EVALUACIÓN DE LA ESTRUCTURA DEL MANGLAR DEL PARQUE HISTÓRICO GUAYAQUIL

Abstract

The Parque Histórico Guayaquil maintains a mangrove forest in its Wild Life Area which has been rehabilitated since 2000 by the Fundación Ecológica Rescate Jambelí. The diagnosis given by the technicians established processes for the division into mangrove areas. Tree nurseries were created for Rhizophora harrisonii, Rhizophora mangle, Laguncularia racemosa, Avicennia germinans and Conocarpus erectus and 296 original mangroves of Rhizophora spp. were labeled, mangrove plagues were also reported and a management plan was presented. Fourteen years later, this research updated a new data information according to methodologies applied in the years 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007 to assess the structure of the PHG´s mangrove. The finding is that there has been an alteration in the zonation of the mangrove: A. germinan and L. racemosa have lost more than 95% of its units due to the lack of execution or accomplishment of the management plan. It is recommended to monitor and audit the execution of the Plan in order to restore the mangrove forest of the PHG.