Conocimiento y percepción comunitaria en torno a algunos elementos de la biodiversidad de un área urbana protegida en Bogotá D.C

Abstract

At the Entrenubes Mountain Ecological Park - where nature-based tourism is one of the main activities- main values, knowledge and stakeholders involved were identified through participatory mapping, semi-structured interviews and discussion groups with local communities and visitors. Results showed that the environmental value was the most outstanding nearly followed by the recreational value. Nevertheless, local knowledge on the park’s flora and fauna was very low compared to lists and inventories of the area. High sense of ownership was identified among local communities, mainly by the San Cristobal village. The foregoing, coupled with 21 stakeholders somehow involved with the park suggest high possibilities for developing a real community-based ecotourism strategy, as it has occurred in other urban protected areas of major cities of the world.