Bio-diversity

The community of Bella Vista is located in the "elbow of the Andes place where the last foothills of the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes, coming from the Northwest, peaking more oriental to deviate at address n Southwest, towards Chile and the Argentina. Area of influence of three macro regions of the South American Andes, Amazon continent a and Chaco. It is the intersecci between the Vilcabamba - Ambor corridor and the Ambor - Tariquia corridor. It has very important characteristics in terms of tourist potential, mainly for being the gateway to a vast area of towering bluffs, deep AC ones, with beautiful ca das of water and lush forest that harbors a very important diversity of flora and fauna, besides being located in the upper basin of the R or Pira. This project is based on the project profile tourist that left one of its last actions SEARPI - FAO project and that also brings together the experience carried out by FAN in the Yunga (initiative also funded the GSP Bolivia) community, has aroused positive expectation among the inhabitants of Bella Vista, not only by that served to reinforce their convicci n conservation and your VRA n by the natural and cultural heritage that have, but in ecotourism and found an alternative of sustainable development that will give them greater job opportunities, which in turn affects the decision n of its inhabitants so that especially the j venes not migrate to urban centres in search of employment. Although the community ecotourism project "Elbow of the Andes" developed in the community of the Bella Vista has been able to achieve significant levels of success in the expected results, as the use of the RR NN to the n of this low-impact economic activity are, that generates higher income econ micos for its residents through the rendering services and the increase in the sale of their products; fact that encourages them to the n of the biodiversity conservation; the development of this initiative has been able to strip certain weaknesses and shortcomings of organizational order, caused by disagreements and different procedural views by some residents who envision common objectives within the activities of their community, a factor which above all in the final phase of execution of the project, has significantly influenced compliance with construction of the refuge. This second phase is to consolidate the sustainability and positioning of the community ecotourism project elbow of the Andes offer feature of s. Pa tur

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