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The Nature Conservancy is a proud supporter of the 2003 World Parks Congress conserveonline

ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT CONDOR BIORESERVE CASE STUDY. Silvia Ben ítez P. The Nature Conservancy is a proud supporter of the 2003 World Parks Congress conserveonline.org. Condor Bioreserve Project. TNC Ecuador Program EcoCiencia Fundacion Antisana Fundacion Rumicocha

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The Nature Conservancy is a proud supporter of the 2003 World Parks Congress conserveonline

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  1. ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT CONDOR BIORESERVE CASE STUDY Silvia Benítez P. The Nature Conservancy is a proud supporter of the 2003 World Parks Congress conserveonline.org

  2. Condor Bioreserve Project TNC Ecuador Program EcoCiencia Fundacion Antisana Fundacion Rumicocha Ministerio del Medio Ambiente Parks in Peril - USAID

  3. CONDOR BIORESERVE

  4. Biodiversity and environmental services > 760 species of birds > 150 species of mammals > 110 species of amphibians 16 types of habitats: from highland grasslandsto Amazon foothills forests > 2 million people depend on its resources (water)

  5. CBR as a functional landscape Capacity to maintain healthy and viable biodiversity elements and maintain key ecological processes within their ranges of variation* (Poiani and Ritcher 1999)

  6. Select focal biodiversity elements • Represent biodiversity • Represent threats • Represent different scales: • geographic • biodiversity organization

  7. Focal biodiversity elements Paramo High Inter-andean forests Low montane forests Foothill forests Ecosystems Communities Species Amphibians of montane rivers Andean Tapir Andean Bear River Otter Local Intermediate Coarse

  8. Ecological integrity assessment Why it is relevant for the CBR? Size and configuration defined by biodiversity elements Ability to maintain healthy and viable biodiversity elements on the long-term Identify sustaining ecological processes at different scales needed to conserve the area

  9. Ecological integrity assessment What are the key ecological attributes of focal biodiversity elements? What are their acceptable levels of change? What is the current state of focal biodiversity elements?

  10. Ecological integrity assessment Process Data compilation Expert consultation Workshops

  11. Ecological integrity assessment

  12. Ecological integrity assessment

  13. Ecological integrity assessment

  14. Stress Population reduction Source Source Stress Key attribute Key attribute Infrastructure development Hunting Fragmentation Habitat connectivity Genetic variability Ecological integrity for assessing threats Andean Bear

  15. Ecological integrity for assessing threats

  16. Ecological integrity for conservation objectives Establish clear and measurable conservation objectives Maintain 100% current habitat connectivity of Andean Bear within the Condor Bioreserve (landscape context-connectivity among habitat patches) Reduce in 80% the mortality of Andean Bear due to conflicts with cattle raising (size - population density)

  17. Integrity assessment for measures of success Objective Maintain current habitat connectivity of Andean Bear within the Condor Bioreserve Connectivity among habitat patches Indicator Sattelite images interpretation GIS based fragment analysis Hair traps/genetic analysis Method

  18. Integrity assessment for measures of success Reduce in 80% the mortality of Andean Bear due to conflicts with cattle raising Objective Relative abundance Frequency of bears killed Indicator Population studies using hair traps and DNA analysis Number of bears killed Method

  19. Lessons learned Scale based on biodiversity elements (space-time) Reduction on subjectivity Science guides management and decision making

  20. Lessons learned Identify data gaps and prioritize research needs Data needs (eg. thresholds, baseline) State and document assumptions Keep an iterative process

  21. Thank you!

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