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| Diaz-Pulido, A.; Perez-Albarracin, K.E.; Benitez, A.; Olarte-Ballesteros, B.; Soto, C.; Hoogesteijn, R.; Garrido, E.P. | |
| Implementaci¢n del corredor del jaguar en reas no protegidas de Colombia | |
| 2016 Book Chapter | |
Conservation of jaguars (_Panthera onca_; 90 kg; NT), the largest wildcats in the Americas, in unprotected lands requires implementation of strategies to favor local communities and jaguar conservation. In 2011 we designed and implemented a functional and structural corridor for jaguar conservation through a series of incentives to the local community in the Municipality of Tame in the Department of Arauca, bordering the Cocuy National Park (CNP). We used occupancy modeling to identify key jaguar conservation sites in the study area (76 cells; 25 km2) and conducted 360 interviews with local people. Jaguars were detected in 56,57% of the sampling units. Prey species were detected in 76,32% - 78,95% of the sampling units. Probability of habitat use was modeled for jaguar and collared peccary (_Pecari tajacu_) using a single state model with seven covariates: proportion of forest, proportion of crops/plantations, proportion of grasslands, distance to rivers, distance to roads, distance to protected areas and elevation. Proportion of forest and distance to protected areas had highest explanatory value for jaguars. coefficient of proportion of forest was positively correlated with while the coefficient distance to protected areas was negatively correlated with . Distance to roads was the only covariate included in the collared peccary model, its coefficient was negatively correlated with . We selected the most functional modelled corridor (825 km2) and selected an 8.3 km stretch along the Purare river to implement participatory restoration (21,294 plantules from 44 native sp.) and fencing the divide between corridor and livestock paddocks. Additionally, six farms were intervened to apply jaguar friendly cattle ranching techniques (predator-proof electrical fencing and silvopastural practices). A five year conservation agreement whereby the community agrees to not kill jaguars, maintain fencing, and hunting prey rationally sealed the implementation of the jaguar corridor. |
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