Protocolo comunitario biocultural Pucara Puruwa Cacha Kawsay para el acceso, uso y aprovechamiento de los conocimientos tradicionales asociados a la biodiversidad (recursos biológicos y genéticos), y sus expresiones culturales de la comunidad Pucara Quinche, Cacha

Abstract

Traditional knowledge has been related for thousands of years to indigenous peoples and biological biodiversity. However, the communities have been in constant vulnerability due to the presence of external actors such as: researchers and private companies (pharmaceuticals, food companies and the fashion industry), which are continuously interested in this knowledge, without the communities being participants in a fair and equitable distribution of benefits that come from the use of their knowledge. This thesis was developed with the objective of elaborating a Community Protocol for the Pucaraquinche community of the Cacha parish, considering the absence of a mechanism or tool that allows the community to manage and protect its traditional knowledge on its own and regulate the access, use and sustainable use of such knowledge associated with biodiversity. The applied methodology is qualitative, research and participatory action that allowed to collect all the secondary information through interviews, and testimonies provided by the members of the community council, information that was systematized to elaborate the Community Protocol as a safeguard mechanism covered in chapter 5.