Avaliação da diversidade animal e contribuição para o turismo em Covane Community Lodge - Ganhane, Massingir, Gaza

Abstract

Faunal surveys were carried out in the locality of canhane, Massingir District in Gaza Province. The surveys aimed to determine the wildlife species that occur in the village and contribute to tourism at the "Covane Community Lodge" campsite, located in the same village. Different types of habitats were selected, such as machamba, forest, reservoir, rocks and camp, where the surveys were carried out. Using capture methods such as siding pits, cages, observations, searches, interviews with local communities, Mercury vapor lamp and nebula erd, a total of 305 species and vertebrates and invertebrates were identified. More than half of the evaluated species are insects. The greatest diversity of fauna was found in areas with well-established vegetation, and the siding pit method captured the greatest number of species. We identified 36 species protected by the Forestry and Wildlife Law, by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES) and/or by the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), and 12 species are endemic or near-endemic in the country including mammals (eg jaggery, genet, African wildcat), birds (eg carraceira, currant duck, cape vulture) and reptiles (eg .ex.leopard shit). Various animals are used in the local community for food, traditional medicine, prediction of events, drought and superstition. However, hunting was banned to promote the repopulation of the fauna and non-consumption use. Identified animals and/or groups of animals have aspects of biology and ecology of particular interest and are of cultural importance to the local community. The village of Canhane has a high potential for wildlife observation tourism (eg birds and butterflies) and cultural tourism through knowledge of the locations of the identified animals.