Hay creciente preocupación sobre problemas ambientales, tales como: cambio climático, agua potable escasa, pérdida de biodiversidad y, además, existe desconocimiento de las valoraciones, actitudes y comportamientos. La pregunta de investigación se basó en las Representaciones Sociales acerca del ecoturismo comunitario, problemas ambientales y relaciones con educación ambiental, de acuerdo con ello, el objetivo fue identificar las Representaciones Sociales en ese contexto sobre el territorio de cinco corregimientos de la zona rural de Florencia-Caquetá, Colombia, durante los años comprendidos entre 2019-2022. La metodología tiene carácter proyectivo, tipo mixto, método hermenéutico y las técnicas utilizadas fueron encuesta, entrevista semiestructurada, grupos de discusión con representantes del sector educativo, comunitario, político, académico-investigativo ambiental, turístico, empresarial y desplazados. También, se implementó la técnica de triangulación y análisis de contenido. El supuesto teórico de esta investigación considera a las Representaciones Sociales como una de las estrategias para el fomento del ecoturismo comunitario. En los resultados, el núcleo de las Representaciones Sociales del ecoturismo fue: territorio y conocimiento de habitantes y turistas. Los elementos periféricos fueron: la investigación, participación comunitaria y educación ambiental multidisciplinaria para articular campos de conocimiento como: cultura, historia, biodiversidad, inglés, administración, derecho y marketing. Como conclusión, la educación Ambiental es piñón del ecoturismo comunitario como oferta de formación en todos los niveles educativos para conocimiento de las dimensiones del territorio, con participación, articulada entre habitantes del territorio, academia, Estado y empresarios. El conocimiento de RS es esencial para el cambio actitudinal en la responsabilidad con el ambiente. La investigación y participación comunitaria se nutren de la educación ambiental con carácter multidisciplinario. Es de resaltar la necesidad de un papel más protagónico de la academia para el apoyo a las comunidades interesadas en el ecoturismo comunitario.

In view of the difficulties present in the swine production system to achieve sustainable productivity based on the comparative advantages and potential of the territory of the department of Caquetá, located in the natural region of the Colombian, the aim of the study was to analyze the socioeconomic factors that may influence the use of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in live-stock feed. For this purpose, the study was carried out with a descriptive-transversal methodology with a non-experimental design and quantitative approach, where the survey was applied to 44 swine production units through a non-probabilistic method. The data were systematized using R software; a principal component analysis was performed and the degrees of relationship of socio-economic factors with the use of NTFPs in animal feed. It was concluded that despite being in a biodiverse territory, social factors related to the level of knowledge about NTFPs and economic factors linked to sources of financing are directly proportional to the degree of NTFP use in swine production in the department of Caquetá. Although NTFPs are found in most production systems in the region, they are not used for animal feed.

The present work determined the nutritional quality of Piptocoma discolor and Cratylia argentea as non-timber forest products used in animal feed in the Amazonian foothills in Caquetá province - Colombia, where the grasses B. decumbens and B. humidicola predominate in the pastures.A random selection of 50 farms was made, identifying that in each of them the shrub species Piptocoma discolor, Cratylia argentea and areas of grasslands for grazing where Brachiarias decumbens and B. humidicola predominate. One sample per species was taken from each farm. The samples were subjected to chemical analysis (CP, ADF, NDF, ADL, cellulose, hemicellulose, EE, ash and IVDDM, OMD, TDN, DE, ME). An analysis of variance was performed for each of the variables evaluated using a linear mixed model, considering the species factor as a fixed effect and municipality was considered a random effect. The model assumptions were evaluated by graphical inspection of residual. A multivariate synthesis to see the interrelation between variables and species was performed using a biplot graphic obtained by principal component analysis.   C. argentea and P. discolor presented higher CP levels than the grasses in the pastures (17.7; 13.1; and 6.15%, respectively) with good levels of energy intake, confirming that C. argentea and P. discolor are non-timber forest resources with forage potential.

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In Latin America, ecotourism has been relevant in recent years. The objective is to explain research trends in socio-environmental and sociocultural aspects of ecotourism in Latin America between 2015 and 2020 through the documentary review of scientific publications on ecotourism. Quantitative and qualitative data were used. The type of research is descriptive-interpretative and transversal. The hermeneutic method was developed in two phases: heuristic, in which 57 research studies were searched and systematized; and hermeneutic, where data were interpreted with the content analysis technique. Since ecotourism is an emerging field, the trends in socio-environmental problems are sustainable development, environmental management and protection, and socioeconomic aspects. The sociocultural trends are agency, participation, and research. Regarding methodologies, there is a transition from quantitative to mixed, with a predominance of qualitative. In the practices of knowledge production, there are interesting collective experiences, but individual research prevails. The years with most publications in this field were 2019, 2018, and 2017. Mexico stands out as the country with the highest number of studies. Finally, a proposal is presented to integrate two dimensions: (a) sustainability: socio-environmental and socioeconomic, and (b) environmental culture: sociopolitical, socio-educational, and scientific-technological, all mediated by interdisciplinarity. It is important the connection of problems, methodologies, and participation of diverse researchers and communities.