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Perception of conservation strategies and nature’s contributions to people around Chingaza National Natural Park, Colombia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2020

Sara Pedraza ,
Adriana Sanchez ,
Nicola Clerici ,
Libertad Ospina ,
Alexandra Quintero  and
Francisco J Escobedo Open the ORCID record for Francisco J Escobedo [Opens in a new window]
Sara Pedraza
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Carrera 24 # 63C–69, Bogotá DC, 111221, Colombia
Adriana Sanchez
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Carrera 24 # 63C–69, Bogotá DC, 111221, Colombia
Nicola Clerici
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Carrera 24 # 63C–69, Bogotá DC, 111221, Colombia
Libertad Ospina
Affiliation:
Programa de Preparación para la Adaptación Nacional al Cambio Climático, Fondo Acción DNP, Carrera 7 # 32–33, Bogotá DC, 110221, Colombia
Alexandra Quintero
Affiliation:
Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza, Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, Calle 74 No. 11–81, Bogotá DC, 110221, Colombia
Francisco J Escobedo*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Carrera 24 # 63C–69, Bogotá DC, 111221, Colombia
*
Author for correspondence: Dr Francisco J Escobedo, Email: fjescobe@gmail.com
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Summary

A conventional conservation strategy is establishing protected areas to help combat anthropogenic and climate change impacts on tropical ecosystems, but the effectiveness of these measures is often hampered in upland areas by resource conflicts among armed groups, citizens and government institutions. Improved governance and community participation are key to effectively conserving these areas, yet little is known regarding citizen perceptions in such places. Here, a representative protected area in Colombia is used in order to analyse rural and urban citizen perceptions regarding conservation, conflicts with guerrilla groups and nature’s contributions to people (NCPs) around Chingaza National Natural Park. We used on-site, semi-structured in-person surveys, geospatial data and statistics to understand these perceptions and the roles of armed conflict and deforestation. Perceptions on ecosystem degradation were correlated with deforestation and past guerrilla attacks. Age and place of residence were influential pro-conservation factors, while younger respondents were most willing to invest time in conservation activities. Air purification and water supply and quality were the most identified NCPs and citizens differentiated conservation-related recreation activities from natural resource extraction. We suggest that the legacy of past armed conflict still affects conservation strategies and communities living near tropical highland protected areas.

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armed conflictcommunity participationdeforestationGlobal Southgovernanceprotected areas

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , September 2020 , pp. 158 - 165
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Foundation for Environmental Conservation

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