This project looked to benefit and increase ecotourism, specifically bird-watching, in Benjamín Aceval. Research and collaboration with the Municipality of Benjamín Aceval and an independent conservation group, Karugua ha’e Tekove contributed to this goal. The team created schematics for an elevated bird observatory and made improvements to the existing mobile application that profiles birds frequently found in Benjamín Aceval. Recommendations include: Install the observatory, other access structures, and promotional road signs, and add the refuge to a "must see" list of international birding tours.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Gringeri, Anthony Charles
• Fischer, Wesley T.
• O'Leary, Keeghan M
• Velez, James Andrew

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Computing
• Environment
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050118-155313

Palabra Clave

• Ecotourism
• Mobile apps
• Wildlife conservation
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Wolf, Dorothy
• Traver, Robert W.

Year

• 2018

Center

• Acadia National Park, Maine Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Fundación Paraguaya

Date created

• 2018-05-01

Ubicación

• Asunción

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright