Cultural significance, conservation and management of wetlands in Chambira basin

Acronym

P_CHAMBIRA

Consortium Coordinator

Espinosa De Rivero, Oscar Alberto

Start Date

January 17, 2022

End Date

December 30, 2022

Status

https://purl.org/pe-repo/concytec/estadoProyecto#concluido

Description

Amazonian wetlands play a key role for environmental quality conservation, mantaining biodiversity, absorbing CO2, purifying water, and protecting soils. In addition, these ecosystems have great social, cultural and economic value for rural communities. The Chambira river basin belongs to the “Fan de Pastaza”, a wetland system of 3.8 million that has been included in The List of Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar list). This area stores 3 billion tons of carbon, which reduces the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, thus diminishing the effects of climate change. This area also constitutes an important part of the Urarina people territory, composed by 4,000 to 6,000 persons, whose livehood depends on the ecosystem services provided by the existing wetland system. However, despite their importance, wetlands have been deteriorating progressively, due to drying processes, contamination, introduction of invasive species, unsustainable use and land use conversion. In addition, they are not properly managed, since they are not part of an Official Protected Natural Area, recognized by the Peruvian State. This project establishes a necessary foundation to understand how the communities of the Chambira River basin interact with socially and economically important resourses, and the ecological effects of human resource use in this highly biodiverse but critically endangered region.

Keywords

Humedales amazónicos

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Patrimonio cultural

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Conservación

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Cuenca del Chambira

Área de conocimiento

Natural sciences

Campo OCDE

https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.06.13