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rapid inventories 29 RAPID BIOLOGICAL and SOCIAL INVENTORIES A FIELD MUSEUM PUBLICATION rapid inventories 29 rapid biological and social inventories rapid biological and social inventories 30 Colombia: Bajo Caguán-Caquetá Colombia: Bajo Caquán-Caquetá Instituciones participantes/Participating Institutions Field Museum Fundación para la Conservación y Desarrollo Sostenible (FCDS) Gobernación de Caquetá Corporación para el Desarrollo Sostenible del Sur de la Amazonia (CORPOAMAZONIA) Amazon Conservation Team-Colombia Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia ACAICONUCACHA ASCAINCA The Nature Conservancy-Colombia Proyecto Corazón de la Amazonia (GEF) Universidad de la Amazonia Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Universidad Nacional de Colombia Wildlife Conservation Society World Wildlife Fund-Colombia Esta publicación ha sido financiada en parte por el apoyo generoso de un donante anónimo, Bobolink Foundation, Hamill Family Foundation, Connie y Dennis Keller, Gordon and Betty Moore Inventories and Social Biological Rapid Foundation y el Field Museum./This publication has been funded in part by the generous support of an anonymous donor, Bobolink Foundation, Hamill Family Foundation, Connie and Dennis Keller, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Field Museum. Field Museum Keller Science Action Center Science and Education 1400 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA T 312.665.7430 F 312.665.7433 www.fieldmuseum.org THE FIELD MUSEUM THE FIELD ISBN 978-0-9828419-8-3 90000> 9 780982 841983 INFORME/REPORT NO. 30 Colombia: Bajo Caguán-Caquetá Nigel Pitman, Alejandra Salazar Molano, Felipe Samper Samper, Corine Vriesendorp, Adriana Vásquez Cerón, Álvaro del Campo, Theresa L. Miller, Elio Antonio Matapi Yucuna, Michelle E. Thompson, Lesley de Souza, Diana Alvira Reyes, Ana Lemos, Douglas F. Stotz, Nicholas Kotlinski, Tatzyana Wachter, Ellen Woodward y/and Rodrigo Botero García editores/editors Mayo/May 2019 Instituciones Participantes/Participating Institutions The Field Museum Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo Sostenible (FCDS) Gobernación de Caquetá Corporación para el Desarrollo Sostenible del Sur de la Amazonia (CORPOAMAZONIA) Amazon Conservation Parques Nacionales Naturales Team-Colombia de Colombia Asociación Campesina de Asociación de Cabildos Uitoto Núcleo 1 de Bajo Caguán del Alto Río Caquetá The Nature Conservancy- Proyecto Corazón de la Colombia Amazonia (GEF) Universidad de la Amazonia Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Universidad Nacional de Wildlife Conservation Society Colombia World Wildlife Fund-Colombia LOS INFORMES DE LOS INVENTARIOS RÁPIDOS SON PUBLICADOS POR/ Cita sugerida/Suggested citation RAPID INVENTORIES REPORTS ARE PUBLISHED BY: Pitman, N., A. Salazar Molano, F. Samper Samper, C. Vriesendorp, A. Vásquez Cerón, Á. del Campo, T. L. Miller, E. A. Matapi Yucuna, FIELD MUSEUM M. E. Thompson, L. de Souza, D. Alvira Reyes, A. Lemos, D. F. Stotz, Keller Science Action Center N. Kotlinski, T. Wachter, E. Woodward y/and R. Botero García. 2019. Science and Education Colombia: Bajo Caguán-Caquetá. Rapid Biological and Social 1400 South Lake Shore Drive Inventories Report 30. Field Museum, Chicago. Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, USA T 312.665.7430, F 312.665.7433 Fotos e ilustraciones/Photos and illustrations www.fieldmuseum.org Carátula/Cover: Esta tradicional casa de reuniones, localmente Editores/Editors conocida como maloca, sirvió como campamento base para los equipos biológico y social del inventario rápido en el Resguardo Nigel Pitman, Alejandra Salazar Molano, Felipe Samper Samper, Indígena Bajo Aguas Negras, Caquetá, Colombia. Foto de Jorge Corine Vriesendorp, Adriana Vásquez Cerón, Álvaro del Campo, Enrique García Melo./This traditional meeting house, or maloca, Theresa L. Miller, Elio Antonio Matapi Yucuna, Michelle E. Thompson, was the home base for the rapid inventory biological and social Lesley de Souza, Diana Alvira Reyes, Ana Lemos, Douglas F. Stotz, teams in the Bajo Aguas Negras Indigenous Reserve, Caquetá, Nicholas Kotlinski, Tatzyana Wachter, Ellen Woodward y/and Colombia. Photo by Jorge Enrique García Melo. Rodrigo Botero García Carátula interior/Inner cover: La región del Bajo Caguán-Caquetá Diseño/Design de Colombia es una candidata ideal para ser un área de conser- Costello Communications, Chicago vación de índole comunal y regional, gracias a sus saludables bosques, lagos y ríos que durante décadas han sido protegidos por Mapas y gráficos/Maps and graphics residentes indígenas y campesinos. Foto de Álvaro del Campo./ Nicholas Kotlinski y/and Adriana Rojas Protected for decades by indigenous and campesino residents, Traducciones / Translations the healthy forests, lakes, and rivers of the Bajo Caguán-Caquetá region of Colombia make it an ideal candidate for a community- Álvaro del Campo (English-castellano), Theresa Miller based regional conservation area. Photo by Álvaro del Campo. (castellano-English), Nigel Pitman (castellano-English), Moisés Castro (castellano-m+n+ka), Clemencia Fiagama (castellano- Láminas a color/Color plates: Figs. 10C, 11A, 11C, 11E, 11M, 11Q, m+n+ka), Ángel Tobías Farirama (castellano-m+n+ka y/and D. Alvira Reyes; Figs. 3A–B, 3E–H, J. Ángel Amaya; Figs. 2A–D, 3D, español-m+ka), Luis Antonio Garay (castellano-m+ka), Emérita J. Ángel/H. Serrano/N. Kotlinski; Figs. 9E–F, 9H, 9W–Y, W. Bonell García (castellano-m+ka), Maria Marlene Martines (castellano- Rojas; Figs. 4B–D, 5B–C, 5E, 5G–Q, 9C–D, J. L. Contreras-Herrera; m+ka), Elio Matapi Yucuna (castellano-m+ka), y/and Maria Indira Figs. 8A, 8C, 8H–J, 8K–L, B. Coral Jaramillo; Figs. 4A, 6T, 10B, Garay castellano-m+ka) 10F–G, 12A, 13A–G, Á. del Campo; Figs. 1A, 3C, 6A–S, 6U, 11H, J. E. García Melo; Figs. 10D, 11K, 11P, 12C, N. Kotlinski; Figs. 8E, El Field Museum es una institución sin fines de lucro exenta de impuestos 9J–P, D. J. Lizcano; Figs. 7A–M, 7P–S, 7W–Y, G. Medina Rangel; federales bajo la sección 501(c)(3) del Código Fiscal Interno./Field Museum is a Figs. 9E, 9G, 9Z, A. Niño Reyes; Figs. 8G, 9A–B, 9Q–V, J. P. Parra non-profit organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Herrera; Figs. 8B, 8D, 8F, 8K, F. Peña Alzate; Figs. 5A, 5D, 5F, M. Ríos; Fig. 12B, C. Robledo Iriarte; Fig. 7Z, D. H. Ruiz Valderrama; ISBN NUMBER 978-0-9828419-8-3 Figs. 10A, 10E, 10H–J, 10H–L, 11B, 11D, 11F–G, 11J, 11L, 11N, © 2019 por el Field Museum. Todos los derechos reservados./ A. Salazar Molano; Figs. 7N, 7T–V, M. E. Thompson. Las siguientes © 2019 by Field Museum. All rights reserved. fotografías fueron tomadas en los resguardos indígenas Bajo Aguas Cualquiera de las opiniones expresadas en los informes de los Inventarios Negras (RIBAN) y Huitorá (RIH): 1A, 5A, 5D–F, 7B, 7T–V, 7Z, 8C–D, Rápidos son expresamente las de los autores y no reflejan necesariamente las del Field Museum./Any opinions expressed in the Rapid Inventories reports are those 9N, 9V, 10C, 10F, 10L, 11F, 11K, 11M, 11Q, RIBAN; 5K, 6L, 6U, of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Field Museum. 