Building Consensus on Biological Corridors in the Venezuelan Andes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13907706 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edgard Yerena (0000-0001-9343-6847, Simón Bolívar University, corresponding author), Jorge Rodriguez Padron (Simón Bolívar University, corresponding author), Jorge Padrón, Rolando Vera (Simón Bolívar University, corresponding author), Zoyla Martínez (Simón Bolívar University, corresponding author), Deborah Bigio (Simón Bolívar University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 215-218 |
| Publication date | 2003-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mountain Research and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-4741 • E-ISSN: 1994-7151 |
| Publisher | International Mountain Society (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.1659/0276-4741(2003)023[0215:bcobci]2.0.co;2 |
| OpenAlex | W2173025547 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The Sierra de Portuguesa is an Andean mountain system with important biodiversity associated with montane vegetation types. Human use existed well before European colonization. Coffee plantations and slash-and-burn agriculture have been predominant in the last 200 years. Three distinct national parks—Yacambú, Terepaima, and Guache—were designated there at different times, according to different criteria. None is large enough to preserve entire montane ecosystems or a viable population of large mammals like the Andean bear. We propose maintenance and restoration of forest interconnections—or corridors—between the parks. Different approaches are considered to implement corridors, on the basis of consensus building among key social and political actors, with top-down and bottom-up approaches that we consider ecologically, socially, and politically sustainable
Agroforestry · Archaeology · Biodiversity · Biology · Colonization · Ecosystem · Ecosystem services · Environmental resource management · Geography · Montane ecology · Population · Vegetation (pathology · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Science · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2013 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |