Evaluación de las interacciones conflictivas entre humanos y fauna en la región sur: zona occidental del Parque Nacional Podocarpus, parroquia Valladolid, cantón Palanda.

Abstract

Abstract:The conflict between wildlife and people is focused on the importance that these species have, therefore, at present the areas where this fauna lives are surrounded by anthropic activities, according to the records proceeded to develop the present work where interviews were applied to affected and unaffected people living in the southern area of ​​the Podocarpus National Park, Valladolid parish, Palanda canton, resulting in 31 interviewed persons, of which 14 are affected and 17 unaffected taking Count the last 5 years. The most mentioned species were the Guanchaca (Didelphis marsupialis) and the squirrel (Notosciurus granatensis), these species caused damages and economic losses to the inhabitants of different localities, while in others the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) and the puma ( Puma concolor). The use of these species as medicine or food has been lost over time according to the interviewees, being the domestic fauna preferred by the majority of the inhabitants.