Participatory mapping reveals socioeconomic drivers of forest fires in protected areas of the post-conflict Colombian Amazon

People and Nature

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Charlie Arthur Tebbutt¹  Tahia Devisscher²  Laura Obando-Cabrera³  Gustavo Adolfo Gutiérrez García⁴  Maria Constanza Meza Elizalde³  Dolors Armenteras³  Imma Oliveras Menor¹ 

[1] Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford;University of British Columbia;Laboratorio de Ecología del Paisaje y Modelación de Ecosistemas ECOLMOD, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia;Programa Ingeniería Agroecológica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la Amazonia

关键词: Amazon;    cattle ranching;    conflict;    FARC;    fire;    participatory mapping;    protected areas;    roads;   

DOI  :  10.1002/pan3.10222

学科分类：护理学

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

1. Wildfires have increased in protected areas (PAs) of the Colombian Amazon following the 2016 peace agreement between the Government and the RevolutionaryArmed Forced of Colombia (FARC—Spanish acronym). Recent study efforts tounderstand this issue suffer from data scarcity and limited consultation of localstakeholder perspectives on factors affecting wildfires.2. This study uses a social–ecological systems framework to investigate local perceptions of factors driving and/or preventing wildfires in the Los Picachos, LaMacarena and Tinigua PAs, which are shared by two Amazonian departmentsexperiencing wildfire increase. Four stakeholder categories were selected to represent varied and possibly conflicting interests: cattle ranchers, the national parkservice, local authorities and cross-sectional stakeholders. We combined a participative mapping approach with interviews to illustrate stakeholder perceptions ofinteractions between key variables in graphical causal models. Network analyseswere used to determine areas of agreement on key variables, and to compare localpriorities with those of key informants at the national level.3. Local stakeholders and key informants widely agreed on the roles of extensivecattle ranching and land grabbing as key drivers of wildfires. The analysis identified areas for further research into wildfire occurrence within PAs. These includelack of governance and untitled land, as well as the effects of poor access to basicpublic services on unsustainable ranching methods.

【 授权许可】

CC BY