Game Management and Cultural Survival: The Yuqui Ethnodevelopment Project in Lowland Bolivia

Abstract

When the Yuqui Indians of Bolivia adopted a settled life-style in the 1960s, wild animals continued to be their main source of meat. As a result, game species declined in numbers around their settlement and their problems were exacerbated by colonists seeking new lands to farm. Prospects brightened in 1992 when 115,000 ha of land were designated Yuqui Indigenous Territory. This paper describes how a system of satellite camps was developed to enable the Yuqui to exploit game animals sustainably and to defend their land from encroachment. © 1995, Fauna and Flora International. All rights reserved.