Abstract

RACERO-CASARRUBIA, Javier Alfonso; VIDAL, Carlos C; RUIZ, Oscar D  and  BALLESTEROS C, Jesús. Perceptions and Uses of Wild Fauna by the Embera-Katíos Indigenous Communities of the San Jorge River Valley, in the Buffer Zone around Paramillo National Park. rev.estud.soc. [online]. 2008, n.31, pp.118-131. ISSN 0123-885X.

In workshops with four indigenous communities in the Embera-Katíos communal lands (resguardo) , located in the upper San Jorge River Valley (Tres Playitas, Las Piedras, Boca San Cipriano, San Juan Medio), information about the wild fauna that they recognized inside their hunting grounds was collected. Mammals, reptiles, and birds, especially the Psittacidae family, are the vertebrates most used by the indigenous communities. No kind of use was found for amphibians. The consumption of reptiles such as Iguana iguana, Tupinambis teguixin, Caiman crocodylus fuscus, and Crocodylus acutus show them to be an important part of their culture. The indigenous communities associate environmental problems with habitat destruction due to the cultivation of illicit crops and forest clearing in the buffer zone around Paramillo National Park.

Keywords : Indigenous communities; Embera-Katíos; Department of Córdoba; wild fauna; use patterns; Paramillo National Park.

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