• Source: Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve

The Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve or Thomas van der Hammen Forest Reserve is an area of the Bogotá savanna that is under environmental protection. The natural reserve was declared as such in year 2000 by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable development. It takes its name from the Dutch-Colombian geologist Thomas van der Hammen who devoted his life to the research of the region. The surface area of the protected reserve is approximately 1,395 hectares (3,450 acres) and it is located in the north of Bogotá.
The protection area has the purpose of creating an urban forest that connects the Bogotá River and the Eastern Hills of Bogotá, to preserve the underground water sources, improve the quality of the air and protect the diversity and activities of the animal species that exist there.
Mayor of Bogotá Enrique Peñalosa has proposed construction in the Reserve that could host 1.5 million people.




Flora and fauna



The Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve is a rich natural area important for the biodiversity of the Bogotá savanna. Several endemic species have been registered, and two newly described species of butterflies were discovered in the Reserve.




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Birds

In the area of the reserve 187 species of birds have been registered, some of which are endangered. Two species, registered in the past; Cistothorus apolinari and Polystictus pectoralis have not been reported recently.



Mammals

Registered mammals are among others guinea pigs, Andean white-eared opossum (Didelphis pernigra), tigrillo (Leopardus tigrinus), long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata), and eleven species of bats.



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Butterflies

With 350 endemic species, Colombia occupies the first position worldwide in diversity of butterflies and after Peru, the second place in total number of registered butterfly species (3274). The Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve contains 23 (new studies report more than 26 with two new species in the genus Satyrinae discovered) species of butterflies. Other species of butterflies have been registered:




Gallery















See also



Biodiversity of Colombia
List of national parks of Colombia
Wetlands of Bogotá




References






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Calderón Cangrejo, Nikolai; Gualtero Velasco, Paula Andrea (2014), Memoria Simposio Reserva Thomas Van Der Hammen (PDF), pp. 1–149, retrieved 2017-03-23
CAR, Plan de Manejo Ambiental de la Reserva Forestal Regional Productora del Norte de Bogotá D.C. "Thomas van der Hammen" - Anexo 13 - fotos de las especies de mariposas del borde norte de Bogotá, CAR, pp. 1–6
Cortés, Oswaldo (2016), Aves Reserva Van der Hammen, Humedales de Bogotá, pp. 1–3, retrieved 2016-01-14
Sánchez, Francisco (2011), "La heterogeneidad del paisaje del borde norte de Bogotá (Colombia) afecta la actividad de los murciélagos insectívoros - Landscape heterogeneity of Bogotá's northern border (Colombia) affects insectivorous bats' activity" (PDF), Revista Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales, 14: 71–80, retrieved 2016-01-14




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(in Spanish) Bogotá diversa

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve
• Thomas van der Hammen
• Enrique Peñalosa
• La Conejera Hill
• Ischnura chingaza
• Bogotá savanna
• El Burro
• Biodiversity of Colombia
• Tibabuyes
• Capellanía (wetland)