Análisis de los medios de vida del entorno comunitario de la Reserva De Producción de Fauna de Chimborazo a través del enfoque Adaptación Basada en Ecosistemas

Abstract

The aim of the current research work is to carry out an analysis of Chimborazo Fauna Production Reserve (RPFCH) communitarian environment livelihood through the ecosystem-based adaptation approach by means of the study of three communities belonging to the reserve: Río Blanco Community belonging to Tungurahua province, Pulinguí San Pablo Community belonging to Chimborazo province and Cocha Colorada Community belonging to Bolívar province. The methodology used was based on environmentally friendly Proposals Focused on a Resilient Environment (PACHA), this was carried out in three main phases consisting of the climate risk identification and resources of each community to be studied, the analysis of family strategies against climate change and the adaptation measures proposal using the Ecosystem-based Adaptation approach (EbA). As a result, the most relevant resources of each community were identified, they were: natural, physical and human resources. In addition, the risks identified in each community were: drought, loss of agricultural and livestock capacity and biodiversity loss risk. It was concluded that the family strategies implemented in each community are mainly based on agricultural and livestock activities from which healthy inhabitants obtain their economic resources for subsisting. Some measures were proposed through the EbA approach such as conservation and sustainable forest management, crop diversification, conservation and practice of ancestral knowledge and implementation of renewable energies in order to increase resilience as well as improving the response capacity of communities to the possible threats from the effects of climate change. It is recommended to carry out future research to determine the influence of tourism activity as a part of the conservation of resources within the RPFCH to cope with the resilience of the reserve ecosystems.