Ecological Change and Livestock Governance in a Peruvian National Park

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dc.contributor.authorKenneth Young
dc.contributor.authorEyner Alata
dc.contributor.authorRodney Chimner
dc.contributor.authorRandall Boone
dc.contributor.authorGillian Bowser
dc.contributor.authorLaura Bourgeau-Chavez
dc.contributor.authorBeatriz Fuentealba
dc.contributor.authorJessica Gilbert
dc.contributor.authorJavier Ñaupari
dc.contributor.authorMolly Polk
dc.contributor.authorSigrid Resh
dc.contributor.authorCecilia Turin
dc.contributor.authorMelody Zarria-Samanamud
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-24T15:36:58Z
dc.date.available2026-07-24T15:36:58Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-11
dc.description.abstractWhile the grazing of livestock has occurred for millennia in the Andes, current sustainability debates center on concerns with co-managing climate change and pastoralism. These discussions have special resonance in places protected by the state for biodiversity, scenery, and sustainable and traditional land uses, such as those found in protected areas and biosphere reserves. For this article, we integrate data from a social-ecological research project on the land use systems that affect high-elevation ecosystems in Peru’s Huascarán National Park, with special emphasis on the wetlands. We used land cover and land use data and insights from interactions with pastoralists to show that (1) wet meadows dominate the lower reaches of the park, while peatlands predominate above 4000 m elevation; (2) wet meadows are most useful for traditional grazing systems, while the peatlands are especially susceptible to trampling by livestock; and (3) there is limited ecological space at the highest elevations for the successful future upward relocation of either land use or potential habitats for species identified as of concern. We explore the implications of these findings for the adaptive strategies of biophysical and social processes in terms of livelihoods and biodiversity in and around a protected area. We conclude that there are many additional opportunities to be explored to inform the management of ecosystem services and provide improvements for the adaptive capacity of communities and park managers.
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dc.identifier.citationYoung, K. R., Alata, E., Chimner, R. A., Boone, R. B., Bowser, G., Bourgeau-Chavez, L., Fuentealba, B., Gilbert, J., Ñaupari, J. A., Polk, M. H., Resh, S. C., Turin, C., & Zarria-Samanamud, M. (2023). Ecological Change and Livestock Governance in a Peruvian National Park. Land, 12(11), 2051. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12112051
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/land12112051
dc.identifier.issn2073-445X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12748/690
dc.identifier.uri10.3390/land12112051
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.relation.ispartofLand
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourcehttps://doi.org/10.3390/land12112051
dc.subjectbiodiversity shifts
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectgrazing systems
dc.subjectlivestock
dc.subjectprotected areas
dc.subject.ocdehttps://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.00.00
dc.titleEcological Change and Livestock Governance in a Peruvian National Park
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
oaire.citation.issue11
oaire.citation.volume12

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