areas among different students to allow institutions to better serve the needs of these diverse groups.  The purpose of this research study is to explore students’ definition of success both in the present and projecting forward 5 to 10 years, as well as to understand to what level students reflect on, and plan for, the future. The proposed survey instrument for the pilot stage of this research includes 56 closed-ended questions and 3 open-ended questions. Evidence for the validity of the research instrument is established through a mixed-method pilot study. This paper will discuss the survey instrument, the pilot study, and outline plans for the full study.

Conservation payments in a social context: determinants of tolerance and behavioural intentions towards wild cats in northern Belize

Oryx ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 730-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca G. Harvey ◽  
Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez ◽  
Frank J. Mazzotti
Keyword(s):  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Monetary Incentives ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Empirical Correlations ◽  
Risks And Benefits ◽  
Wild Cats ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Forest Farm

AbstractCarnivores are valued by conservationists globally but protecting them can impose direct costs on rural, livestock-dependent communities. Financial incentives are increasingly used with the goal of increasing people's tolerance of predators, but the definition of tolerance has been vague and inconsistent. Empirical correlations between attitudinal and behavioural measures of tolerance imply that attitudes may be a valid proxy for behaviours. However, theoretical differences between the concepts suggest that attitudinal tolerance and behavioural intention to kill cats would have different underlying determinants. We surveyed 112 residents within a forest–farm mosaic in northern Belize inhabited by jaguars Panthera onca and four other species of wild cats. A conservation payment programme pays local landowners when camera traps record cat presence on their land. Results indicated that tolerance was associated with gender and participation in the camera-trapping programme, whereas intention to kill cats was associated with cultural group (Mennonites vs Mestizos), presence of children in the home and, to a lesser extent, tolerance. Neither dependent variable was significantly related to depredation losses or economic factors. Results suggest that monetary payments alone are unlikely to affect attitudes and behaviours towards carnivores. Payment programmes may be enhanced by accentuating non-monetary incentives, leveraging social norms and targeting specific groups with information about risks and benefits associated with carnivores. By empirically separating two concepts commonly conflated as ‘tolerance’ we clarify understanding of how social forces interact with financial incentives to shape people's relationships with predators.

scholarly journals Information and analytical support as an element of organization of economic security of entrepreneurial activity

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-81
Author(s):  
Є.В. Воронюк
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Analytical Work ◽  
Effective System ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Available Information

The article describes the importance of information and analytical support for the formation of organizational support for economic security of business. The stages and principles of formation of information-analytical support for creation of system of economic safety of the enterprise are analyzed. The connection and the nature of the influence of information-analytical activity and organizational support of economic security of the enterprise are investigated. It is important for the management of each organization to develop an individual mode of working with information, especially at the stage of its accumulation and analysis. Only a detailed and step-by-step definition of the process of working with information resources of various departments and officials increases the effectiveness of organizational support of economic security of the enterprise. The quality of analytical support is the basis for building an effective system of economic security of the enterprise and one of the key factors in its development. The harmonious combination of information-analytical work and the organization of economic security is a problem for the management of the business structure and requires a constant, operational study of the economic efficiency of the existing organizational structure.Adjusting the organizational structure directly affects the company's ability to withstand threats and risks from the external and internal environment. Modernity puts forward specific conditions for the economic security of the enterprise, especially given the deepening of the role and increase the amount of available information. The information array, which is freely available, is constantly replenished, which requires decision-makers to find new methods of information processing. The article analyzes the features of using the results of information support and analytical research to form an effective organizational structure of economic security of the enterprise. The study demonstrates the need for reliable and effective information and analytical support to improve the organizational support of economic security of the enterprise.

scholarly journals Nuevas aportaciones al conocimiento de la flora del macizo de la Sierra de Líbar (Málaga-Cádiz, Parques Naturales Sierra de Grazalema y Los Alcornocales). III.

2005 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 215-219
Author(s):  
Manuel Becerra Parra
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Natural Parks ◽  
Palabras Clave

New records for the flora of Sierra de Líbar (Sierra de Grazalema and Los Alcornocales natural parks, Málaga and Cádiz provinces)Palabras clave. Flora, Parque Natural, Sierra de Grazalema, Los Alcornocales, Málaga, Cádiz, Sierra de Líbar.Key words. Flora, Natural Park, Sierra de Grazalema, Los Alcornocales, Málaga, Cádiz, Sierra de Líbar.

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