The supply and demand of food in indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon has become an important topic due to increasing rates of malnutrition, diet simplification and low local production. Tropenbos International Colombia is currently developing a strategy to support the recovery of the agrobiodiversity of the Amazon region and the traditional practices related to agriculture, fishing and wild fauna management in order to contribute to the local food security governance.
The term páramos refers to a specific variety of ecosystems that are endemic to the northern Andes of South America and are only found in the high mountain regions of Ecuador, Colombia, Perú, Venezuela and Costa Rica. They are considered to be of strategic importance not only due to the diversity of flora and fauna that these ecosystems host, but also for the ecosystem services that they generate, which include carbon storage in the soils as well as water regulation services which benefit approximately 70% of the Colombian population.
For any community of fishermen, it is of utmost importance to collect their own information so they can consolidate agreements for the community management of fisheries based on their own observations and data. It is also important to strengthen the management agreements with other communities and actors at a regional and national levels.
What roles do indigenous women have in forest management? How can we contribute to raise awareness on the importance of their knowledge and traditional practices as well as on their capacities, leadership and collective actions?