Relación ecosistemica entre el bosque protector Casacay y reserva ecológica Buenaventura para determinar índices de biodiversidad

Abstract

The Protective Forest of Casacay and the Buenaventura Ecological Reserve are protected territories of the province of El Oro, which have forested coverage of national ecological significance, a characteristic that allows them to become areas considered as a perfect target for the implementation of strategies for conservation of greater rigor. However, natural areas are threatened by the progressive extension of the agricultural frontier and the practice of illegal activities that keep species of flora and fauna at constant risk. One of the main reasons is the population growth that has been experienced in recent decades because, due to the increase in food demand, there is a greater pressure on the necessary resources in production, triggering in some respects irreversible damage due to its time prolonged recovery, such as the burning of large wooded areas. For this reason, the present research work establishes as an alternative to curb the negative impacts in the area, the adoption of an ecological corridor in the province that allows to relate the ecosystems facilitating the exchange of genetic information and favoring the conservation activities that are carried out In each natural area. For the implementation and delimitation of the ecological corridor, the participation of the authorities of the Decentralized Autonomous Governments of the cantons of Pasaje, Chilla and Piñas is necessary for the creation of what is known as a Commonwealth that facilitates the dialogue and planning of administrative activities and of control in the territory, because the conservation strategy involves spaces of the aforementioned cantons. In addition, we want the intervention of the Provincial Council for the coordination of financing matters and delegation of personnel.