CONSERVATION ACTION: CAPARO RANGERS PROJECT

Objetive

Carry out tours of the forest to prevent entry of people, invasions, hunting, prevention of forest fires, reforestation activities and early detection of any damage to the forest.

Justification

Due to the country's crisis and low labor wages, the Caparo Experimental Station of the Universidad de los Andes does not have the resources to maintain itself, so it has been without staff since 2018, the year of the illegal occupation of people that affected the forest, the station was left alone and without carrying out none of its own activities that it carried out in its good times, such as research and student internships, the camp is deteriorated, making it a risk for illegal occupants to take over the place. Therefore, it was necessary to maintain personnel carrying out surveillance and permanence tasks to maintain the forest, so the Spider Monkey Project with initial support from Auckland Zoo created the Caparo Ranger project in 2018. Currently the forest continues alone. The university has not started activities yet, although it has some workers working in the surveillance and maintenance of the area of the camp facilities.