Andean Condor Integral Conservation Plan

Condor Sanctuaries for Nature Conservation

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As an action strategy, intense work is being performed with country-wide environmental authorities to declare Condor Sanctuaries for Nature Conservation (SCCN in Spanish) within Protected Natural Areas in the different provinces this species inhabits. The establishment of collaboration methods with Provincial Environmental authorities within PCCA's framework seeks to develop actions in these areas, focusing on the care and conservation of this emblematic species and the balance of its surroundings. 

Environmental education activities take place at the SCCNs, generating specific materials that value the species and the dangers it faces, highlighting the need for its conservation. Population censuses are performed with the goal of keeping an up-to-date registry of the population dynamic and composition. Their roosts and nests are also protected. Staff is trained, especially to aid rescues of hurt or at-risk individuals. Furthermore, scientific studies take place in order to expand the knowledge of their biology and conservation status to ensure its survival. 

It is expected to add more provinces and even incorporate private protected areas, both nationally and internationally, to assemble a Protected Natural Area Network for the Conservation of the Andean Condor.