The community members and park rangers indicated that endemic animals walk calmly in the area.
From the beginning of the sanitary emergency, the landscape changed in the Chimborazo Fauna Production Reserve. The sites affected by the fires come to life again and vicuñas, wolves and rabbits are seen walking quietly on the road due to the absence of cars.
Due to the fires, 118 hectares of grasslands were lost this year and are now regenerating.
Dennis Dávila, provincial director of the Ministry of the Environment in Chimborazo, said that in the face of the situation in the country, nature is taking its place again as human activity shifts.
He added that this is an irreplaceable and unrepeatable opportunity to look at the changes that occur in nature because it benefits the environment.
Both the inhabitants of the sector and park rangers comment that for the first time in 32 years the landscape looks completely desolate and without visitors.
Even the inhabitants of the 11 communities in the area remain in their homes and limited grazing activities.
Juan Cayambe, park ranger, considered that the absence of people benefits the recovery of these eroded sites.
The presence of endemic animals in the area has also changed since tourists stopped arriving. The nearly 7,000 vicuñas that live inside the Reserve travel quietly along the Riobamba – Guaranda highway, where drivers are also warned to prevent these animals from being run over.
The community members even reported the sighting of other wild animals on the roads.
Source: El Comercio, social networks
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