14/08/2010 In late 2009, joined the Red Jaguar Project Implementation cattle management as a tool for long-term conservation of the jaguar in the jungles of Yungas Northwest Argentina ", which is driven by the National Parks Administration.
Thus, the Red Jaguar performs the function of Local Coordination for Site 6 in the town of Baritú, near-namesake national park. This task is carried out by Mr. Fernando Falke and account, and the entire project, with the technical coordination of its director, Dr. Pablo Perovic, the Northwest Regional Technical Delegation of the NPC.
at this stage will be out a type of cattle management agreed with the settlers, which was the differential treatment of calves until they pass the age of greatest risk of predation by jaguar (Birth to two years) and then return them to traditional management, under Mt. This management fee differential through pastures, where calves remain with their mothers until weaning. Then the mothers return to traditional management in pastures leaving only the animals age of vulnerability.
In this first stage, involving 9 families Baritú community, grouped into 2 management sites. Be fenced two fields, one 8 and a 12 hectares, with electric wiring and herdsman. These pastures are in turn subdivided internally to the proper handling of animals and pastures. General Purpose
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Develop and implement an alternative system of cattle management aimed at mitigating the impact of predation by large cats, including jaguar, a jungle area of \u200b\u200bthe Yungas.
Specific Objectives.
determine the characteristics of livestock management in the Yungas, which creates conditions of vulnerability in the presence of big cats.
design an alternative system of livestock management to minimize predation by the jaguar. It is technically, socially, culturally and economically viable and consensual.
Develop an outreach program and training of alternative handling involving different local stakeholders and allows for participatory action in it.
Implement and monitor alternative livestock management system.
Expected Results Project.
Encourage inter-agency working, disciplinary, judicial, cultural, etc. in conservation and management.
Reduce losses of livestock predation by jaguars.
Achieving coexistence between human productive activities and wildlife in general and in particular jaguar / livestock.
revalue, to recover the value of cultural activities, with associated fauna and flora.
Increase the supply of wild prey for predators, and diversity.
improve the quality of livestock and shorten the time of "termination" of an animal for sale or consumption.
Reduce grazing pressure on the forest, having less overhead, and thus enable the survival of seedlings of species of forest value.
Develop or encourage a sense of tolerance among predators / human or wildlife / human activities.
structure and project organization.
The project will be subdivided into: Sub
Research.
1. Assessment of impacts caused by the cattle on the forest and fauna with the current production system.
2. Expeditious survey and monitoring of the supply of prey species.
3. Survey of rodeo livestock, animal checked by the Project with classification by age classes.
4. Expedited characterization of current livestock production system and its main variants: the nutritional status will be considered current and annual production volumes, percentage of deaths due to predation by cats in relation to other causes of death, etc.
5. Stocking assessment in the context of current silvopastoral systems. Sub
Implementation.
1. Systematized management services, seasonally adjusted, calving-weaning.
2. Health management plan with regular detours in the pilot sites.
3. Gradual formation of the set of "best practices" validated in pilot sites and in workshops as integral parts of alternative management.
Monitoring Sub.
1. Annual monitoring of prey species.
2. Biannual monitoring the status of conservation and regeneration of native forest tree species.
3. Annual stock monitoring cattle with emphasis on the types age ranges.
4. Including ongoing monitoring of predation control and verification of causes.
The project has the support of WildCRU and Panthera Foundation.
Source: Red Jaguar
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