Planning a common educational strategy for Andean cat conservation.

LUCHERINI MAURO; MERINO MARIA JOSÉ

ORYX

Cambridge University Press

Lugar: Cambridge ; Año: 2006 vol. 40 p. 137 - 138

0030-6053

In 2004 the Andean Cat Alliance published the Andean Cat Conservation Action Plan, which identified human persecution as the primary threat and listed the design and implementation of a global educational campaign as a priority for the long-term conservation of this rare felid. To accomplish this goal an International Workshop on Conservation Education for the Andean Cat was held on 14–16 November 2005 in Salta, Argentina. The common educational strategy to support the conservation of this felid through the participation of local communities will be summarized in a manual for environmental educators that will include specific formal and informal activities and tools targeted at audiences ranging from school students to adult local inhabitants and the general public. This innovative and highly participative approach will help maximize the efficiency of available resources and may set an example for similar conservation initiatives.