Andean Bear spatial ecology on the Chingaza Massif Colombia

The Chingaza Massif is one priority area for the maintenance of Andean Bear population in the east range of Colombia. This massif provides drinking water for Bogotá D.C., the biggest city of Colombia and maintains a large area of paramo and Andean Cloud forest ecosystems. Given the human density of the Chingaza massif there is low connectivity and a high density of Andean bear populations that generates negative interactions with human communities. The goal of this project is to understand how Andean bears perceive fragmented landscapes, generate scientific information about spatial ecology of the species and to generate conservation tools for maintaining Andean bear populations in this region of Colombia