Observations on Natural Resource Use and Conservation by the Shuar in Ecuador’s Cordillera del Cóndor

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dc.contributor.authorDuchelle, Amy E.
dc.date.accessioned2007-06-28T01:21:12Z
dc.date.available2007-06-28T01:21:12Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding how indigenous people use and manage natural resources is essential for promoting conservation on indigenous lands. I evaluated how one Shuar indigenous community in the Cordillera del Cóndor of Ecuador use woody taxa in mature and secondary forest, cultivate swidden land, value natural resources and view changes to their environment. Field research, conducted from January February of 2003, involved ethnobotanical survey methods and interviews with 25 community members. A total of 104 plant species were classified according to ethnobotanical use. Food, forage, construction and fuel were the most common use categories for forest plants. In the swidden plot, most plants were used for food, with native trees protected among a diversity of cultivars, primarily to attract wildlife. Mining is considered the biggest threat to conservation in the Cordillera del Cóndor’s proposed Shuar Protected Area and will need to be addressed by the Shuar, supporting NGOs and the Ecuadorian government.
dc.identifier.citationDuchelle AE. 2007. Observations on natural resource use and conservation by the Shuar in Ecuador’s Cordillera del Cóndor. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 5:5-23.
dc.identifier.issn1547-3465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/214
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.subjectethnobotany
dc.subjectnatural resource management
dc.subjectenvironmental protection
dc.subjectEcuador
dc.subjectindigenous knowledge
dc.subjecttropical forests
dc.subjectAmazonia
dc.subjectagroforestry
dc.subjectforest management
dc.subjectshifting cultivation
dc.subjectinterviews
dc.subjectAndes Mountain region
dc.subjectenvironmental impact
dc.subjectEuphorbiaceae
dc.subjectFabaceae
dc.subjectbiodiversity
dc.subjectforest products
dc.subjecthabitat conservation
dc.subjectharvesting
dc.subjectindigenous peoples
dc.subjectmining
dc.subjectsampling
dc.subjectsubsistence hunting
dc.subjectsurveys
dc.subjecttransects
dc.subjecttype collections
dc.subjectwater pollution
dc.subjectwoody plants
dc.titleObservations on Natural Resource Use and Conservation by the Shuar in Ecuador’s Cordillera del Cóndor
dc.typeArticle
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