Colombia ― La Lindosa, Capricho, Cerritos: Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report

In October 2016 a multidisciplinary team of geologists, biologists, social scientists, and local residents explored the rivers, forests, and human communities in and around the La Lindosa, Capricho, and Cerritos outcrops in lowland Amazonian department of Guaviare, Colombia. This report describes the current status of the region’s plant, fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, and mammal communities, as well as the present-day and historical use of its rich natural resources by human communities. At the heart of the report is a series of recommendations for protecting these extraordinary outcrops and the region’s natural resources in partnership with local residents. The text is in Spanish, with an executive summary in English.

In the Keller Science Action Center of the Field Museum, Corine Vriesendorp is director of the Andes-Amazon Program, Nigel Pitman is a botanist, Diana Alvira Reyes and Ashwin Ravikumar are social scientists, Alvaro del Campo is international field programs manager, Douglas F. Stotz is an ornithologist, Lesley de Souza is an ichthyologist, and Tyana Wachter is conservation programs coordinator. Alejandra Salazar Molano and?Rodrigo Botero Garcia are experts at the Fundacion para la Conservacion y el Desarrollo Sostenible. Arelis Arciniegas works at the Corporacion para el Desarrollo Sostenible del Norte y el Oriente Amazonico. Joy Peplinski is a graduate student at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
?