Aboriginal settlements of arid Patagonia: Preserving bio- or sociodiversity? The case of the Mapuche pastoral Cushamen Reserve

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Golluscio, Rodolfo; Román, Marcela Eloísa; Cesa, Ariela; Rodano, D.; Bottaro, H.; Nieto, M.I.; Betelú, A.; Golluscio, Lucia Angela
Año de publicación
2010
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inglés
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Preservation of biodiversity can be at odds with preservation of sociodiversity, i.e., human groups with different cultures, social organization and economic activities coexisting within a region. We analyzed this problem in the Cushamen Reserve, a pastoralist Mapuche aboriginal settlement in Patagonia, Argentina. We found that the current stocking rate of domestic herbivores is twice the rangeland carrying capacity, and this overstocking has resulted in a 20-30% reduction in plant cover, productivity, floristic richness and pastoral value compared to similar sites located on neighboring capitalist farms. The potential economic income of a generic Cushamen farm (625 ha) under the current stocking rate (0.27 sheep units{bullet operator}ha-1) and productive parameters (wool and number of lambs produced per sheep each year and the number of sheep that died or were discarded per year) is above the family poverty line, but this potential may be only rarely achieved due to interannual variability of productive parameters. However, under the carrying capacity, only an improbable combination of 0.84 lambs{bullet operator}sheep-1 yr-1, 5.5 kg wool{bullet operator}sheep-1 yr-1 and a 16% rate of annual sheep discarding would equal the present potential income. Active policies aimed at increasing carrying capacity of the Cushamen Reserve are needed to preserve both bio- and sociodiversity.
Fil: Golluscio, Rodolfo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina
Fil: Román, Marcela Eloísa. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Economía, Desarrollo y Planeamiento Agrícola. Cátedra de Economía Agraria; Argentina
Fil: Cesa, Ariela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria; Argentina
Fil: Rodano, D.. Administración de Parques Nacionales; Argentina
Fil: Bottaro, H.. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Sur. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Esquel; Argentina
Fil: Nieto, M.I.. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Sur; Argentina
Fil: Betelú, A.. Programa Social Agropecuario; Argentina
Fil: Golluscio, Lucia Angela. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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CARRYING CAPACITY
DESERTIFICATION
HARVEST INDEX
INDIGENOUS CULTURES
PASTORALISM
SHEEP BREEDING
SUSTAINABILITY
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spelling Aboriginal settlements of arid Patagonia: Preserving bio- or sociodiversity? The case of the Mapuche pastoral Cushamen ReserveGolluscio, RodolfoRomán, Marcela EloísaCesa, ArielaRodano, D.Bottaro, H.Nieto, M.I.Betelú, A.Golluscio, Lucia AngelaCARRYING CAPACITYDESERTIFICATIONHARVEST INDEXINDIGENOUS CULTURESPASTORALISMSHEEP BREEDINGSUSTAINABILITYhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4Preservation of biodiversity can be at odds with preservation of sociodiversity, i.e., human groups with different cultures, social organization and economic activities coexisting within a region. We analyzed this problem in the Cushamen Reserve, a pastoralist Mapuche aboriginal settlement in Patagonia, Argentina. We found that the current stocking rate of domestic herbivores is twice the rangeland carrying capacity, and this overstocking has resulted in a 20-30% reduction in plant cover, productivity, floristic richness and pastoral value compared to similar sites located on neighboring capitalist farms. The potential economic income of a generic Cushamen farm (625 ha) under the current stocking rate (0.27 sheep units{bullet operator}ha-1) and productive parameters (wool and number of lambs produced per sheep each year and the number of sheep that died or were discarded per year) is above the family poverty line, but this potential may be only rarely achieved due to interannual variability of productive parameters. However, under the carrying capacity, only an improbable combination of 0.84 lambs{bullet operator}sheep-1 yr-1, 5.5 kg wool{bullet operator}sheep-1 yr-1 and a 16% rate of annual sheep discarding would equal the present potential income. Active policies aimed at increasing carrying capacity of the Cushamen Reserve are needed to preserve both bio- and sociodiversity.Fil: Golluscio, Rodolfo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; ArgentinaFil: Román, Marcela Eloísa. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Economía, Desarrollo y Planeamiento Agrícola. Cátedra de Economía Agraria; ArgentinaFil: Cesa, Ariela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria; ArgentinaFil: Rodano, D.. Administración de Parques Nacionales; ArgentinaFil: Bottaro, H.. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Sur. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Esquel; ArgentinaFil: Nieto, M.I.. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Sur; ArgentinaFil: Betelú, A.. Programa Social Agropecuario; ArgentinaFil: Golluscio, Lucia Angela. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaAcademic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd2010-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/97063Golluscio, Rodolfo; Román, Marcela Eloísa; Cesa, Ariela; Rodano, D.; Bottaro, H.; et al.; Aboriginal settlements of arid Patagonia: Preserving bio- or sociodiversity? The case of the Mapuche pastoral Cushamen Reserve; Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd; Journal of Arid Environments; 74; 10; 6-2010; 1329-13390140-1963CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196310001540info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.05.012info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:17:20Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/97063instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:17:20.455CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Aboriginal settlements of arid Patagonia: Preserving bio- or sociodiversity? The case of the Mapuche pastoral Cushamen Reserve
title Aboriginal settlements of arid Patagonia: Preserving bio- or sociodiversity? The case of the Mapuche pastoral Cushamen Reserve
spellingShingle Aboriginal settlements of arid Patagonia: Preserving bio- or sociodiversity? The case of the Mapuche pastoral Cushamen Reserve
Golluscio, Rodolfo
CARRYING CAPACITY
DESERTIFICATION
HARVEST INDEX
INDIGENOUS CULTURES
PASTORALISM
SHEEP BREEDING
SUSTAINABILITY
title_short Aboriginal settlements of arid Patagonia: Preserving bio- or sociodiversity? The case of the Mapuche pastoral Cushamen Reserve
title_full Aboriginal settlements of arid Patagonia: Preserving bio- or sociodiversity? The case of the Mapuche pastoral Cushamen Reserve
title_fullStr Aboriginal settlements of arid Patagonia: Preserving bio- or sociodiversity? The case of the Mapuche pastoral Cushamen Reserve
title_full_unstemmed Aboriginal settlements of arid Patagonia: Preserving bio- or sociodiversity? The case of the Mapuche pastoral Cushamen Reserve
title_sort Aboriginal settlements of arid Patagonia: Preserving bio- or sociodiversity? The case of the Mapuche pastoral Cushamen Reserve
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Golluscio, Rodolfo
Román, Marcela Eloísa
Cesa, Ariela
Rodano, D.
