The present study has been carried out in the Southeastern sector of the Ecuadorian Amazon,
in the Protected Area of the high Nangaritza River basin in three Indigenous Centers of the
Shuar People: Shaime, Yayu and Napints, which belong to the Political-Administrative
jurisdiction of the Zurmi Parish, in Nangaritza Corner, Province of Zamora Chinchipe. They
are organized and represented in the Shuar Tayunts Association, in addition to its Directors
and Central Clubs. This work is an effort to present the Shuar’s socio-environmental
dynamics on the exploitation of palms, for which a socio-historical analysis of these three
Centers is realized. Its floristic composition and palms were studied taking into consideration
the ecological parameters, density, basal area, frequency, importance value index, the
Shannon-Wiener diversity index and the Sorensen similarity index; as well as the
sustainability of use and handling that their populations make, which results are a valuable
contribution offered to to future management and recovery of the area.
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