REGIONAL SYSTEM OF ANDEAN WETLANDS

Fausto López R. Instituto de Ecología

UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJALa Universidad Católica de Loja

Regional System of Protected Areas•Regional System of Andean Wetlands is part of the Initiative: Designing a Regional System of Protected Areas• The Summer Undergraduate Research Program should support the wetlands initiative

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Andean Wetlands of Southern Ecuador

Yacuambi

Podocarpus

Fierrohurco

Yacuri

Lagunas del Compadre: Podocarpus National Park

MORE THA 100 LAKES

NO IMPORTANT THREATS

NO LAND OCCUPATION

LAGUNAS DE AMALUZA: YACURI NATIONAL PARK

49 lakes

Threats:

Livestock,

Trouts

Forest fires

Population: Mestizo

LAGUNAS DE FIERROHURCOAlmost 40 lakes

MAIN THREATS:GrazingAgricultureTowns close to the wetlands

Population: Saraguro (Kiwcha)Conservation status: No protected

The most threatened of the 4 systems

Oña – Yacuambi Complex

Threats:

Livestock,

Trouts

Road construction

Mining ConcesionsPopulationShuar, saraguros and mestizos

GROUPS Team 1: Ecology of an extreme ecosy

stem: The Andean páramo

Project 4 - Social and cultural importance of the paramo ecosystem

Jeremy Rausch Idaho adviser: Chad Hoikstra

UTPL advisor: Fausto Lopez Support: Verónica Iñiguez and Ramiro

Morocho

Team 2: Watershed management of the Andean Páramo

Project 1 - Cultural perspectives on high Andean watersheds. Amy Forsgren 

Amy Forsgren Contact: Fausto Lopez Support: Ramiro Morocho and Verónica Iñiguez

Project 2- Social-economic impacs of mining and access to land tenure or mining rights

Amy Forsgren Contact: Fausto Lopez Support: Veronica Iñiguez and Ramiro Morocho

Project 3 - Evaluating the jurisdictional map of authority over watershed decisions

Danie Merriman Idaho adviser: Michael Jennings. UTPL Adviser: Fausto López Support: Ramiro Morocho