For this exercise, imagine that you belong to a Non-Governmental Organization which advises the Government of Venezuela on all domestic environmental issues. Eleven years ago, the Government created a large hydroelectric reservoir by submerging a large area of pristine tropical forest leaving only islands of forest where the high elevation areas remain above water. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is now keen to evaluate the potential of developing the site for ecotourism and as an ecological research station. The DENR assumes that ecotourists would be particularly interested in viewing the highly diverse flora and fauna at the site. Large mammals (e.g. capuchin and howler monkeys, deer), reptiles (iguana), birds (macaws) and invertebrates (leaf-cutter ants) could be potentially attractive to ecotourists. Simultaneously, the DENR feels that the site has potential for development as an ecological research station for scientific investigation. The DENR seeks your professional technical advice on specific ecological issues that would influence its decision on whether it should pursue one or both options. Information from faunal inventories that were conducted on the islands last year (hence 10 years following inundation) is available to help your analysis.