Knowledge and interactions of the local community with the herpetofauna in the forest reserve of Quininí (Tibacuy-Cundinamarca, Colombia)
| Autor: | Nelson Falcón-Espitia, Juan Camilo Ríos-Orjuela, Alejandra Arias-Escobar, Carol Tatiana Chamorro-Vargas, María José Espejo-Uribe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male 0106 biological sciences Cultural Studies Conservation of Natural Resources Health (social science) Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Ecology (disciplines) Interactions Population Biodiversity Colombia Forests 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Amphibians Ancestral knowledge Young Adult lcsh:Botany Perception Herpetofauna Animals Humans Forest reserve Socioeconomics education Aged media_common Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study Research Reptiles lcsh:Other systems of medicine Middle Aged lcsh:RZ201-999 lcsh:QK1-989 Local community 010601 ecology Knowledge Geography Complementary and alternative medicine Habitat Ethnoherpetology Female Local communities General Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |
| ISSN: | 1746-4269 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13002-020-00370-8 |
| Popis: | BackgroundThe study of human-nature relationship has made possible to understand the life dynamics of the communities and the biodiversity with which they cohabit. Although there has been a rise of ethnobiological studies over the last decade, little is known about human interaction with herpetofauna in South America and Colombia. In this work, we analyzed the knowledge, perception, and interaction of a local community located in the forest reserve of Quininí (RFPCQ) in Cundinamarca (Colombia), concerning to the herpetofauna that inhabits the area.MethodsWe performed semi-structured surveys containing 30 questions categorized into three groups: academic knowledge (1), use and cultural beliefs (2), and interactions (3) related to the herpetofauna that occurs in the region. The obtained data in question groups 1 and 2 are presented as a qualitative summary. For the question group 3, we assigned the answers to a hostility value according to the possible reaction of each individual interviewed in a hypothetical encounter with the herpetofauna and built tendency charts in order to see the positive or negative reactions due to the birthplace (urban/rural) and gender (male/female).ResultsThe community recognized the presence of amphibians and reptiles that cohabit their space, as well as their potential habitats. Besides, the role of herpetofauna was recognized in the magical/religious traditions for some inhabitants of the region, mainly associated with the fate and cure of chronic diseases. In general, the perception of amphibians and reptiles varied according to the origin and gender of the people, which tend to have a more positive perception of reptiles than compared to amphibians in most cases.ConclusionsAlthough there was a general lack of knowledge on the part of the inhabitants of the RFPCQ about the biological and ecological aspects of herpetofauna, the population recognized the basic information about the habitats of these animals within the reserve area. There is a wide variety of uses of amphibians and reptiles in traditional medicine. Greater efforts should be made in the transmission and dissemination of knowledge about the ecological functions of herpetofauna. |
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