Summary
This conference paper explores the complex trade-offs between rural livelihoods and environmental sustainability among campesino pastoralists in Colombia's Boyacá páramo, examining how agro-extractivist practices operate within ecologically sensitive high-altitude ecosystems. The authors argue that equitable solutions to livelihood-environment tensions require integration of local knowledge, indigenous governance perspectives, and socio-political context when designing sustainability interventions in borderland and montane regions.
UK applicability
Limited direct applicability to UK farming systems, which operate at lower altitudes and under different ecological and policy frameworks. However, the methodological emphasis on integrating local knowledge and governance into sustainability design may be relevant to upland pastoral systems in Scotland and Wales.
Key measures
Qualitative assessment of livelihood-environment conflicts; governance and institutional frameworks; integration of local and scientific knowledge
Outcomes reported
The paper examines tensions between rural livelihoods and environmental sustainability in páramo pastoralist systems, and explores how local governance and knowledge integration can inform sustainability interventions in montane borderland regions.
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