Diseño de un programa de educación ambiental para la conservación de anfibios y reptiles en la cabecera cantonal de Zapotillo

Abstract

Abstract: Environmental Education is considered a fundamental aspect, since it seeks raise awareness and teach the population about the long-term implications of protecting, preserve and conserve ecosystems and their diversity. The destruction of ecosystems It is a global problem, it requires an immediate, remedial and preventive intervention. In Ecuador it is estimated that a third of amphibians and reptiles are at risk of extinction due to loss of habitat, considering some species already extinct. For To mitigate the extinction of these species, global initiatives must be developed to conservation and preservation, focused on this fauna diversity, with a multidisciplinary approach. This work proposes to carry out an Education Program Environmental focused on the conservation and preservation of forest amphibians and reptiles of the Zapotillo canton located in the province of Loja-Ecuador. The basis of this program is channeled into a documentary analysis and data collection by through the application of surveys to raise a baseline in the population and its corresponding interpretation, information that has been decisive for the proposal of the project.