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The depredation problems faced by the area's flora and fauna could be mitigated if patrols and surveillance were enforced. This requires a re-organization of the park rangers' work schedules. The re-organization would bring about the need to contract more personnel for 24-hour surveillance in the area and the settlements. True law-enforcement weapon-carrying officers should be contracted to guarantee the effectiveness of the patrols. The National Police, through the Nature Protection Service, should be able to provide this service. The constant presence of the law enforcers in the area would mean more investments in infrastructure and a mobility fund and other control and surveillance operations. Funds for care and surveillance should be increased 100%.

 

In regards to exotic flora and fauna species, the new master plan should make a provision for a research program to better understand the situation. The program should include short-, medium- and long-term objectives within a reasonable timeframe.

 

Human activities that take place in the biotope are so severe that they should be immediately addressed, lest the area completely disappear in the near future. Completely changing the methods used to date and establishing short-term objectives for voluntary or compulsory removal are the only methods to stop illegal activities. The law must be enforced and transgressors must be aggressively prosecuted.

 

As of the communities that had settled before the area was declared as protected, the possibility of purchasing the lands or moving boundaries should be explored. However, it is unacceptable to modify the lands that were occupied after the area was declared.  This entails a new way of dealing with people, because they must be closely surveyed. Illegal activities must be subject to the full extent of the pertinent laws. The problems that CECON has placed on the back burner must be faced sooner or later.

 

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