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<journal-id>2215-3896</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Ciencias Ambientales]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ciencias Ambientales]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2215-3896</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2215-38962023000100012</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15359/rca.57/1.3</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Un proyecto comprensivo para la investigación y conservación de perezosos en cacaotales de Costa Rica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[A comprehensive project for the research and conservation of sloths in cacao plantations in Costa Rica]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Vaughan]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Christopher]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison Departamento de Ecología Forestal y Vida Silvestre ]]></institution>
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<country>EE. UU.</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<volume>57</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2215-38962023000100012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2215-38962023000100012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2215-38962023000100012&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El perezoso de dos dedos (Choloepus hoffmanni) y el de tres dedos (Bradypus variegatus), hoy considerados símbolos nacionales de Costa Rica, fueron estudiados durante 13 años (2004-2016) en una finca de cacao y sus alrededores dentro del proyecto &#8220;Theobroma cacao: Biodiversidad en doseles forestales totales y parciales&#8221;. Las investigaciones interinstitucionales e interdisciplinarias fueron realizadas por seis departamentos en cinco instituciones, y abarcaron los siguientes temas: a) ecología espacial, b) comportamiento, c) salud de vida silvestre, d) demografía, e) genética, y f) conservación. De ello resultaron 26 publicaciones científicas, la mayoría con información novedosa; algunas aparecen resumidas en este artículo. Conservación de perezosos dependerá de una variedad de componentes, entre ellos: i) protección y regeneración de hábitat donde viven y transitan, sobre todo cacaotales, bosques ribereños, cercas vivas y árboles en potreros, ii) programas de educación ambiental, iii) evitar extraer y vender perezosos a centros de rescate y zoológicos privados, y iv) continuar programas de investigación y monitoreo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) and the three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus), today considered Costa Rican national symbols, were studied for 13 years (2004-2016) in and around a cacao farm in the project &#8220;Theobroma cacao: Biodiversity in Total and Partial Forest Canopies&#8221;. This interinstitutional and interdisciplinary sloth research carried out by six departments in five institutions covered the following areas: a) spatial ecology, b) behavior, c) wildlife health, d) demography, e) genetics, and f) conservation. Twenty-six (26) scientific publications resulted, most with new information about sloths; some are summarized in this article. Sloth conservation depends on a variety of components, including: i) protection and regeneration of habitat where they live and transit, especially cacao plantations, riparian forests, live fences, and trees in pastures, ii) environmental education programs, iii) avoid extracting and selling sloths to rescue centers and private zoos, and iv) continue research and monitoring programs.]]></p></abstract>
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