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Garrido, E.P.; Soto, C.; Diaz-Pulido, A.; Nijhawan, S.; Hoogesteijn, R.
El corredor jaguar: una oportunidad para asegurar la conectividad de la biodiversidad en la cuenca del Orinoco
2011 Book Chapter
A tool currently widely used to achieve the conservation of biodiversity, constitutes the implementation of the corridors to maintain connectivity. The most common tool to promote connectivity are corridors. These exercises are based on species, which are particularly suitable large, low density, sensitive to human activity and which require large territories. Here we propose the use of a population connectivity corridor for the jaguar (_Panthera onca_) along the basin of the Orinoco so that this speices can be used as a guide for prioritization of regional conservation, alleging that the use of this focal species and its distribution area, ensures the protection of most of the diversity of the Orinoquia. A lower cost corridor model is built as it is the union between Jaguar Conservation Units (JCUs). This is explained through the fact that the minimum objective of conservation applied must include the riparian forests of the Orinoco River and its tributaries of the binational basin. This proposal aims to address the serious threats to regional biodiversity and habitat loss, caused by agricultural expansion and oil extraction. The model identifies four large JCUs. Most of the priority areas for conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity of the Orinoco basin are part of the model and seven areas match the key areas of the model. We propose to focus regional conservation efforts on those.
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