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Categorización De Las Aves De La Argentina Categorización de las Aves de la Argentina SEGÚN SU ESTADO DE CONSERVACIÓN Informe del Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable de la Nación y de Aves Argentinas Ilustración: Leonardo González Galli - Gallito de arena AUTORIDADES Presidente de la Nación Mauricio Macri Ministro de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable Sergio Bergman Jefa de Gabinete de Asesores Patricia Holzman Secretario de Política Ambiental, Cambio Climático y Desarrollo Sustentable Diego Moreno Subsecretaría de Planificación y Ordenamiento Ambiental del Territorio Dolores María Duverges Director Nacional de Biodiversidad y Recursos Hídricos Javier Garcia Espil Director de la Dirección de Fauna Silvestre y Conservación de la Biodiversidad Santiago D'Alessio 2 Indice CONTENIDO PRÓLOGO............................................................................................................................................5 INTRODUCCIÓN...................................................................................................................................7 METODOLOGÍA...................................................................................................................................9 2.1 Procedimientos generales y cambio de metodología...............................................9 2.2 Alcance geográfico para la recategorización.............................................................9 2.3 Elaboración de la matriz de especies y selección de especies para evaluar.........10 2.4. Proceso de evaluación y categorización de especies y justificación documentada.....13 2.5 Equivalencias entre categorías internacionales de la UICN y nomenclatura vigente para Argentina.................................................................................................13 2.6 Listados de aves de las provincias.................................................................................14 RESULTADOS OBTENIDOS..............................................................................................................................16 3.1 Resultados generales......................................................................................................16 3.2 Cambios de categoría respecto a la categorización de 2008..................................21 3.3 Listados por provincias y regiones extra continentales............................................23 3.4 Evaluadores y esfuerzos por especialista....................................................................26 CONCLUSIONES Y RECOMENDACIONES..........................................................................................27 4.1 Principales conclusiones del proceso 2015..................................................................27 4.2 Recomendaciones para el futuro...................................................................................28 PARTICIPANTES SEGÚN ETAPAS DEL PROCESO DE RECATEGORIZACIÓN....... ....................29 ACRÓNIMOS....................................................................................................................................33 REFERENCIAS................................................................................................................................34 APÉNDICES.........................................................................................................................................................................75 3 4 Prólogo Con 18 ecorregiones y una gran variedad de zonas costero marinas, pastizales, entre otros). especies, Argentina es uno de los países con El documento es asimismo una herramien- mayor biodiversidad del mundo. Esta posición ta para orientar la investigación científica privilegiada conlleva la responsabilidad de hacia áreas poco exploradas que fortalece las conservarla, utilizarla sustentablemente y acciones de educación ambiental y constituye garantizar la distribución de sus beneficios en un elemento central de referencia para que forma equitativa. las jurisdicciones establezcan los cupos para Es por eso que desde el Ministerio de Ambiente el aprovechamiento sustentable de algunas y Desarrollo Sustentable de la Nación imple- especies y apliquen sanciones proporcionales mentamos la Estrategia Nacional sobre la Bio- a la gravedad de las infracciones que detecten. diversidad y el Plan de Acción 2016-2020. Una Esta publicación es el resultado de un largo política de Estado para la incorporación de la camino compartido con la organización Aves biodiversidad en todas las políticas públicas, Argentinas (Asociación Ornitológica del Plata). que surgió del acuerdo intersectorial, inter- Para su elaboración, se tomaron en cuenta los jurisdiccional y participativo en el seno de la estándares de la legislación vigente junto con Comisión Nacional Asesora para la