Hugo Aranibar

Global Population Assessment and Conservation Monitoring Program for the Crax Globulosa in Bolivia

Evaluation of the structure and composition of the flora in Black River, on the part of two people of San Marcos' indigenous community.

Town/RegionCountryCategoriesDate
San MarcosBoliviaBirds, Central and Latin America23 Feb 2005

The main objective is the generation of an instrument of administration which reflects uses and customs of the communities, as well as elements of the cultural and socioeconomic importance of natural resources. This information will permit the production of a Management Plan, in which the community of San Marcos will be the main actor in this process of conservation of the mamaco and its habitat.

One of the bases of this process is the generation of the monitoring program (e.g. the use of linear transects) together with the community of San Marcos. This information will be vital for the generation of a Management Plan for the sustainable use of natural resources. This monitoring program will also serve for the generation of sustainable hunting models, an appraisal of the potential for commercialization of timber and non-timber forest products as well providing data on phenological patterns, distribution ranges and abundance or density of the species of flora/fauna in the area. The monitoring program will also enable the identification of potential umbrella/keystone species.

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Project Update: June 2005

In March 2005, we carried out an evaluation of the distribution of Crax globulosa on the Black River. These preliminary data indicated that the distribution of the species is more restricted than that expected initially. At the same time, we carried out an inventory to determine the vegetation and relative abundance of the medium and large terrestrial fauna (s.e. birds and mammals) along 104 km of transects by boat

During the dry season (June-November), we have planned to begin the monitoring program where the study species is found as well as other fauna. For vegetation survey, we will have the collaboration of Vania Torres who is a student of the Universidad Mayor de San Andres, and she will carry out her BS thesis by evaluating the floristic structure and composition of the varzea forest on the Black River.

In addition, we have reached an agreement with San Marcos' indigenous community to begin the monitoring of the hunting carried by the community in the area at the end of June for a period of one year.


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