{"id":6230,"date":"2025-02-04T19:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T19:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/?p=6230"},"modified":"2025-02-04T21:43:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T21:43:41","slug":"pontifical-catholic-university-of-ecuador-students-visited-the-los-cedros-protected-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/2025\/02\/04\/pontifical-catholic-university-of-ecuador-students-visited-the-los-cedros-protected-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a1La clase se traslada al bosque nublado! Estudiantes de la Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Ecuador visitaron el Bosque Protector Los Cedros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>En el mes de noviembre tuvimos una maravillosa visita de estudiantes de la carrera de Ciencias Biol\u00f3gicas de la Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Ecuador en el marco de una salida de campo de la c\u00e1tedra Manejo de Recursos Naturales, a cargo del docente PhD Rafael E. C\u00e1rdenas, quien es un importante aliado como investigador y acad\u00e9mico que ha realizado un aporte valioso para la conservaci\u00f3n del Bosque Protector Los Cedros.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-6231 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842-1024x768.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador students at Los Cedros with Scientific Station staff holding banner describing the cloud forest as Josef DeCoux's legacy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>La visita tuvo por objetivo que las y los estudiantes conozcan de primera mano la presi\u00f3n que sufren los \u00faltimos remanentes de bosque nublado noroccidental del Ecuador, que forman parte de los ecosistemas cr\u00edticos de biodiversidad Tumbes-Choc\u00f3-Magdalena y Andes Tropicales. Amenazas que se remiten a la presencia de empresas extractivistas madereras y mineras en la zona, as\u00ed como por el avance de la frontera agr\u00edcola que deviene en la deforestaci\u00f3n de los alrededores del Bosque Los Cedros, aumentando as\u00ed su amenaza.<\/p>\n<p>Para alcanzar este objetivo la clase contempl\u00f3 importantes recorridos a trav\u00e9s de distintas rutas como el Inca, la Cascada vieja y el Observatorio, desde este \u00faltimo se puede visualizar el avance de la frontera agr\u00edcola en las comunidades aleda\u00f1as al bosque as\u00ed como el embalse de la Central Hidroel\u00e9ctrica Manduriacu, alimentada por el r\u00edo Guayllabamba. A lo largo de los recorridos y bajo la guianza de los guardabosques locales, los estudiantes adem\u00e1s aprendieron el valor ecol\u00f3gico de la incre\u00edble biodiversidad que alberga Los Cedros.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-6233 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020204-768x1024.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020204-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador students together sitting on trail within Los Cedros cloud forest\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%271024%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20768%201024%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%271024%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020204-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020204-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020204-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020204-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020204-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020204-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020204-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020204-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020204-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020204-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020204.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>La jornada nocturna estuvo dedicada por un lado a reforzar lo aprendido en campo a trav\u00e9s de charlas acad\u00e9micas  y a conocer de primera mano la experiencia con la representantes de la comunidad en espacios de intercambio entre los estudiantes y el personal operativo de la Estaci\u00f3n para conocer la situaci\u00f3n socioambiental y los desaf\u00edos en la zona, 3 a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s del hist\u00f3rico fallo constitucional que liber\u00f3 al Bosque Los Cedros de una concesi\u00f3n minera que compromet\u00eda m\u00e1s del 60% de la superficie. En este espacio se comparti\u00f3 con los estudiantes las din\u00e1micas y estrategias del proceso judicial, principalmente la relevancia que tuvo la ciencia y la investigaci\u00f3n para conseguir este importante precedente jur\u00eddico a favor de la Naturaleza y las comunidades campesinas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-6232 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491209428.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491209428.jpg\" alt=\"Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador students receiving academic presentation at night at the Los Cedros Scientific Station\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271600%27%20height%3D%271200%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201600%201200%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271600%27%20height%3D%271200%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491209428-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491209428-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491209428-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491209428-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491209428-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491209428-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491209428-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491209428-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491209428-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491209428-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491209428.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>De esta manera, a trav\u00e9s de la pr\u00e1ctica educativa que conjuga la teor\u00eda con la pr\u00e1ctica y el conocimiento cient\u00edfico con la realidad social, el docente C\u00e1rdenas siembra una semilla en los estudiantes para que se motiven y aporten desde su espacio en esta gran causa por conservar los ecosistemas amenazados que cumplen funciones esenciales para el equilibrio ecol\u00f3gico en la Tierra como lo es este bosque nublado; en di\u00e1logo y sinergia con las comunidades locales.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-6234 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020292-1024x768.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020292-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador students on guided tour in Los Cedros cloud forest\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020292-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020292-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020292-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020292-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020292-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020292-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020292-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020292-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020292-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020292-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PB020292.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laboratorio PUCE del Docente Rafael E. C\u00e1rdenas: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bioweb.puce.edu.ec\/QCAZ\/contenido\/RafaelCardenas\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/bioweb.puce.edu.ec\/QCAZ\/contenido\/RafaelCardenas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comunicaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rafaelcardenas.photography\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rafaelcardenas.photography\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November, we had a wonderful visit with students from the Biological Sciences program out of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador as part of a field trip by the Natural Resources Management chair, led by PhD advisor and professor Dr. Rafael E. C\u00e1rdenas. Dr. C\u00e1rdenas is an important ally as a researcher and academic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[43],"class_list":["post-6230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-loscedros"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1734491049842.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":43,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"monserratte","display_name":"Monserratte V\u00e1squez","avatar_url":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/e3718edfb892b1f4be41e3839ec3f2f3.jpg?ver=1776296864","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6230"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6247,"href":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6230\/revisions\/6247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6230"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reservaloscedros.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=6230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}