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

Abstract

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