Estrategias de conservación comunitaria del área protegida Parque Nacional Podocarpus del cantón Zamora

Abstract

Abstract: Countless efforts have been made to explore options to mitigate the negative impacts on biodiversity to protect biological wealth. The park National Podocarpus (PNP) is an environmental conservation reserve, in which not only research is enough to guarantee its conservation, but it requires active participation of local communities in the process. This is why the present research seeks to analyze the main community conservation strategies of the communities of Romerillos, La Pituca and Bombuscaro. A survey was applied to 50 people for each community and under a quantitative approach it was determined that the inhabitants consider that the influence and benefits of the Park towards their communities is positive by providing them with an improvement in their quality of life, economic activities, health and environment atmosphere. The optimal conservation strategies obtained through the application of surveys are: 1) Awareness of the local population about conservation, 2) Promotion of dissemination and research as a contribution to conservation, 3) Establishment of incentives aimed at conservation, 4) Strengthening the control and surveillance of ecosystems and; 5) Protection of water sources.