Oso, Osito ¿A Qué Venís? Andean bear conflict, conservation, and campesinos in the Colombian Páramos
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Garrido Corredor, Ana María
Cottyn, Hanne
Martínez Medina, Santiago
Wheatley, Christopher J.
Sánchez, Adriana
Kirshner, Joshua
Cowie, Helen
Touza Montero, Julia
White, Piran C. L.
Date
2021DOI
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Abstract
This article proposes a historical, multispecies, and ontological approach to human–wildlife
conflict (HWC) in the Colombian páramos. Focusing on the páramos surrounding the capital city
of Bogotá, we reconstruct the historically changing relationship between cattle-farming campesino
communities and the Andean bear, Tremarctos ornatus. Using ethnographic and historical research
methods, we conceptualise this relationship as embedded in localised landscapes and multispecies
assemblages, in which scientists, conservation practitioners, water infrastructures, public environmental
agencies, and cows participate as well. This article demonstrates that insufficient attention
to the practices and relationships of historically marginalised humans and non-humans in the
management of HWCs contributes to new dynamics of exclusion and friction, and can reduce the
effectiveness of conservation programmes. We conclude that opening up conservation to the interests
and knowledges of local communities is imperative in moving towards more historically informed,
pluralistic and effective conservation strategies.
Key words
CnservationKey words in english
Hhuman–wildlife conflictsAndean bear
Campesinos
Cattle
Páramo
Multispecies;
Ontology
History
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Sustainability 13 (19): 10489Citation
Garrido, Ana María, Hanne Cottyn, Santiago Martínez-Medina, Christopher J. Wheatley, Adriana Sanchez, Joshua Kirshner, Helen Cowie, Julia Touza-Montero y Piran White. (2021). “Oso, Osito ¿A Qué Venís? Andean Bear Conflict, Conservation, and Campesinos in the Colombian Páramos”. Sustainability 13 (19): 10489. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910489The following license files are associated with this item: