Environmental management

We carry out annual monitoring of flora and fauna (birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles) in compliance with the Environmental Management Plan and authorization by the Zonal Direction 2 – Pichincha of the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition. 

In the 2022 monitoring, the following relevant data was obtained: 

• Flora: 442 individuals corresponding to 20 species were recorded. Two of them are endemic to Ecuador: Croton elegans and Opuntia soederstromiana. 
• Mammals: the species Lycalopex culpaeus (Andean Fox) is the species of greatest ecological importance due to its role as controller of populations of other species and disperser of seeds and pollen. 
• Birds: 809 individuals of 52 species were registered. The Shannon index obtained a value of H’ = 3.23 and catalogs the study area with a moderately high diversity. 
• Herpetofauna: five herpetofauna species were recorded (two amphibians and three reptiles). One of them is endemic to Ecuador: Gastrotheca Riobambae.