RESUMEN
The Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) is listed as Vulnerable (VU) based on population declines and fragmentation by at least 70% in the last 25 years, mainly due to continued levels of hunting in most of the region, coupled with the incidental increase in calf mortality in recent years, global warming trends and increased climate variability, coupled with increased economic and population growth, and habitat loss and degradation associated with fishing and trafficking river.
Through this program, the BOSQUE COLOMBIANO ORGANIZATION makes known the threats, strategies and priorities to work with 4 populations of 108 manatees in the Colombian Amazon basin, in the Ticuna indigenous territory; in order to achieve their management and conservation as focal species used in the design, planning and management of their habitat, such as special protection areas, since their requirements to survive represent important factors to maintain ecological conditions.
