Los guardianes de la familia del frailejón ´Ernesto Pérez´ en Santander
A group of peasant families of the town of Cerrito in partnership with the private company is in charge of taking care of your best friend in the water in this ecosystem.
In 2020, Just as the popular frailejón Ernesto Pérez completed his two years of debut on tv, in 19 families of the Association of Peasant co-Existing with the Condor Cerrito, Santander, Acamco, joined forces with the Foundation, Jaime Duque Park to protect the frailejones adults and also monitor the growth of the smallest of its kind.
Almorzadero: único en el mundo
Más de 700 especies de plantas y animales habitan en el páramo del Almorzadero, como el cóndor de los Andes, el puma, el colibrí chivito y otros más
Water governs the wasteland of Almorzadero. The fog that crashes in the rocky mountains becomes small streams that give life to lakes and wetlands crystalline. With the help of the frailejones, are numerous rivers and streams which supply the inhabitants of the 19 municipalities of the santanderes and Boyacá.
In this place about 30 condors of the Andes, flying over the rocky mountains, the highest figure in all the mountains of Colombia. The water that guards the páramo del Almorzadero in their mountains, wetlands, mosses and frailejones, gives life to the important rivers of the region such as the Servitá, which then nourishes the Chicamocha.
Así es la guardería de frailejones del páramo del Almorzadero en Santander
La familia de ‘Ernesto Pérez’ es preservada por personas que viven en pleno corazón del Páramo del Almorzadero.
Como si se tratara de su más grande tesoro, 19 familias que hacen parte de la Asociación Campesina Coexistiendo con el Cóndor, que viven entre los municipios de Cerrito y San Andrés (Santander) cuidan y protegen a la familia de ‘Ernesto Pérez’, los frailejones.
His work is part of an initiative led by the Fundación Parque Jaime Duque to preserve and conserve all the species that live in the highlands of Almorzadero. His love for the ecosystem led to the construction of nurseries, the nursery of seedlings with more affection of the department.
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