Lessons Learned for the Management Policy of the Biosphere Reserve “Oxapampa-Asháninka-Yanesha” (Peru) based upon the inhabitants’ local knowledge and available global scientific knowledge
Abstract
Agrobiodiversity and the related local knowledge on its management are essential not only to food security and to economic development, but also to the maintenance of ecosystem services. Agrobiodiversity has been shaped by farmers and communities for millennia and remains a key element of the livelihood strategies small-scale farmers through the world. Agrobiodiversity and the related local knowledge is endangered due to a lack of reasons (e.g. intensified agricultural practices), as well as insufficient inclusion of conservation of agrobiodiversity in policy frameworks. Also in MAB biosphere reserves, agrobiodiversity and related knowledge have potential to be included in management plans & conservation strategies. The study aims to better understand the role of agrobiodiversity and local knowledge of small scale farmers in the Biosphere Reserve Oxapampa Ashaninka Yanesha (RBOAY) in Peru. We want to support the sustainable management of this biosphere reserve by including local but also global knowledge on the diversity of traditional crops, cultivars and wild gathered species and agrobiodiversity farming practices into the Biosphere’s management plan. Our development goal is to contribute with the conservation of agrobiodiversity in ways that improve the livelihoods of rural communities and sustain ecosystem functions in the RBOAY We believe that much information on these topics is available already but not yet available in the study are in an accessible form. Therefore the focus in answering our research questions is based upon on meta-analysis of available data, participatory assessment of this data with local stakeholders, and presenting locally accessible, well designed, carefully tested answers to our research questions in the form of high quality media (video, posters) that can be used by local stakeholders for their efforts in promoting sustainability in the RBOAY. The project outcomes might reveal strategies and options that can be applied in a range of settings to manage the expanded areas under protection, both in Peru and in protected area systems globally. The project seeks to contribute to the long term sustainability of protected ecosystems by investigating and raising awareness of the value of local food crops, wild gathered species and the bio cultural landscape.
ethnobotany agrobiodiversity rural development
Publikationen
Diez años de la reserva de biosfera Oxapampa – Asháninka – Yánesha BIOAY: testimonios, reflexiones y logros
Autoren: Albarracín-Llúncor, G; Vogl, C R Jahr: 2021
Editorial
Escuchando los discursos de los pobladores de la reserva de biosfera Oxapampa-Asháninka-Yánesha: reconocimiento, investigacion y conservacion de la (agro)biodiversidad desde sus puntos de vista
Autoren: Albarracín-Llúncor, G; Vogl, C R Jahr: 2021
Chapter in collected volumes
Colaboración entre investigadores y pobladores de la comunidad nativa Tsachopen: reserva de biosfera Oxapampa – Asháninka – Yánesha, un laboratorio de aprendizaje
Autoren: Albarracín-Llúncor, G; Vogl, C R Jahr: 2021
Chapter in collected volumes
Agrobiodiversidad en los sistemas de cultivo de café orgánico de los pequeños agricultores de la comunidad nativa Ñagazu
Autoren: Egger, M; Albarracín-Llúncor, G; Vogl, C R Jahr: 2021
Chapter in collected volumes
Explorando la situación actual del sistema alimentario de Oxapampa (Peru)
Autoren: Arhar, E; Albarracín-Llúncor, G; Vogl, C R Jahr: 2021
Chapter in collected volumes
Diez años de la reserva de biosfera Oxapampa – Asháninka – Yánesha BIOAY: testimonios, reflexiones y logros (2nd edition)
Autoren: Albarracín-Llúncor, G; Vogl, C. R. Jahr: 2021
Editorial
Project staff
Christian R. Vogl
Ao.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Christian R. Vogl
christian.vogl@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-93312
Project Leader
01.10.2017 - 31.12.2020
Gabriela Albarracin Lluncor
Gabriela Albarracin Lluncor MSc.
gabyalbarracin@hotmail.com
Project Staff
01.10.2017 - 31.12.2020