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Arbeláez, F. (2009). Community-based conservation program of river turtles by indigenous peruvian and colombian communities of the amazon river Rufford Small Grants Foundation.
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Categories: General Keywords: Habitat = habitat, Podocnemididae, Podocnemis, Podocnemis expansa, Podocnemis sextuberculata, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Südamerika = South America Creators: Arbeláez Publisher: Rufford Small Grants Foundation |
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Podocnemis expansa sextuberculata This program is proposed as the follow-up of the “Initial actions towards the conservation of three species of endangered river turtles in the Colombian Amazonia” program, based on the experiences and observations gathered by the program during 2008 and the needs expressed by local communities. The continuation of the program Between 2009 and 2010 seeks to conform four local conservation groups of 10 to 15 young people in four indigenous communities of Colombia and Peru. Then, it will provide tools and capacity-building to these groups and to the Curuinsi Huasi indigenous association so they can become leaders in river turtles conservation in the area, in order to promote natural resources conservation as a productive alternative. At the same time, it aims to reduce exploitation of river turtles for commercialization and for local consumption through direct actions such as: awareness-rising and education towards turtle conservation within participating and non-participating neighbour communities; awareness-rising activities with children through art and play; transmission of traditional knowledge related to turtles by elder people to the young people groups and, through them, to the rest of the community; protection of a community conservation beach by local conservation groups, supported and working in conjunction with environmental authorities from both countries; and translocation of nests from non-protected beaches to the community conservation beach. Finally, local conservation groups will be stimulated to put into practice the knowledge they acquired during the program by proposing specific conservation actions focused on turtle conservation to carry out in 2011, advised and accompanied by Fundacion BioDiversa Colombia. To read about Fernando's previous projects http://www.ruffordsmallgrants.org/rsg/projects/fernando_arbel%C3%A1ez or for further information contact ferarbe@gmail.com or info@fundacionbiodiversa.org or http://www.fundacionbiodiversa.org/proyectos_tortugas_amazonas2009_eng.htm Project Update: July 2009 Poster The poster was produced during our turtle conservation program last year and will be used this year to rise awareness among local communities of the area. It says: "If we don't protect them, this will be the only way our children will get to know them" "Help us taking care of them! (in Spanish and in Tikuna)" "Nuevo Jardín, El Progreso and Yahuma I y II Zona committed to river turtle conservation". Project Update: October 2009 Amazon turtle conservation. The field phase started in June 2009, with organizing and training of two local conservation groups from Colombian indigenous communities. These and a local indigenous association were in charge of protecting a community conservation beach during the whole turtle nesting season, from July to September 2009. Monitors gathered biological data on the nests and erased tracks so that nest poachers could not find them during the day. Monitoring and socialization among neighbour communities discouraged hunters from visiting the beach during night hours, thus avoiding nesting females from being captured. 28 nests of the three species were found. Four nests were poached by humans during the daylight hours which was a great improvement from last year when almost 50% of the nests were lost due to poaching. Conservation groups will continue to monitor the nests until all hatchlings arrive safely to the river in November 2009, when this phase of the programme will conclude.
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