. Ecuador : Cabeceras Cofanes-Chingual . (anthropologists, ecologists, educators, and leaders of the Cofan Nation). The social inventory had several objectives, among them (1) to analyze the main sociocultural assets and opportunities in the area; (2) to learn how natural resources are used in the inventoried area; (3) to determine possible threats to human populations and ecosystems; and (4) to inform communities about the biological team's activities at the sampling sites. We visited 22 communities, selected on the basis of how well they represented the social pattern of the region and for t
. Ecuador : Cabeceras Cofanes-Chingual . (anthropologists, ecologists, educators, and leaders of the Cofan Nation). The social inventory had several objectives, among them (1) to analyze the main sociocultural assets and opportunities in the area; (2) to learn how natural resources are used in the inventoried area; (3) to determine possible threats to human populations and ecosystems; and (4) to inform communities about the biological team's activities at the sampling sites. We visited 22 communities, selected on the basis of how well they represented the social pattern of the region and for their proximity to the proposed conservation area. In 13 of these communities we interviewed authorities and key residents and observed patterns of natural resource use. In 9 communities (, 24) our work was more intensive: we stayed two or three days, visited families and fields, and conducted informational meetings or workshops. We divided the communities visited into three geographic or "socio-environmental" sectors—Southeastern, Northern, and Southwestern— according to their geopolitical location and patterns of natural resource use (Fig. 24, Table 9). The communities 230 RAPID BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL INVENTORIES INFORME/REPORT NO. 21
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