Conserva- las mejores referencias disponibles a nivel in- ción y Utilización Sostenible de la Diversidad ternacional. La tarea contó con el apoyo de Biológica (CONADIBIO). numerosos especialistas de institutos de in- El documento que aquí presentamos clasifica vestigación, autoridades de aplicación de todas las especies de aves existentes en el país fauna silvestre provinciales y de la Nación, que según su situación. Brinda información pública aportaron sus conocimientos en forma desin- ambiental de calidad para la ciudadanía y para teresada y han enriquecido la obra. quienes toman decisiones. Además, permite Esperamos que este trabajo contribuya a un distinguir causas de amenaza y por ello facilita mejor conocimiento y valoración de nuestra el diseño de acciones prioritarias de conserva- fauna silvestre y a profundizar la articulación ción de nuestra casa común. de acciones para conservar a perpetuidad la De este modo las políticas que el Ministerio avifauna argentina. Es un compromiso que lleva adelante en el marco del Plan de Acción asumimos ante el mundo en los Objetivos de Extinción Cero se ven fortalecidas junto a los Desarrollo Sustentable y las Metas de Aichi proyectos de uso sustentable de la biodiversi- del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica. dad, las acciones de control y fiscalización del Pero por sobre todas las cosas, es un derecho comercio y tráfico de especies y la preserva- humano fundamental que debemos garantizar a ción del hábitat (bosques nativos, humedales, nuestras generaciones futuras. Rabino Sergio A. Bergman Ministro de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable de la Nación 5 Maca tobiano 6 1. Introducción Los listados de especies silvestres categoriza- conservación que define este Decreto. Para das de acuerdo a su estado de conservación este Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo son una valiosa herramienta de gestión, tanto Sustentable es un gran logro la publica- para los organismos del Estado como para ción de la “Categorización de las Aves de las instituciones privadas que se dediquen a la Argentina, según su estado de conserva- la conservación de la fauna silvestre. Facilitan ción”, lo cual fue posible gracias a la interacción asignar de manera eficiente recursos y y esfuerzo conjunto con la organización Aves esfuerzos estableciendo qué especies deben Argentinas (Asociación Ornitológica del ser objeto de un tratamiento prioritario o Plata), reiterándose el exitoso proceso entre urgente, al tiempo que permite distinguir las las instituciones de la anterior categorización, causas de amenaza y por lo tanto evaluar realizada en el año 2008. las posibilidades de remediar estas situacio- nes. También debe ser un elemento central En aquella oportunidad, la categoriza- de referencia cuando se trata de establecer ción se conformó gracias al aporte de 50 criterios y cupos para regular el aprovecha- expertos de diversas instituciones y regiones miento sustentable de algunas especies, por de nuestro país. Una vez obtenidos los ejemplo para la caza deportiva o comercial, resultados, la categorización se aprobó por para tomar decisiones sobre aquellas que la Resolución SAyDS N° 348/2010, la cual eventualmente son dañinas para actividades incluyó además, diversas recomendaciones agropecuarias y para establecer la gravedad realizadas por los expertos que figuraban en de las infracciones a la mencionada Ley de la publicación correspondiente. Formalizada Fauna Silvestre. la categorización mediante la norma legal, la misma se transformó en un insumo para Por otra parte, contribuye a identificar priorizar y planificar acciones de conserva- prioridades y carencias en la investigación ción urgentes, y ajustar las sanciones de los científica y es un gran apoyo en educación eventuales infractores según la categoría de ambiental pues representa un insumo que amenaza de cada especie en cuestión, entre otras. resume y compendia un vasto conocimiento científico que, por sus características, es muy El nuevo proceso, realizado durante 2015, apto para ser difundido al público en general. resultó aún más inclusivo y superador. No solamente contó con un mayor número de La actualización de la Categorización de las especialistas (136) que visualizaron la impor- Aves según su Estado de Conservación es tancia de este trabajo y aportaron su des- una necesidad imprescindible para la gestión interesado conocimiento sino que, además, de los organismos del estado encargados participaron los representantes de organismos de conservar la fauna silvestre y, al mismo provinciales responsables de la administración tiempo, una responsabilidad del Estado de la fauna silvestre. Su inclusión buscó Argentino que surge del Decreto N° 666/1997 alentar a las administraciones provinciales de la ex Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y a llevar adelante
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