Conservation status of native forest tree populations in the Cusco valley
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https://doi.org/10.55873/gentryana.v3i2.352Keywords:
tributaries, conservation status, native forests, relict, sub-basinAbstract
The Cusco Valley presents native forest vegetation representative of Andean regions, which has always been linked to population activities from pre-Inca times to the present. However, urban expansion towards the outskirts of the valley has caused the loss of native forests, turning them into small, poorly preserved remnants where natural processes have been lost and the diversity of flora and fauna has decreased. The objective of the study was to determine the conservation status of native forests in four ravines in the Cusco Valley, based on the identification of threatened habitats at the landscape level, taking into account parameters that quantify conservation status. For the Cusco Valley, 28 species of native forests are recorded in the Huancaro, Salineras, Saphi and Tankarpata ravines, considered tributaries of the Huatanay River sub-basin, and eight species were identified in threat categories for the IUCN list (1 NT species, 5 LC species and 2 VU species) and according to the Red Book of Endemic Species of Peru, three endemic species were identified. The results of the analysis for the conservation status indicate that the habitat and landscape environment are categorized as "Endangered", which is mainly due to urban expansion and the few actions to conserve these important resources; for this study, recovery and conservation measures for native forests in the Cusco Valley are proposed.
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