The
Corporation ECOTONO was constituted in the year 2000 by
biology professionals. It is a non profit organisation whose
main interest is the study and conservation of the wild
life, always searching for the man's harmonic integration
with its environment.
We think that the appropriate and sustainable management
of the resources and tropical ecosystems should be based
on the deep understanding of their biodiversity and their
functioning.
The
aggressive destruction and wide diffusion of inadequate
practices of management in these ecosystems, make of initiatives
like ours a high-priority task in order to increase the
quality of life of human populations and to satisfy the
expectations of the new generations.
In consequence the
corporation has as fundamental objectives:
Design
and execute scientific, technological and cultural activities,
around the biology, ecology and conservation of the fauna
and flora.
Design and execute management plans, recovery and sustainable
use of natural resources.
Offer informal training and education in anyone of its ways.
Enhance
the channels of communication of all this environmental themes.
To implement
social studies that involve the environmental dimension in cultural
and social processes.
Since the
moment of its conformation ECOTONO has been working in diverse projects
that involve many of the objectives mentioned before. Some of the
most important ones, carried out actually by our work team in collaboration
with other entities are:
This
idea was designed together with: The foundation Los Colibríes de
Altaquer (FELCA), The Group of Ornithology of the National University
of Colombia (GOUN), The Group of Friends of Birds of the University
of Nariño (GAICA). The initiative is cofinanced by the Fund for
the Environmental Action (FPAA) and the scenario for its execution
is the Natural Reserve of Ñambí River to 1500 m of altitude in the
Pacific slope of Nariño (Biogeographical Chocó, Colombia). This
project has components of conservation, education, scientific investigation
and divulgation. An activity to stand out in the development of
this proposal is the production of an illustrated field guide of
the hummingbird community of the River Ñambí region, the most diverse
in the planet.
In
agreement with the Group of Ornithology of the National University
of Colombia (GOUN) and the support of the Unit of Ornithology of
the Institute of Natural Sciences (ICN-MHN) we have been working
in this project for more than one year. We are studying the ecology
of a diverse community of birds in the most extensive and conserved
patch of high Andean Forest surrounding the Sabana de Bogotá. Some
of our partial results have been published in the XIV National Encounter
of Ornithology in Leticia - Amazonas 2001, in the II National -
VIII Latin American Congress of Botany Cartagena 2002, in a documental
television note transmitted by Señal Colombia and in several conferences
carried out in the National University. acional.
Mechanisms
of Coexistence in a Diverse Community of Manakins (Aves: Pipridae)
in the Low Valley of the River Javari (Brazilian Amazonia).
Our
corporation is cofinancing in association with the Natural Reserve
Palmari this interesting investigation which studies the most diverse
community of manakins, very important in the seed dispersion of
the humid lowland forests. With this initiative we start process
of understanding the biological interactions that take place in
the northern Amazonian region, with the objective to establish lights
on the sustainable management and conservation of its natural resources.
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Fundacao
para a Conservacao do Vale Baixo do Rio Javari.
Actually
our Corporation negotiates the constitution of this international
entity with the objective of establishing conservation areas and
management plans in the low basin of the River Javari (important
tributary of the Amazon River ) in the Brazilian Amazonia. At the
moment we are working with investigators and conservationists of
the United Kingdom, the local communities of Palmari and Aldea,
and Natural Reserve Palmari.
