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Socio-ecological dimensions of Andean pastoral landscape change: bridging traditional ecological knowledge and satellite image analysis in Sajama National Park, Bolivia

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In the Andes, indigenous pastoral communities are confronting new challenges in managing mountain peatland pastures, locally called bofedales. Assessing land cover change using satellite images, vegetation survey, and local knowledge (i.e., traditional ecological knowledge) reveals the multi-faceted socio-ecological dimensions of bofedal change in Sajama National Park (PNS), Bolivia. Here, we present results from focus groups held in 2016 and 2017 to learn about the local knowledge of bofedales in five Aymara communities in PNS. Land cover maps, created from Landsat satellite imagery, provided a baseline reference of the decadal change of bofedales (1986, 1996, 2006, and 2016) and were field verified with vegetation sampling. At the park level, the land cover maps show a reduction of healthy bofedales (i.e., Juncaceae dominated peatland) cover from 33.8 km2 in 1986 to 21.7 km2 in 2016, and an increase in dry mixed grasses (e.g., Poaceae dominated land cover) from 5.1 km2 (1986) to 20.3 km2 (2016). Locals identify climate change, lack of irrigation, difficulty in water access, and loss of communal water management practices as key bofedal management challenges. Local improvement of bofedales was found in one community due to community-based irrigation efforts. Bridging knowledge of mountain land cover change helps to articulate the socio-ecological dimensions that influence local decision-making regarding bofedal management, and consideration of local actions that may be strengthened to support the sustainability of bofedales for local livelihoods in the context of climate change in the Andes.

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  1. Landsat image dates and scene ID: August 15, 1986 (Scene: LT05_L1TP_001073_19860815_20170216_01_T1); August 10, 1996 (Scene: LT05_L1TP_001073_19960810_20170103_01_T1); August 06, 2006 (Scene:LT05_L1TP_001073_20060806_20161119_01_T1); August 1, 2016 (Scene: LC08_L1TP_001073_20160801_20170322_01_T1)

  2. The community boundaries at the park level do not accurately convey pasture boundaries. Therefore, we created boundaries around bofedal sectors and group their association with corresponding park communities.

  3. The pixel was misclassified as bofedal green-up, but was an extensive cover of the vascular plant jasaso (Xenophyllum poposum). Jasaso is typically found in rocky-sloped areas, and its presence in the dry grassland area characterized by gullies was unique.

  4. We used index cards for participants to write their own ideas, which were posted and grouped on the wall, and then discussed by all participants. We draw on quotes from the recorded and transcribed focus group discussions, and the cards written by the participants, to summarize the results presented here. We do not include any author or facilitator comments facilitator comments in the TEK results section.

  5. Charaña, located 110 km NNW of PNS and at a similar elevation (4220 m), has long-term precipitation data, and records a similar annual average precipitation (300 mm) to Sajama (~320 mm) (source SENAMHI, Servicio Nacional de Meterologia e Hidrologia).

  6. Current well measurements confirm significant inter-annual drops in the local water table (Cooper et al. in review)

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Acknowledgements

We thank the communities of Sajama National Park, SERNAP, Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, IGEMA, and Victor Mamani. We are indebted to anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions.

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Research supported by NASA LCLUC, ROSES 13-LCLUC13-2-0046. Contributing support by CONICYT (PAI-MEC # 80160087) and Center for Indigenous and Intercultural Research, FONDAP No. 15110006.

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    Karina Yager & Mary Bracho

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    Karina Yager, Daniel Slayback & Alfred Hubbard

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Yager, K., Valdivia, C., Slayback, D. et al. Socio-ecological dimensions of Andean pastoral landscape change: bridging traditional ecological knowledge and satellite image analysis in Sajama National Park, Bolivia. Reg Environ Change 19, 1353–1369 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01466-y

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