7C, 7J, 7N, 7W, 9E–F, 9H, 9P, 9S–U, 9W–Y, 10B, 11G, 11J, RIH Esta publicación ha sido financiada en parte por el apoyo generoso de un donante anónimo, Bobolink Foundation, Hamill Family Foundation, Connie y Dennis Keller, Impreso sobre papel reciclado. Printed on recycled paper. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation y el Field Museum./This publication has been funded in part by the generous support of an anonymous donor, Bobolink Foundation, Hamill Family Foundation, Connie and Dennis Keller, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Field Museum. Informe técnico PANORAMA REGIONAL Y DESCRIPCIÓN extensión de bosque entre el río Caquetá, el río Caguán y DE LOS SITIOS VISITADOS el borde suroccidental del PNN Serranía de Chiribiquete. Autores: Corine Vriesendorp y Nigel Pitman Contexto de conservación y el proceso de paz Esta área —que llamamos ‘el Bajo Caguán-Caquetá’— BREVE RESUMEN REGIONAL tiene un alto valor para la conservación, puesto que su Introducción cobertura boscosa mantiene un corredor natural de Con una cuenca que supera en tamaño el territorio del 90 km entre dos parques nacionales de la Amazonia Reino Unido (267.730 km2), el río Caquetá es el mayor colombiana (Figs. 2C, 12). Hay tres frentes de río amazónico de Colombia (Goulding et al. 2003). deforestación que avanzan hacia ella, mencionados en Uno de los principales tributarios del Caquetá es el río órden de intensidad desde el frente más severo: uno Caguán, cuya cuenca de 14.530 km2 tiene sus cabeceras bajando por el río Caguán, otro avanzando a ambos en las estribaciones de la cordillera Oriental en el norte lados de la carretera que une Puerto Leguízamo con del departamento de Caquetá. Ambos ríos alcanzan un La Tagua y el último bajando el río Caquetá (Fig. 2C tamaño majestuoso. El Caguán, después de recorrer más y el Apéndice 1). Nuestro inventario pretende brindar de 600 km hasta la desembocadura en el Caquetá, llega información técnica, biológica y social, para ayudar a a medir 250–300 m de ancho. En el mismo lugar el frenar el avance de esos tres frentes. Parte de la estrategia propio Caquetá mide 400–700 m de ancho. Estos son es apoyar la creación de un área de conservación regional típicos ríos de la selva baja amazónica: meándricos, de que tenga sentido para la población local y que permita el aguas blancas (con una carga pesada de sedimentos uso directo por las comunidades campesinas e indígenas. aluviales) y con niveles de agua que varían de manera Una gran porción de la región del Bajo Caguán- drástica entre las épocas de lluvia y las épocas más secas. Caquetá es Reserva Forestal de Ley Segunda, una El foco del inventario rápido fue un área de selva baja, categoría colombiana de ordenamiento territorial que remota y libre de carreteras, de aproximadamente pretende mantener el bosque en pie. Existen dos tipos de 800.000 ha, en el departamento de Caquetá (Figs. 2A–D).
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  • Historia De Ocupación Y Poblamiento De La Region

    Historia De Ocupación Y Poblamiento De La Region

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