Pagaibamba Protection Forest
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Pagaibamba Protection Forest
| alt_name =Bosque de Protección Pagaibamba
| iucn_category = VI
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| photo_caption =Waterfall inside Pagaibamba Protection Forest
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Cajamarca
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| area = {{convert|8.0247|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}
| established = {{start date|1987|06|19}}
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| governing_body =[http://www.sernanp.gob.pe SERNANP]
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| website = [http://www.sernanp.gob.pe/de-pagaibamba Bosque de Protección Pagaibamba]
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Pagaibamba Protection Forest is a protected natural area in the region of Cajamarca, Peru.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sernanp.gob.pe/de-pagaibamba|title=De Pagaibamba – Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado|website=www.sernanp.gob.pe|language=es-ES|access-date=2017-05-11}} The area was declared a protection forest in order to preserve the water supply of surrounding towns, preserve the water cycle of the area, protect road infrastructure and protection of soils by preventing erosion.{{Cite web|url=http://ficha.sigmincetur.mincetur.gob.pe/index.aspx?cod_Ficha=1952|title=BOSQUE DE PROTECCIÓN DE PAGAIBAMBA|publisher=MINCETUR|language=es|access-date=2017-05-11|archive-date=2017-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728213559/http://ficha.sigmincetur.mincetur.gob.pe/index.aspx?cod_Ficha=1952|url-status=dead}}
History
Geography
This protection forest is located in the district of Querocoto, Chota Province, Cajamarca. It covers an extension of {{Convert|2078.38|hectare|mi2}} and protects a mountainous area dissected by small creeks. Elevations in the area are between 2300 and 2800 m.{{Cite journal|last1=Weigend|first1=Maximilian|last2=Rodríguez|first2=Eric|last3=Arana|first3=César|date=2005|title=Los bosque relictos del noroeste de Perú y del suroreste de Ecuador|journal=Revista Peruana de Biología|volume=12|issue=2|pages=189|doi=10.15381/rpb.v12i2.2390 |doi-access=free}}
Climate
Ecology
= Flora =
According to the Holdridge life zones classification, the vegetation type is a wet tropical mountain forest. Among the plant species reported in the area are: saucecillo (Podocarpus sp.), roble amarillo (Ocotea sp.), lanche (Myrcianthes sp.), suro (Chusquea sp.), queñual (Polylepis sp.), aliso (Alnus acuminata), palm trees, tree ferns, etc.; growing in association with tall grasses.
= Fauna =
Mammals reported in the forest include: the spectacled bear, the puma, the white-tailed deer, the Andean fox, the montane guinea pig, the mountain tapir, the tapeti, the pacarana, etc.{{Cite journal|last1=Jiménez|first1=Carlos F.|last2=Quintana|first2=Heidi|last3=Pacheco|first3=Víctor|last4=Melton|first4=Derek|last5=Torrealva|first5=Javier|last6=Tello|first6=Guillermo|date=2010|title=Camera trap survey of medium and large mammals in a montane rainforest of northern Peru|url=http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332010000200008&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=en|journal=Revista Peruana de Biología|volume=17|issue=2|pages=191–196|doi=10.15381/rpb.v17i2.27 |issn=1727-9933}} The rodent Thomasomys pagaibambensis is only known from the forest.{{cite journal | last1 = Pacheco | first1 = Víctor Raul | last2 = Ruelas | first2 = Dennisse | date = 2023-06-21 | doi = 10.1206/0003-0090.461.1.1 | pages = 1–72 | title = Systematic revision of Thomasomys cinereus (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from northern Peru and southern Ecuador, with descriptions of three new species | journal = Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | volume = 461}}
Among the birds present in the area are: the razor-billed curassow, the Andean guan, the Andean condor, etc.
The frog Pristimantis chimu is reported in this area.{{Cite journal|last1=Venegas|first1=Pablo J.|last2=Duellman|first2=William E.|date=2012-03-28|title=Two syntopic new species of the Pristimantis orestes Group (Anura: Strabomantidae) from northwestern Peru|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=3249|issue=1|pages=47–59|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3249.1.5|issn=1175-5334|quote=APPENDIX. Specimens examined. Pristimantis chimu: PERU: Cajamarca: Bosque de Protección de Pagaibamba, 3000 m}}{{dead link|date=February 2020}}
Activities
Environmental issues
Deforestation is threatening the forest's area of extension. In late 2016, Pagaibamba was one of several protected areas in northern Peru affected by human-caused wildfires.{{Cite news|url=https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/out-of-control-wildfires-damage-protected-areas-in-northern-peru/|title='Out of control' wildfires damage protected areas in northern Peru|date=2017-01-17|work=Mongabay Environmental News|access-date=2018-10-27|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://maaproject.org/2017/northern-fires-update/|title=MAAP #52: Update – Fires Degrade 11 Protected Areas in northern Peru|date=2017-01-11|work=MAAP|access-date=2018-10-27|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2016/11/23/forest-fires-affecting-10-regions-4-natural-zones-in-peru/print|title=Forest fires affecting 10 regions, 4 natural zones in Peru|date=2016-11-23|work=Fox News Latino|access-date=2018-10-27|language=en-US}} These fires were caused by slash-and-burn agricultural practices that went out of control coupled with drought. The burning of forests to open land for crops is considered illegal in Peru.
References
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External links
- [http://www.sernanp.gob.pe/de-pagaibamba Bosque de Protección Pagaibamba. Official site (in Spanish).]
- [http://www.sernanp.gob.pe/documents/10181/279901/MAPA+BP+PAGAIBAMBA.jpg/bdcefd4e-9f21-4aa9-b608-ac86c9ca4f06?t=1493757236170 Bosque de Protección Pagaibamba. Official map.]{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://www.protectedplanet.net/20184 Bosque de Protección Pagaibamba. Profile at Protectedplanet.net]
Category:Protected areas of Peru