Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques
Over the last two decades indigenous peoples in the lower Caquetá River basin in Colombia have experienced detrimental changes in the provision of important ecosystem services in ways that have significant implications for the maintenance of their traditional livelihoods. To assess these changes we...
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| author | Ramírez Gomez, Sara Torres Vitolas, Carlos A. Schreckenberg, Kate Honzák, Miroslav Cruz García, Gisella S. Willcock, Simon P. Palacios, Erwin Pérez Miñana, Elena Verweij, Pita Poppy, Guy |
| author_browse | Cruz García, Gisella S. Honzák, Miroslav Palacios, Erwin Poppy, Guy Pérez Miñana, Elena Ramírez Gomez, Sara Schreckenberg, Kate Torres Vitolas, Carlos A. Verweij, Pita Willcock, Simon P. |
| author_facet | Ramírez Gomez, Sara Torres Vitolas, Carlos A. Schreckenberg, Kate Honzák, Miroslav Cruz García, Gisella S. Willcock, Simon P. Palacios, Erwin Pérez Miñana, Elena Verweij, Pita Poppy, Guy |
| author_sort | Ramírez Gomez, Sara |
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| description | Over the last two decades indigenous peoples in the lower Caquetá River basin in Colombia have experienced detrimental changes in the provision of important ecosystem services in ways that have significant implications for the maintenance of their traditional livelihoods. To assess these changes we conducted eight participatory mapping activities and convened 22 focus group discussions. We focused the analysis on two types of change: (1) changes in the location of ecosystem services provisioning areas and (2) changes in the stock of ecosystem services. The focal ecosystem services include services such as provision of food, raw materials and medicinal resources. Results from the study show that in the past two decades the demand for food and raw materials has intensified and, as a result, locations of provisioning areas and the stocks of ecosystem services have changed. We found anecdotal evidence that these changes correlate well with socio-economic factors such as greater need for income generation, change in livelihood practices and consumption patterns. We discuss the use of participatory mapping techniques in the context of marginalized and data-poor regions. We also show how this kind of information can strengthen existing ecosystem-based management strategies used by indigenous peoples in the Colombian Amazon. |
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| spelling | CGSpace567092025-03-13T09:44:28Z Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques Ramírez Gomez, Sara Torres Vitolas, Carlos A. Schreckenberg, Kate Honzák, Miroslav Cruz García, Gisella S. Willcock, Simon P. Palacios, Erwin Pérez Miñana, Elena Verweij, Pita Poppy, Guy natural resources participatory approaches ecosystem services ethnic groups rural communities livelihoods resource management recursos naturales enfoques participativos servicios ecosistémicos grupos étnicos comunidades rurales medios de vida ordenación de recursos Over the last two decades indigenous peoples in the lower Caquetá River basin in Colombia have experienced detrimental changes in the provision of important ecosystem services in ways that have significant implications for the maintenance of their traditional livelihoods. To assess these changes we conducted eight participatory mapping activities and convened 22 focus group discussions. We focused the analysis on two types of change: (1) changes in the location of ecosystem services provisioning areas and (2) changes in the stock of ecosystem services. The focal ecosystem services include services such as provision of food, raw materials and medicinal resources. Results from the study show that in the past two decades the demand for food and raw materials has intensified and, as a result, locations of provisioning areas and the stocks of ecosystem services have changed. We found anecdotal evidence that these changes correlate well with socio-economic factors such as greater need for income generation, change in livelihood practices and consumption patterns. We discuss the use of participatory mapping techniques in the context of marginalized and data-poor regions. We also show how this kind of information can strengthen existing ecosystem-based management strategies used by indigenous peoples in the Colombian Amazon. 2015-06 2015-02-12T14:32:53Z 2015-02-12T14:32:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56709 en Open Access Elsevier Ramirez-Gomez, Sara O.I.; Torres-Vitolas, Carlos A.; Schreckenberg, Kate; Honzák, Miroslav; Cruz-Garcia, Gisella S.; Willcock, Simon; Palacios, Erwin; Pérez-Miñana, Elena; Verweij, Pita A.; Poppy, Guy M.. 2015. Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques. Ecosystem Services 13: 93-107. |
| spellingShingle | natural resources participatory approaches ecosystem services ethnic groups rural communities livelihoods resource management recursos naturales enfoques participativos servicios ecosistémicos grupos étnicos comunidades rurales medios de vida ordenación de recursos Ramírez Gomez, Sara Torres Vitolas, Carlos A. Schreckenberg, Kate Honzák, Miroslav Cruz García, Gisella S. Willcock, Simon P. Palacios, Erwin Pérez Miñana, Elena Verweij, Pita Poppy, Guy Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques |
| title | Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques |
| title_full | Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques |
| title_short | Analysis of ecosystem services provision in the Colombian Amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques |
| title_sort | analysis of ecosystem services provision in the colombian amazon using participatory research and mapping techniques |
| topic | natural resources participatory approaches ecosystem services ethnic groups rural communities livelihoods resource management recursos naturales enfoques participativos servicios ecosistémicos grupos étnicos comunidades rurales medios de vida ordenación de recursos |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56709 |
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