Percepción comunitaria de las áreas protegidas, a más de 30 años de su creación en Ecuador

• Main Authors: Nuria Torrescano Valle, Ángel Prado Cedeño, Nieve Mendoza Palma, Sabrina Trueba Macías, Ronal Cedeño Meza, Axel Mendoza Espinar
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Centro de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos 2018-06-01
• Series: Trace
• Subjects: Protected areas; Manabí; conservation; Ecuador; biocultural heritage
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/trace/3227

The diagnostic on community perceptions of Protected Areas (pa) in Manabí, Ecuador, identified the following key factors for the acceptation of the pa: the history of establishment of the community and of the pa, the ethnic origin, the interaction with government and research institutions, as well as the implementation of natural and cultural conservation policies. The three pas studied show a low level of acceptation, there is a perception that biological conservation practices are being imposed with little or no economic, social and cultural benefit. The community of Agua Blanca reveals changes of reinterpretation and appropriation of the pa as a result of academic interactions. Over 30 years after the creation of pas, there is no clear evidence of their efficiency for the promotion of community development or for the conservation of biocultural heritage. We suggest that there is a need to identify the potential risk of biocultural heritage loss and to promote governance as well as multidisciplinary research.