Estrategias para el desarrollo turístico: caso Gachantivá Boyacá-Colombia

El turismo local es una prometedora alternativa para la generación de ingresos, mejora del bienestar y calidad de vida de las comunidades rurales, donde su éxito está asociado principalmente a una asertiva mezcla de estrategias, desde la planificación, reconocimiento, valoración y gestión de todos los recursos y capacidades que posee una localidad. Este artículo muestra resultados de una experiencia realizada en el municipio de Gachantivá, departamento de Boyacá, Colombia. Mediante la investigación participación-acción y el conocimiento de actores locales, se trabajaron acciones como el levantamiento de inventario de atractivos, tipos de turismo posibles de desarrollar y construcción de un calendario turístico integral, vinculando labores agrícolas, gastronómicas, deportivas, festividades, naturaleza, clima y afluencia de turistas. Propuesta fácilmente replicable que permite identificar atractivos turísticos en distintas categorías de un territorio, logrando mayor inclusión, ofertar servicios de acuerdo con la época del año, combinar rutas turísticas; apropiar espacios para recuperación de la biodiversidad, realizar mantenimiento e innovaciones para asegurar la sostenibilidad y calidad en los servicios

NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics

Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal species that (1) transposed a geographical barrier and (2) were voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into the Neotropics. Our data set is composed of 73,738 historical and current georeferenced records on alien mammal species of which around 96% correspond to occurrence data on 77 species belonging to eight orders and 26 families. Data cover 26 continental countries in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico and its frontier regions (southern Florida and coastal-central Florida in the southeast United States) to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay, and the 13 countries of Caribbean islands. Our data set also includes neotropical species (e.g., Callithrix sp., Myocastor coypus, Nasua nasua) considered alien in particular areas of Neotropics. The most numerous species in terms of records are from Bos sp. (n = 37,782), Sus scrofa (n = 6,730), and Canis familiaris (n = 10,084); 17 species were represented by only one record (e.g., Syncerus caffer, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Canis latrans). Primates have the highest number of species in the data set (n = 20 species), partly because of uncertainties regarding taxonomic identification of the genera Callithrix, which includes the species Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii, Callithrix penicillata, and their hybrids. This unique data set will be a valuable source of information on invasion risk assessments, biodiversity redistribution and conservation-related research. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this data paper when using the data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us on how they are using the data