Formulación de plan de sensibilización para la conservación del Mono Zocay (Plecturocebus ornatus), en el área del distrito de conservación de suelos humedal Kirpas pinilla la cuerera, en la ciudad de Villavicencio, Meta.

Abstract

The Kirpas-Pinilla-La Cuerera Soil Conservation District is in the urban area of the city of Villavicencio in the department of Meta, this ecosystem is the habitat of the zocay monkey (Plecturocebus ornatus), an endemic species of the eastern plains, whose conservation status according to the IUCN is Vulnerable, categorized as such since 2018, due to the loss of 30% of its habitat. In Colombia, is found only in the Orinoquia, for this reason it is essential to intervene to achieve its protection and conservation. The threats faced by this species are mainly from deforestation, house and extraction for trade. This situation is not alien in the Kirpas-Pinilla-La Cuerera Soil Conservation District, since it is currently in the process of degradation due to population growth, illegal settlement due to conditions of forced displacement, lack of environmental awareness and ignorance of the species by the community settled there, these impacts are synergistic, which by effect brings with it pollution of the water resource by dumping of wastewater, disposal of solid waste, deforestation for the construction of improvised houses, negative interactions with the species, generating at the same time changes in the patterns of behavior in it which inevitably leads to a depletion of the species and the resources with which it is sustained. For this reason, an Awareness Plan was designed for the Conservation of the zocay monkey which aims to generate knowledge of the species, generate environmental awareness for its conservation.