ImpactU Versión 3.11.2 Última actualización: Interfaz de Usuario: 16/10/2025 Base de Datos: 29/08/2025 Hecho en Colombia
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
In workshops with four indigenous communities in the Embera-Katios 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. Key woRds: Indigenous communities, Embera-Katios, Department of Cordoba, wild fauna, use patterns, Paramillo National Park. Percepcao e padroes de uso da fauna silvestre pelas comunidades indigenas Embera-Katios na bacia do rio San Jorge, zona amortecedora do PNN-Paramillo Resumo Nos atelies desenvolvidos com quatro comunidades indigenas do resguardo (reserva kilombo) Embera-Katios localizado na bacia do rio San Jorge (Tres Playitas, Las Piedras, Boca San Cipriano e San Juan Medio), registrou-se informacao sobre a fauna silvestre reconhecida pelas comunidades indigenas dentro da area de influencia de seus territorios de caca. Conseguiu-se identificar que os grupos de vertebrados de mais importância para as comunidades sao mamiferos, repetieis e aves, especialmente a familia Psittacidae. Os anfibios nao registrarem nenhum padrao de uso. Encontrou-se que o consumo de repetieis como Iguana iguana, Tupinambis teguixin, Caiman crocodylus fuscus e Crocodylus acutus faz parte de sua cultura. Os indigenas associam a problematica ambiental aos processos de destruicao do habitat, devido a semeada de cultivos ilicitos e a tala da floresta na zona amortecedora do PNN-Paramillo. PalavRas-chave: Comunidades indigenas, Embera-Katios, departamento de Cordoba, fauna silvestre, padroes de uso, PNN-Paramillo.
