Biocultural conservation in Cape Horn: the Magellanic woodpecker as a charismatic species

• Main Authors: Arango, Ximena, Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-, Massardo, Francisca, Ibarra, J. Tomás
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2010
• Subjects: biocultural; conservation; woodpeckers; sustainability; Antarctic; Cape Horn; Horn The; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97940/

This book chapter discusses a research project to promote biocultural conservation in Cape Horn, Chile. In an effort to achieve the goal of transdisciplinary integration, the authors used the strategy of identifying a charismatic species, since doing so serves to motivate people towards biodiversity conservation, to communicate ecological concepts, and to integrate both the ecological and social dimensions of sustainability.