Summary
This conference paper, presented within a session on sustainable rural futures, critically examines the structural tensions faced by campesino farmers in Colombia's Boyacá páramo region. The work explores how pastoral and agro-extractive farming practices create competing pressures—simultaneously sustaining household livelihoods whilst threatening the integrity of high-altitude páramo ecosystems. The contribution appears to address policy and governance gaps in balancing rural livelihood security with environmental conservation in this sensitive landscape.
UK applicability
Limited direct applicability to UK farming systems, as the paper addresses upland pastoral dynamics specific to tropical páramo ecosystems and Latin American agrarian structures. However, the analytical framework for examining livelihood-environment tensions and the governance challenges in balancing conservation with rural livelihoods may inform UK mountain farming policy debates.
Key measures
As suggested by the title, qualitative analysis of livelihood-environment tensions, agro-extractive practices, and pastoral management strategies in páramo farming communities
Outcomes reported
The study examined structural tensions between pastoral and extractive farming practices in the Boyacá páramo region, exploring how these systems simultaneously support household livelihoods whilst threatening high-altitude ecosystem integrity. The analysis focused on policy and governance challenges in reconciling rural livelihood sustainability with páramo conservation.
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