Conexión Jaguar

First results of the Conexión Jaguar Program

As part of the Conexión Jaguar Program, a field visit was made for the preliminary review of the camera traps in the project for the restoration of lands degraded by extensive cattle ranching in jaguar corridors in the municipality of Cimitarra (Santander).

The camera traps are an effective tool for the study and monitoring of ecosystems and were installed last July to evaluate the populations of medium and large vertebrates. Among the findings of this first monitoring were, on the one hand, the detection of the productive areas of the project biodiversity in cocoa crops associated with native forest species shade, and on the other hand, the photographic record of the fauna that transitions between the nearby natural areas and the productive crops of the project.

We collected information from 4 of the 60 cameras installed, with which we were able to record, preliminarily, 10 different species of medium and large vertebrates, such as fox, capybara, tayra, raccoon, lowland paca, bare-throated tiger heron, anteater, armadillo, toucan, and ocelot. We consider these indications positive since they give us a report on the health of the ecosystem and its associated diversity. This first report of a medium-sized feline, such as the ocelot, is evidence of the prey supply and the health of the project areas in Cimitarra, as there is a good food supply. These majestic felines will prevail in natural areas thanks to the implementation of the project in Cimitarra.

Thus, we can evidence an adequate food chain with which we believe we are close to detecting the presence of larger felines such as pumas or jaguars. As the restoration process progresses and the area has the environmental conditions necessary for the jaguar’s permanence and survival, the program is emerging as one of the initiatives to save this endangered species. It will also bring other benefits such as the reduction of 9 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the atmosphere and the improvement of the quality of life of rural communities, increasing their income and developing their capacities.

In our next publication, find the valuable information that the camera traps bring us from the Colombian forests.

 

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Memorandum of understanding

To perform reforestation or forest protection activities

  • Agroforestry systems
  • Silvopastoral systems
  • Commercial plantations
  • Assisted Natural Regeneration
  • Ecosystem restoration
  • Forest conservation
  • Others associated with the reduction of pressure on forests, such as ecotourism and environmental education.

Minimum desirable areas

  • Reforestation: 1.500 hectares
  • Conservation: 10.000 hectares
  • Projects that have started their activities in a period of less than 4 years.
  • Non-existence of land restitution claims
  • Not being reported on international or national watch lists
  • For reforestation projects: Not having cut down the forest to plan
  • For conservation projects: Existence of forest with verifiable threat of deforestation
  • To be located in the strategic areas of the Jaguar Corridor and ISA's presence (Colombia, Brazil, Chile, and Peru).
  • In Chile, our focal species is the puma
  • To have the documentation supporting the ownership of the land, contracts or agreements that prove their rights over the areas.
  • To have the necessary resources or sources of financing to implement planting, cultivation, or conservation activities.
  • Authority to make decisions as owner or representative of project owners
  • Willingness to provide project information in an agile manner
  • Willingness to commit to the Program through carbon credits
  • Willingness to sign agreements with allies
  • Generate a positive impact for the environment, the community and biodiversity.
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