Artículo
South American Camelids: their values and contributions to people
Fecha de publicación:
26/10/2020
Editorial:
Springer Tokyo
Revista:
Sustainability Science
ISSN:
1862-4065
Idioma:
Inglés
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Artículo publicado
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Resumen
South American Camelids (SACs) make several material and non-material contributions to people and are a key component of the Andean biocultural heritage. From the perspective of the IPBES’ Conceptual Framework, SACs constitute the “nature” component in the complex system of interactions between human societies and the Andean mountain environment. There are four SAC living species today, two of which are wild, or Salqa, in the indigenous cosmovision: guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and vicuña (Vicugna vicugna). Llama (Lama glama) and alpaca (Vicugna pacos) were domesticated 5000 years ago, and are therefore Uywa, in the indigenous cosmovision. Both wild and domestic camelids were, and in several cases still are, the most highly appreciated resource for Andean livelihoods. Historically, camelids and their contributions have been used by Andean people since the peopling of the Americas over 11,000 years ago. In this paper, we present three case studies (chakus for vicuña management, llama caravans, and llama nanobodies) to bring attention to the essential role of vicuñas and llamas for Andean communities today, their intercultural linkages with the Western world, and telecoupling interactions.
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Articulos de INSTITUTO DE ECORREGIONES ANDINAS
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Vila, Bibiana Leonor; Arzamendia, Yanina; South American Camelids: their values and contributions to people; Springer Tokyo; Sustainability Science; 2020; 26-10-2020; 1-18
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