Quichua ethnozoology for the conservation of hoofed mammals in the central Amazon of Ecuador, Pastaza province
One preliminary ethnozoological study to investigate the condition of ungulates, their uses, and the intensity of seasonal hunting and propose alternatives for conservation from the Quichua People of Curaray in central Amazon of Ecuador was performed. The richness of local ungulates was evaluated b...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Recursos: | Universidad Estatal Amazónica |
| Repositorio: | Revista Amazónica. Ciencia y Tecnología |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs_revista.www.uea.edu.ec:article/31 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revistas.uea.edu.ec/index.php/racyt/article/view/31 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | etnozoología quichua usos cacería mamíferos ungulados conservación quichua ethnozoology ethno-uses hunting tapir peccaries conservation |
| Resumo: | One preliminary ethnozoological study to investigate the condition of ungulates, their uses, and the intensity of seasonal hunting and propose alternatives for conservation from the Quichua People of Curaray in central Amazon of Ecuador was performed. The richness of local ungulates was evaluated by 195 km. of transects. The uses were investigated in workshops. The hunting preferences of this group were documented by surveys of 35 quichua hunters. Conservation alternatives were identified in participatory community workshops. In Curaray five species of ungulates coexist being amazonian tapir and collared peccary more abundant. All ungulates recorded uses as food, medicine, crafts, ritual and pet. In the summer, the hunted ungulates accounted for 27% of total number of mammals hunted with a monthly contribution of biomass to 74 % of the total extracted biomass, the most sensitive to hunting tapir and peccary species. For quichua hunters, all ungulate populations are declining by increased commercial hunting and loss of respect for ancestral knowledge of wildlife and their environments. In response, families intend to create regulated areas of harvesting and wildlife conservation in your territory and implement communal regulations for the closed season of the tapir, harvest quotas for peccaries, and protection of sacred sites |
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