Proyecto Ecoturismo Reserva Palacio

Abstract

Since ancient times, the Muiscas peoples who occupied the high areas of the Páramos de Sumapaz, Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Chingaza, Santurbán, Tamá, Almorzadero, Yariguíes, Pisba, Iguaque-Merchán, Guerrero and Picachos, considered these sites sacred places, where they were They revered water and had great respect for Mother Earth, they dedicated themselves to the cultivation of tubers and hunting activity as an important part of their culture and subsistence more than 10,000 years ago, later settlements were created, giving rise to peasant communities that following the culture of their ancestors they also dedicated themselves to agriculture and livestock as part of their daily activity in the family economy, some of them maintained direct and respectful contact with nature, making adequate and rational use of resources, but not They all thought in the same way, it was like this that the desire to colonize more arable spaces and livestock extensions, made it go lost. or the north, currently causing damage to the ecosystem (Chingaza National Natural Park, 2015).