La observación de aves como propuesta de educación ambiental; herramienta práctica para el fortalecimiento del aviturismo comunitario, Municipio de San Francisco, Cundinamarca.

Abstract

Colombia has been considered one of the megadiverse countries on the planet, as it is located within the strip of tropical countries, its latitudinal position gives it great biological wealth (IAVH-CAR, 2009). An expression of this diversity is reflected in being the nation with the greatest diversity of birds in the world, with an estimated richness of 1932 species (Ayerbe, 2018). Taking into account its high relevance in relation to ecological processes, as well as ecosystem goods and services of provisioning, regulation and culture, the National Conservation Strategy for Birds in Colombia has been developed (Renjifo et al., 2000), which In its second objective, it establishes the establishment of an environmental education program to promote citizen awareness. Through the development of this proposal, it seeks to provide a conservation strategy based on participatory pedagogy, which in turn complies with generating awareness about the ecological, aesthetic and economic values of birds and the ecosystems that they inhabit. Proposing the development of bird watching as a pedagogical tool for environmental education, with the purpose of forming local guides for community bird tourism as an economic alternative for local actors in the rural coffee-growing area of the municipality of San Francisco-Cundinamarca.