El papel de la participación comunitaria en la evaluación del estado de anfibios en peligro de extinción en cuatro comunidades: The role of the community participation in assesing the status of endangered amphibians in four communities
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Quiróz Espinoza, Michelle
Miranda, Madian
Batista, Abel
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Some buffer zones of Panama's protected areas occupied by humans, and many are even under heavy
pressure from population or agricultural growth. It is important to take measures to avoid the
degradation of these zones and the characteristics of these sites are affected of great diversity, raising
awareness in the communities nearing these sites about the role playd by amphibians in the ecosystems.
To achieve this conservation objective, two strategies have been defined: environmental education and citizen science, applying an enviromental education plan, a monitoring protocol and the International
Salamander Festival, where the non-scientific community actively participated in the Amphibian project
in the Union of the Americas. In the development of the strategies, four communities were selected
(Boquete, Santa Fe, Achiote and Pijibasal) where it was possible to train 500 students applying an
environmental education plan with evaluations at the beginning and end of each day, 83 % of the
students trained successfully recognized amphibians, 82 % recognizing the problems they face and 97 %
recognizing the importance of amphibians. Fifty six local guides and community leaders participated in
the Citizen Science strategy with workshops on amphibian monitoring and identification where 596
specimens belonging to 50 amphibian species were registered, showing a high diversity in the study sites
(D mg= 7.67), 4 Endemic species of Panama are under some category of threat, so it is extremely
important to give continuity to this type of strategy to achieve results in the medium and long term
where amphibians, their ecosystems and nearby communities will benefit.