La biodiversidad y la visión de dos mundos: la yuca en occidente y para los indígenas Amazónicos
Biodiversity in the current context of deforestation and climate change is at risk. One of the main actors involved in biodiversity protection are indigenous peoples. Understanding and comparing their vision of diversity and the mechanisms that generate it with that of academia represents one of the...
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| author | Rubén Eduardo Mora Moreno Andrés David Jiménez Maldonado Johana Carolina Soto Sedano Carlos Eduardo Franky Calvo Camilo Ernesto López Carrascal |
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| description | Biodiversity in the current context of deforestation and climate change is at risk. One of the main actors involved in biodiversity protection are indigenous peoples. Understanding and comparing their vision of diversity and the mechanisms that generate it with that of academia represents one of the most important challenges. In this reflection paper we present some ideas on the academic perception of diversity by contrasting it with that presented by some indigenous peoples of the Amazon. The reflection takes advantage of the cultivation of cassava, an ancestral crop that is a pillar of global food security and has a special symbolic meaning for the indigenous peoples of the Amazon for this comparison. It is established that for the Amazonian indigenous peoples, biological diversity is associated with cultural diversity and that the concept of diversity, from their cosmogony, encompasses natural biological, cultural and even spiritual aspects that define their identity, their territory and therefore everything that exists there. And although for the Amazonian indigenous people, diversity has existed since creation, it only materialises at different moments in space and time. The importance of the chagra and the chagrera woman as the unconscious driving force behind the diversity of cassava and their leading role in the conservation of this diversity is also presented. Finally, a reflection is made on the importance of keeping indigenous practices alive for the protection and conservation of biological and cultural diversity in the Amazon rainforests. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ca34eb8608c8408b8ff796fcaf8820252025-08-20T03:40:33ZengSelva Andina Research SocietyJournal of the Selva Andina Biosphere2308-38672308-38592025-05-011317285doi:10.36610/j.jsab.2025.130100072La biodiversidad y la visión de dos mundos: la yuca en occidente y para los indígenas AmazónicosRubén Eduardo Mora Moreno0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5437-6746Andrés David Jiménez Maldonado1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0974-9048Johana Carolina Soto Sedano2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7890-4403Carlos Eduardo Franky Calvo3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1442-2437Camilo Ernesto López Carrascal4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0804-5599Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Sede Bogotá. Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Biología. Av. Cra. 30 N. 45-00. Edificio 421, Laboratorio 215C. Bogotá, Colombia.Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Sede Bogotá. Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Biología. Av. Cra. 30 N. 45-00. Edificio 421, Laboratorio 215C. Bogotá, Colombia.Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Sede Bogotá. Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Biología. Av. Cra. 30 N. 45-00. Edificio 421, Laboratorio 215C. Bogotá, Colombia.Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Sede Amazonía. Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones (IMANI). Leticia, Colombia. km 2 Vía TarapacáUniversidad Nacional de Colombia. Sede Bogotá. Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Biología. Av. Cra. 30 N. 45-00. Edificio 421, Laboratorio 215C. Bogotá, Colombia.Biodiversity in the current context of deforestation and climate change is at risk. One of the main actors involved in biodiversity protection are indigenous peoples. Understanding and comparing their vision of diversity and the mechanisms that generate it with that of academia represents one of the most important challenges. In this reflection paper we present some ideas on the academic perception of diversity by contrasting it with that presented by some indigenous peoples of the Amazon. The reflection takes advantage of the cultivation of cassava, an ancestral crop that is a pillar of global food security and has a special symbolic meaning for the indigenous peoples of the Amazon for this comparison. It is established that for the Amazonian indigenous peoples, biological diversity is associated with cultural diversity and that the concept of diversity, from their cosmogony, encompasses natural biological, cultural and even spiritual aspects that define their identity, their territory and therefore everything that exists there. And although for the Amazonian indigenous people, diversity has existed since creation, it only materialises at different moments in space and time. The importance of the chagra and the chagrera woman as the unconscious driving force behind the diversity of cassava and their leading role in the conservation of this diversity is also presented. Finally, a reflection is made on the importance of keeping indigenous practices alive for the protection and conservation of biological and cultural diversity in the Amazon rainforests.http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2308-38592025000100072&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=esagrobiodiversity; amazon; cassava; chagra; ethnobotany; food security; manihot esculenta; traditional knowledge |
| spellingShingle | Rubén Eduardo Mora Moreno Andrés David Jiménez Maldonado Johana Carolina Soto Sedano Carlos Eduardo Franky Calvo Camilo Ernesto López Carrascal La biodiversidad y la visión de dos mundos: la yuca en occidente y para los indígenas Amazónicos Journal of the Selva Andina Biosphere agrobiodiversity; amazon; cassava; chagra; ethnobotany; food security; manihot esculenta; traditional knowledge |
| title | La biodiversidad y la visión de dos mundos: la yuca en occidente y para los indígenas Amazónicos |
| title_full | La biodiversidad y la visión de dos mundos: la yuca en occidente y para los indígenas Amazónicos |
| title_fullStr | La biodiversidad y la visión de dos mundos: la yuca en occidente y para los indígenas Amazónicos |
| title_full_unstemmed | La biodiversidad y la visión de dos mundos: la yuca en occidente y para los indígenas Amazónicos |
| title_short | La biodiversidad y la visión de dos mundos: la yuca en occidente y para los indígenas Amazónicos |
| title_sort | la biodiversidad y la vision de dos mundos la yuca en occidente y para los indigenas amazonicos |
| topic | agrobiodiversity; amazon; cassava; chagra; ethnobotany; food security; manihot esculenta; traditional knowledge |
| url | http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2308-38592025000100072&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=es |
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