Orígenes, evolución y retos de la etnobiología boliviana
Ethnobiology is the study of the relationships that different societies establish with nature, through the anlysis of knowledge, uses and perceptions. Bolivia is a country with great biological and cultural diversity. In the last two decades, Bolivia has initiated a political process in view to defe...
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| author | Victoria Reyes-García Mónica Moraes R. Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana |
| author_facet | Victoria Reyes-García Mónica Moraes R. Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana |
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| description | Ethnobiology is the study of the relationships that different societies establish with nature, through the anlysis of knowledge, uses and perceptions. Bolivia is a country with great biological and cultural diversity. In the last two decades, Bolivia has initiated a political process in view to defend indigenous identity and governance, which includes the revaluation of local ecological knowledge. This situation provides an excellent opportunity for the development and consolidation of ethnobiological research in the country. In this article, we document the biological and anthropological precursors of Bolivian ethnobiology and we analyze its evolution through three emblematic case studies: the first two show the confluence of a biological and an anthropological project towards ethnobiology, and the third one illustrates the benefits of the participatory approach. The last section addresses some of the major challenges posed by ethnobiology in Bolivia, focusing on four aspects that are necessary to lay a strong foundation for the development of the discipline: i) identification of documentary gaps and creation of a baseline; ii) methodological development with a focus on interdisciplinarity, iii) internationalization; and iv) generalization of participatory research, which helps initiate a dialogue between various types of knowledge. Ethnobiology can contribute to the resolution of contemporary environmental issues, but this potential cannot be realized without a greater inclusion of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-520b40924f1745369b64aea7b2302e272022-12-21T19:25:25ZengLaboratoire Éco-anthropologie et EthnobiologieRevue d'ethnoécologie2267-24192021-12-012010.4000/ethnoecologie.8164Orígenes, evolución y retos de la etnobiología bolivianaVictoria Reyes-GarcíaMónica Moraes R.Álvaro Fernández-LlamazaresNarel Y. Paniagua-ZambranaEthnobiology is the study of the relationships that different societies establish with nature, through the anlysis of knowledge, uses and perceptions. Bolivia is a country with great biological and cultural diversity. In the last two decades, Bolivia has initiated a political process in view to defend indigenous identity and governance, which includes the revaluation of local ecological knowledge. This situation provides an excellent opportunity for the development and consolidation of ethnobiological research in the country. In this article, we document the biological and anthropological precursors of Bolivian ethnobiology and we analyze its evolution through three emblematic case studies: the first two show the confluence of a biological and an anthropological project towards ethnobiology, and the third one illustrates the benefits of the participatory approach. The last section addresses some of the major challenges posed by ethnobiology in Bolivia, focusing on four aspects that are necessary to lay a strong foundation for the development of the discipline: i) identification of documentary gaps and creation of a baseline; ii) methodological development with a focus on interdisciplinarity, iii) internationalization; and iv) generalization of participatory research, which helps initiate a dialogue between various types of knowledge. Ethnobiology can contribute to the resolution of contemporary environmental issues, but this potential cannot be realized without a greater inclusion of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.http://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/8164environmental anthropologyethnobotanyIndigenous Peopleslocal ecological knowledgeNagoya protocol |
| spellingShingle | Victoria Reyes-García Mónica Moraes R. Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana Orígenes, evolución y retos de la etnobiología boliviana Revue d'ethnoécologie environmental anthropology ethnobotany Indigenous Peoples local ecological knowledge Nagoya protocol |
| title | Orígenes, evolución y retos de la etnobiología boliviana |
| title_full | Orígenes, evolución y retos de la etnobiología boliviana |
| title_fullStr | Orígenes, evolución y retos de la etnobiología boliviana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Orígenes, evolución y retos de la etnobiología boliviana |
| title_short | Orígenes, evolución y retos de la etnobiología boliviana |
| title_sort | origenes evolucion y retos de la etnobiologia boliviana |
| topic | environmental anthropology ethnobotany Indigenous Peoples local ecological knowledge Nagoya protocol |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/8164 |
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