BioParques works in partnership with representatives of five Latin American countries in the initiative ParksWatch. The mission of this program is the protection of biodiversity through the collection, analysis and dissemination of current information about the conservation status of tropical protected areas.

To understand the current conservation status of the parks, a thorough research is undertaken, including:

1. Revision of all relevant bibliography and existing databases.

2. Field evaluations to perform data compilation in situ, to obtain photographic documentation and to interview area authorities, visitors, researchers and other actors related to the protected area.

3. Compilation and analysis of a database, to allow the identification of threats to the protection of biological diversity and of recommended solutions.

This project started in 1999 and works in parallel in Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, México and Peru. In Venezuela, it has been funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Foundation for Deep Ecology, the British Embassy and the Organization of American States.

Park Profiles

The information generated by this research is disseminated throughout diverse media and it is summarized in a report called “Park Profile”, which is made available to the general public. The objective is to contribute and to support public institutions, non-governmental organizations and groups from the civil society in their efforts to improve the effectiveness of protected areas management.

Venezuela has excellent legislation to safeguard the environment and a group of parks that protects the diversity of our biological resources and landscapes. If you wish to learn about the relevance of protected areas and about the threats faced by the protected areas evaluated by Bioparques, we recommend you to read the profiles of 21 National Parks and 5 Natural Monuments.

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