The camera traps installed by the Ministry of Environment in the Eastern Hills managed to capture six species of mammals that add to the records that were presented in the Blanco River basin, in Sumapaz, in recent months.
The records were achieved in the Umbral Cultural Horizontes Reserve of the Cerros Foundation, with whom the Ministry of the Environment signed a conservation agreement on 3.1 hectares.
The species captured correspond to six mammals: the ocelot (Leopardus tigrinus, 1 record), the long-tailed weasel (Neogale frenata, 1 record), the Andean cusumbo (Nasuella olivácea, 6 records), the squirrel (Syntheosciurus granatensis, 26 records ), a domestic dog (Canis familiaris, 1 record) and the dog fox (Cerdocyon thous, 14 records).
These wildlife finds show good conservation indicators, in addition, they become an example and show of will that joint work between the Ministry of the Environment and owners of private properties can achieve a balance between protection and connectivity. In this case, the agreement is between the Umbral Cultural Horizontes reserve, the conservation agreements program and the Center for Information and Environmental Modeling of Bogotá (CIMAB), of the Ministry of the Environment, within the framework of strengthening wildlife monitoring. wildlife of the Interactive Fauna Monitoring Network (RIMFEB).
Additionally, birds from the mountain ecosystem were observed such as the tororoicomprapan (Grallaria ruficapilla), this individual is characterized by having secretive habits, which means that it carries out its activities among the leaves that accumulate on the ground, which is why it is not very common to observe them but only to listen to their song.
Interactive Wildlife Monitoring Network
Since June 2023, the Ministry of the Environment launched the Bogotá Interactive Wildlife Monitoring Network (RIMFEB), a citizen science and strengthening wildlife monitoring project that has an application that aims to record information from various national sources. and international, analyze and present said information with a view to working on the conservation of wild species in the city, which you can consult and integrate your observations here: https://rimfeb.ambientebogota.gov.co/inicio
What is a Conservation Agreement?
It is a voluntary agreement between two or more actors that seeks to preserve, restore and make sustainable uses of biodiversity, as well as generate environmental knowledge, guaranteeing the well-being of citizens.
The resources to execute these actions come from State financial sources and alliances with private parties. The projects mainly seek to conserve the environmental conditions of the ecosystems in which they are signed.
People can report cases of trafficking or illegal possession of wildlife to the email fauna@ambientebogota.gov.co or to the telephone lines:
• Mobile Wildlife Rescue Unit: 317 4276828
• Salitre transport terminal: 318 8277733
• Central Office: 601 377 8854 or 318 7125560
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