Reflexiones sobre los procesos de ocupación humana en los páramos. Situación actual del páramo volcán Chiles, Colombia

Abstract

The moors are Andean ecosystems that have experienced over different historical periods profound changes, which have altered or changed its natural dynamics, due to the development of the processes related to the exploitation of production activities among them agriculture, livestock and mining. The evidence of human presence in the Andean moors, has been registered for over 10,000 years, being more evident since the period of the Spanish conquest and reaching a higher incidence in the modern period. This article describes the processes of human occupation of the paramos in Latin America and, as a special analyses, what has happened in the paramos of Volcan Chiles, south of Colombia.