Evaluación de la Efectividad de Manejo del Área de Bosque y Vegetación Protectora de la Subcuenca Alta del río León y Microcuencas de los ríos San Felipe de Oña y Shincata.

Abstract

This work degree, was conducted in order to know the levels of management of the forest area and Protective Vegetation Watershed High Lion River Microcuencas rivers San Felipe de Oña and Shincata, located in the provinces of Azuay, Zamora Chinchipe and Loja, for which a Management Effectiveness Evaluation was performed based on the framework of reference of Hockings and the methodology Rapid Assessment and Prioritization of Protected Area Management. This evaluation found that the area has an unsatisfactory level of management reached a valuation of 44%. The area with the highest score was Planning who won 65 %, while the lowest score was given to the area Inputs with 26%, the same that is related to the lack of a formal budget for the management of the area. That is why evaluations low results may be linked to the protective forests do not have the same status as protected areas of the PANE.