Comunidad Shuar del Kiim busca legalizar su territorio

El Centro Shuar Kiim ubicado en la confluencia de los ríos Yacuambi y Kiim, parroquia La Paz, cantón Yacuambi, Zamora Chinchipe, posee una superficie total de 7.999,61 hectáreas, dividida en: 1) un territorio de uso sostenible de 1.023,13 hectáreas, y 2) un territorio de reserva comunitaria de 6.976,48 hectáreas, mismas que en 2008, con el apoyo de Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional, fueron reconocidas por el Ministerio del Ambiente del Ecuador como Área de Bosque y Vegetación Protectora “Tiwi Nunka".

Estos bosques lluviosos y biodiversos constituyen el principal generador de agua para las 33 familias que residen permanentemente en el territorio comunitario, a más de ser fuente de alimento, medicina, varios materiales y poseer un significado especial al tratarse de un pueblo milenario que vive de acuerdo a sus costumbres ancestrales, relacionando su visión de vida con el entorno natural.

Es por esto que los shuar buscan que el Ministerio de Ambiente y Agua del Ecuador, adjudique aproximadamente 5 mil hectáreas que mantienen en posesión, para evitar invasiones y conservar el territorio de actividades externas que puedan afectar el aprovechamiento sustentable.

Los shuar del Kiim han aprendido a aprovechar los productos forestales no maderables del territorio conocido como Tiwi Nunka. Han logrado iniciar bioemprendimientos como la recolección de semillas nativas o la obtención de aceite a partir del copal.

Como parte de un convenio de cooperación entre el Centro Shuar Kiim y Naturaleza y Cultura Internacional, se desarrolló la actualización del expediente técnico de adjudicación que incluye documentos como: plan de manejo, estudio socio – histórico, censo poblacional entre otros, que fueron entregados por el presidente del centro shuar, Antonio Tiwi, a la Coordinación Zonal de Ambiente y Agua de Zamora Chinchipe, para el trámite respectivo.

El propósito es conservar permanentemente los ecosistemas naturales que han manejado ancestralmente, por lo que además solicitarán al Ministerio de Ambiente y Agua del Ecuador la creación de un Área Protegida Comunitaria que figure dentro del Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas. El área natural a adjudicarse incluso es amenazada por invasiones y prácticas ganaderas poco amigables con el entorno, siendo una razón más para buscar la declaratoria que en esta oportunidad cuenta con el apoyo del Andes Amazon Fund.

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