Human ecological parameters and their relevance in preserving biodiversity and improving livelihoods in the Biosphere Reserve Podocarpus - El Cóndor

罗汉松生物圈保护区的人类生态参数及其与保护生物多样性和改善生计的相关性 - El Cóndor

• 批准号: 36022966
• 负责人: Professorin Dr. Perdita Pohle
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Institut für Geographie
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Units
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2006-12-31 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/36022966?language=en
• 关键词: Human; ecological; parameters; their; relevance

In the agricultural frontier zone of southern Ecuador, a region with heterogenic ethnic, socio-cultural and socio-economic structures, profound knowledge of human ecological parameters is crucial for the conservation of tropical rainforests, the improving of local livelihoods and the identification of sustainable land use options. In biodiversity-rich places local people usually have a detailed ecological knowledge of species, ecosystems, ecological relationships and historical or recent changes to them. At the local level, utilitarian and socio-cultural values such as local perceptions and beliefs are the driving force behind use, management and conservation of natural resources. Additionally, economic and political factors influence people’s decision-making. Under current pressures of deforestation, fragmentation and species extinction, there is an urgent need to thoroughly study the issues of environmental knowledge and perception, livelihood systems and land tenure systems among the three ethnic groups (Shuar, Saraguro, Mestizo) living in the agricultural frontier zone of the Biosphere Reserve Podocarpus – El Cóndor. The analysis and evaluation of these four topics is indispensable for the sustainable management of a megadiverse mountain ecosystem. In its second phase the project will concentrate its efforts on the compilation and synthesis of ethnoecological, agrogeographical, household-economical data obtained from previous field research among Saraguro and Mestizo communities. A new emphasis of research will be put on selected human ecological parameters among the Shuar communities in the Nangaritza valley which have not been studied so far.

厄瓜多尔南部的农业边境地区是一个种族、社会文化和社会经济结构各不相同的地区，深入了解人类生态参数对于保护热带雨林、改善当地生计和确定可持续土地利用办法至关重要。在生物多样性丰富的地方，当地人民通常对物种、生态系统、生态关系及其历史或最近的变化有详细的生态知识。在地方一级，功利主义和社会文化价值观，如地方观念和信仰，是使用、管理和保护自然资源的驱动力。此外，经济和政治因素影响人们的决策。在目前森林砍伐、破碎化和物种灭绝的压力下，迫切需要深入研究生活在Podocarpus-El Cóndor生物圈保护区农业前沿地带的三个民族（Shuar、Saraguro、Mestizo）的环境知识和观念、生计制度和土地保有制度问题。对这四个专题的分析和评价对于可持续地管理一个生物多样性极大的山区生态系统是必不可少的。在第二阶段，该项目将集中力量汇编和综合从萨拉古罗和混血社区先前实地研究中获得的民族生态、农业地理和家庭经济数据。一个新的研究重点将放在选定的人类生态参数之间的Shuar社区在Nangaritza流域，迄今尚未研究。