Agroforestry systems for biodiversity and ecosystem services: the case of the Sibundoy Valley in the Colombian province of Putumayo
| Autor: | Vandreé Julián Palacios Bucheli, Wolfgang Bokelmann |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Camëntsá
Biodiversity Participant observation 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Indigenous lcsh:TD1-1066 Ecosystem services provisioning services lcsh:HD101-1395.5 Forest gardening lcsh:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Inga Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation Food security Ecology Agroforestry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences food security home garden Livelihood Cultural services Geography lcsh:Land use 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 380-397 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2151-3740 2151-3732 |
| Popis: | The Camëntsá and Inga indigenous communities of the Sibundoy Valley, in the Colombian province of Putumayo, employ agroforestry systems for their livelihoods. The objectives of this enquiry are (1) to understand the importance of the biodiversity within agroforestry systems, as providers of provisioning, regulating, and cultural ecosystem services to indigenous households and (2) to assess the importance of protecting biodiversity through agroforestry systems to ensure food security. The study employed a qualitative research strategy involving participant observation and semi-structured interviews. It describes the ecosystem services delivered within the agroforestry systems and the uses given by the communities to their related biodiversity. A total of 21 uses were identified for 128 species. The provision of food, natural medicine and biochemicals, fuel, and fibres was the most important final services derived from that biodiversity. Additionally regulating and cultural ecosystem services accounted for almost one-third of the total uses of the species. Based on its findings, the study highlights the need to maintain both the agroforestry systems and their biodiversity to ensure the delivery of all three ecosystem services and the communities’ food security and livelihoods.EDITED BY John Parrotta |
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