Parque Nacional Natural Cueva de Los Guacharos

Parque Nacional Natural
Cueva de Los Guacharos
1. Location
2. University
aims
3. Diversity
The park in Southern Colombia
5 hr walk
The park (below) and the buffer zone
Camp. Site ca.
2000 m asl
Andean
forest
Subandean
forest
Buffer zone
Subparamo
Crops
Grasslands
Inside the Park
Buffer zone
Uni-Andes aims in the park
General
We want to increase research activities and help in
the conservation of local diversity
•We are gathering species lists (mostly plants and
mammals)
•We are setting vegetation plots to monitor plants and
camera-traps to assess the influence of disturbance on
wildlife in the long term
•We want to collaborate with other researchers and park
staff in order to undertake research, enhance skills and
promote sustainable development.
Visitor´s house