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Which Ecosystem Services Are Really Integrated into Local Culture? Farmers' Perceptions of the Columbian and Venezuelan Páramos

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We address farmers’ perceptions of ecosystem services in three Colombian and Venezuelan páramos with the objective of determining their local environmental knowledge and the extent to which their perceptions can help inform public policy. Based on a qualitative approach, particularly interviews with open-ended questions, we identified which ecosystem services are integrated into local culture. Our results show that perceptions of the páramo differed in the three study sites. Farmers in Aquitania municipality (Colombia) assigned greater biological value to the páramo than farmers in Urdaneta municipality (Venezuela), who assigned more value to living space and agricultural production. Finally, farmers in Rangel municipality (Venezuela) placed both biological and social value on the páramo, highlighting a more heterogeneous appreciation of its value. Our research illustrates the need to consider local perceptions is assessing what ecosystem services farmers value in order to inform political decisions with concrete data.

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  1. POMCA: Planes de Ordenación y Manejo de Cuencas Hidrográficas; Watershed Management Plans.

  2. PROINPA: Asociación de Productores Integrales del Páramo, Association of Integral Producers of the Páramo.

  3. ACAR: Asociación de Coordinadores del Ambiente por los Agricultores del municipio Rangel; Association of Environmental Coordinators for the Farmers of Rangel municipality.

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Leroy, D., Barrasa García, S. Which Ecosystem Services Are Really Integrated into Local Culture? Farmers' Perceptions of the Columbian and Venezuelan Páramos. Hum Ecol 49, 385–401 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-021-00251-y

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-021-00251-y

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