Bottaro, H.
Nieto, M.I.
Betelú, A.
Golluscio, Lucia Angela
author Golluscio, Rodolfo
author_facet Golluscio, Rodolfo
Román, Marcela Eloísa
Cesa, Ariela
Rodano, D.
Bottaro, H.
Nieto, M.I.
Betelú, A.
Golluscio, Lucia Angela
author_role author
author2 Román, Marcela Eloísa
Cesa, Ariela
Rodano, D.
Bottaro, H.
Nieto, M.I.
Betelú, A.
Golluscio, Lucia Angela
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CARRYING CAPACITY
DESERTIFICATION
HARVEST INDEX
INDIGENOUS CULTURES
PASTORALISM
SHEEP BREEDING
SUSTAINABILITY
topic CARRYING CAPACITY
DESERTIFICATION
HARVEST INDEX
INDIGENOUS CULTURES
PASTORALISM
SHEEP BREEDING
SUSTAINABILITY
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Preservation of biodiversity can be at odds with preservation of sociodiversity, i.e., human groups with different cultures, social organization and economic activities coexisting within a region. We analyzed this problem in the Cushamen Reserve, a pastoralist Mapuche aboriginal settlement in Patagonia, Argentina. We found that the current stocking rate of domestic herbivores is twice the rangeland carrying capacity, and this overstocking has resulted in a 20-30% reduction in plant cover, productivity, floristic richness and pastoral value compared to similar sites located on neighboring capitalist farms. The potential economic income of a generic Cushamen farm (625 ha) under the current stocking rate (0.27 sheep units{bullet operator}ha-1) and productive parameters (wool and number of lambs produced per sheep each year and the number of sheep that died or were discarded per year) is above the family poverty line, but this potential may be only rarely achieved due to interannual variability of productive parameters. However, under the carrying capacity, only an improbable combination of 0.84 lambs{bullet operator}sheep-1 yr-1, 5.5 kg wool{bullet operator}sheep-1 yr-1 and a 16% rate of annual sheep discarding would equal the present potential income. Active policies aimed at increasing carrying capacity of the Cushamen Reserve are needed to preserve both bio- and sociodiversity.
Fil: Golluscio, Rodolfo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura; Argentina
Fil: Román, Marcela Eloísa. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Economía, Desarrollo y Planeamiento Agrícola. Cátedra de Economía Agraria; Argentina
Fil: Cesa, Ariela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria; Argentina
Fil: Rodano, D.. Administración de Parques Nacionales; Argentina
Fil: Bottaro, H.. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Sur. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Esquel; Argentina
Fil: Nieto, M.I.. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Sur; Argentina
Fil: Betelú, A.. Programa Social Agropecuario; Argentina
Fil: Golluscio, Lucia Angela. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Preservation of biodiversity can be at odds with preservation of sociodiversity, i.e., human groups with different cultures, social organization and economic activities coexisting within a region. We analyzed this problem in the Cushamen Reserve, a pastoralist Mapuche aboriginal settlement in Patagonia, Argentina. We found that the current stocking rate of domestic herbivores is twice the rangeland carrying capacity, and this overstocking has resulted in a 20-30% reduction in plant cover, productivity, floristic richness and pastoral value compared to similar sites located on neighboring capitalist farms. The potential economic income of a generic Cushamen farm (625 ha) under the current stocking rate (0.27 sheep units{bullet operator}ha-1) and productive parameters (wool and number of lambs produced per sheep each year and the number of sheep that died or were discarded per year) is above the family poverty line, but this potential may be only rarely achieved due to interannual variability of productive parameters. However, under the carrying capacity, only an improbable combination of 0.84 lambs{bullet operator}sheep-1 yr-1, 5.5 kg wool{bullet operator}sheep-1 yr-1 and a 16% rate of annual sheep discarding would equal the present potential income. Active policies aimed at increasing carrying capacity of the Cushamen Reserve are needed to preserve both bio- and sociodiversity.
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0140-1963
CONICET Digital
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