Diseño de un sistema de áreas protegidas basado en paisajes de conservación dentro del cantón La Troncal. Provincia del Cañar

Abstract

Abstract: Contributing to the conservation of biodiversity in the canton La Troncal, cantonal system was proposed conservation at a landscape scale, with its management model. For that, between May 2014 and January 2015; Development Plans and Spatial Planning of local autonomous governments were reviewed, interviewed their managers and field collected information. For the system, two buffer zones (Estero Azul and Rio Yanayacu) and other potential areas for conservation knowing that, the trunk has a population density of 166 inhabitants / km² and over 90% of the territory involved is identified. They are alternatives; the Ecological Protection Zone Cerro Huaquillas (314 ha) Project and wooded areas of the enclosure Cochancay (western foothills of Los Andes). Here a protected (about 19612 ha) area involving five parishes between Cañar and La Troncal cantons, consists of three management zones through a system of conservation Interparroquial is proposed. One of these areas, with their biological corridors (rivers Cañar and Bulubulu), would join the proposed system of cantonal conservation.