INVESTIGADORES
LAMBERTUCCI sergio Agustin
artículos
Título:
A long and troublesome journey: People's perceptions and attitudes along the migratory path of a scavenger bird
Autor/es:
BALLEJO, F; GRAÑA GRILLI, M; LAMBERTUCCI, S A
Revista:
Ethnobiology and Conservation
Editorial:
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Referencias:
Año: 2019 vol. 8 p. 1 - 13
ISSN:
2238-4782
Resumen:
In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in integrating the social sciences andconservation studies to inform a more realistic management approach. Indeed, anunderstanding of people´s perception of fauna helps in the evaluation of possible conflicts withhumans, and provides tools to solve these conflicts. However, perceptions may change along aspecies geographical distribution. Scavenger birds are not exempt from these conflicts as manyfarmers blame them for attacking and killing livestock. We evaluated the knowledge,perceptions and attitude of people regarding New World vultures along a migratory path inSouth America. We conducted 114 interviews with farmers in six different localities betweenArgentine Patagonia and central Bolivia. About half (48.2%) of the interviewees consideredvultures harmful to livestock and a substantial number (24.5%) considered killing these birds asa solution for the conflict. The perception of the damage caused by these birds was worse invultures wintering and breeding areas, than along the migration route. People with a higherlevel of education and greater numbers of livestock exhibited more negative perceptions.However, many people (53%) still believed that scavenger birds are important for theenvironment. Our results suggest that acknowledgment of services provided by scavengersmakes killing of scavengers less likely. Educational strategies are needed to increase levels ofappreciation toward the ecosystem services provided by vultures, over those of perceiveddamages.