Diseño del programa de educación, comunicación y participación ambiental-CEPA para la Reserva de Biósfera Podocarpus-El Cóndor

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of the Podocarpus-El Condor Biosphere Reserve is to guarantee the conservation of the Amazonian, Andean and Páramo ecosystems in the provinces of Loja and Zamora Chinchipe. The present project starts with the identification of educational needs and weaknesses and the lack of a CEPA (Communication, Education and Environmental Participation) program with the participation of the RBPC administrators. Based on the results of the surveys conducted, the RBPC has limited economic support to develop a CEPA program; there is a lack of infrastructure to develop human-wildlife conflict monitoring; limited mobilization equipment; lack of citizen participation; lack of workshops and training on environmental issues; and lack of personnel (park rangers). Based on this evidence, the CEPA program was designed to develop activities to raise awareness and strengthen knowledge of the impacts of mining, agriculture, deforestation, timber extraction, inadequate waste classification, and to improve knowledge about natural areas, among others, aimedat RBPC personnel, neighboring residents, and visitors.