EL ESTUDIO DE LAS AVES NEOTROPICALES DEBERÍA ABARCAR A LAS CIENCIAS SOCIALES

Authors

  • Steven Albert The Institute for Bird Populations
  • Eduardo A. Silva-Rodríguez Instituto de Conservación, Biodiversidad y Territorio, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
  • Ashley A. Dayer Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
  • Mollie Chapman University Research Priority Program Global Change and Biodiversity, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Benjamin Zukowski Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT
  • Gemara Gifford Colorado State University, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Department
  • Alejandra Echeverri Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. University of California, Berkeley
  • Alejandra Martínez-Salinas Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica
  • Diego Ramírez-Calvo Recinto de Paraíso, Universidad de Costa Rica, Cartago, Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58843/ornneo.v35i2.659

Keywords:

Human Dimensions, Social Science, Avian Conservation

Abstract

Las poblaciones de aves en el continente Americano y la región Caribe están en declive. Revertir esta tendencia y conservar a las aves de una manera efectiva es una responsabilidad que debe compartirse entre todas las naciones de la región. El apoyo a los esfuerzos de conservación a menudo depende de una variedad de factores, muchos de los cuales tienen más que ver con las personas que con las aves. Por ejemplo, tener aprobración del sector político, administrativo y de las comunidades locales, es en general una estrategia necesaria para implementar políticas públicas relacionadas con la conservación. En los últimos años, ha surgido un campo académico en la intersección de la conservación de las aves y de las ciencias sociales. En este artículo, exploramos algunas de las raíces de dicho campo, e identificamos mecanismos para que la comunidad científica y los profesionales de la conservación puedan incorporar las ciencias sociales de la conservación en su trabajo y obtengan resultados más efectivos.

Author Biography

Steven Albert, The Institute for Bird Populations

Steven Albert has been involved with the conservation of migratory birds and other wildlife in the U.S. and Latin America for many years, working for federal and state agencies, Indian tribes, and in the private sector. He is currently leading the effort to expand the MAPS and MoSI monitoring networks across North America and the Neotropics. Steve formerly held the positions of Adjunct Faculty at Prescott College; President of the New Mexico Chapter of The Wildlife Society; and Advisory Board member for the New Mexico Chapter of The Trust for Public Land. He is currently IBP's representative to the North American Bird Conservation Initiative.

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17-12-2024

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Vol. 35 No. 2 (2024): Special Issue on XI Congreso de Ornitología Neotropical

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