[Animals]The Andean bear, a threatened species, could become one of the first extinct carnivores

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assures that, therefore, coffee farmers work for its conservation with products such as coffee and honey. The habits of this mammal, also called the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) and an inhabitant of the forests of the Andes, benefit that ecosystem because when they look for food they knock down bushes and spread seeds, which helps the reproduction of plant species. However, it is a threatened species and classified as vulnerable by the IUCN and its po[CENSORED]tion is reducing due to the rapid expansion of the agricultural frontier, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned this Wednesday, on the occasion of the international day for the protection of bears.

Hunting and deforestation of their habitat for economic activities such as the construction of power lines, pipelines or roads. To protect the bears, a group of coffee farmers from the department of Valle del Cauca (southwest), supported by different organizations, created the 'Let's conserve life' alliance in 2016, with which they implemented the 'Andean Bear Coffee' initiative in 2019.

This initiative entered the 'Friend of the Andean Bear' program, which certifies sustainable agricultural practices such as the production of coffee or honey that contribute to the protection of bears and their habitat. According to the large mammal leader of the NGO Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Colombia, Mauricio Vela, there are several benefits that this certification brings, ranging from technical support to improve production and administrative processes to support to open new markets. with more favorable prices, in addition to helping to protect bears.

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