The environmental goods and services cannot be valued through markets economically defined. Therefore, it has been necessary to implement methodologies such as contingent valuation for this purpose. This method was proposed 66 years ago and it has been widely used in different fields such as conservation of protected areas. The aim of this article is to provide a theoretical review of the contingent valuation method and to show experiences of its application in the assessment of Protected Areas in Latin America. In the sixties and seventies contingent valuation began to acquire greater importance for estimates of non-use values. Then, there was a cross-disciplinary integration of elements to strengthen the development of surveys and in the nineties appeared a criticism of its validity .Moreover, contingent valuation studies in Latin American countries have had positive results in determ...

El objetivo del presente trabajo consiste en reconocer las prácticas de cuidado y atención de los agentes del sistema médico tradicional responsables de la salud reproductiva femenina en el sur de la Amazonia colombiana. Para ello, se realizaron entrevistas a profundidad, grupos focales y observación etnográfica con agentes locales de salud de cinco comunidades rurales y cascos urbanos de los municipios de Leticia y Puerto Nariño. Los resultados mostraron que la formación de personas, sus cuerpos y el buen trato, mediados por un constante control de las relaciones entre humanos y no humanos, se establecen como los determinantes de las prácticas de cuidado y atención a la salud reproductiva femenina. Igualmente, se evidencia un profundo respeto por las decisiones de la madre durante su proceso procreativo, lo que coincide con las recientes disposiciones internacionales. Estos dat...

The purpose of this paper is to recognize the practices of care and attention of the agents of the traditional medical system responsible for female reproductive health in the south of the Colombian Amazon. In-depth interviews, focus groups and ethnographic observation with local health agents from five rural communities and urban areas of the Municipalities of Leticia and Puerto Nariño were conducted. The results showed that the formation of people, their bodies and good treatment, mediated by a constant control of the relationships between humans and non-humans and the search for good living, are established as the determinants of care practices and attention to women’s reproductive health. Likewise, there is a deep respect for the mother’s decisions during her procreative process, which coincides with the recent international provisions. These data serve as the basis for the unde...

The purpose of this paper is to recognize the practices of care and attention of the agents of the traditional medical system responsible for female reproductive health in the south of the Colombian Amazon. In-depth interviews, focus groups and ethnographic observation with local health agents from five rural communities and urban areas of the Municipalities of Leticia and Puerto Nariño were conducted. The results showed that the formation of people, their bodies and good treatment, mediated by a constant control of the relationships between humans and non-humans and the search for good living, are established as the determinants of care practices and attention to women’s reproductive health. Likewise, there is a deep respect for the mother’s decisions during her procreative process, which coincides with the recent international provisions. These data serve as the basis for the unde...