期刊名称：eco.mont - Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management
印刷版ISSN：2073-106X
电子版ISSN：2073-1558
出版年度：2020
卷号：13
期号：1
页码：22-30
DOI：10.1553/eco.mont-13-1s22
出版社：Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
摘要：In the Atacama Desert highlands, Aymara communities have practised herding since pre-Hispanic times. Currently, large areas of the mountains’ ecosystems are under official protection. This situation has created tensions between Aymara herding practices and official conservation policies. In this article, we document herding practices and how they have contributed to the production of these ecosystems. We also explore several conservation policies in the area and how they clash with Aymara herding. To do this, we make use of ethnography and state conservation plans. We suggest that these policies reproduce colonial dynamics, creating conflicting aims and affecting Aymara territorial rights. We conclude that traditional Aymara ecological knowledge and practices should guide the conservation of these mountain ecosystems.
关键词：herding;Aymaras;traditional ecological knowledge;protected areas
