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Environmental governance consists of two different but complementary intervention approaches: the coercive way of the state and the regulatory way of the market. This article is an attempt to comprehend an alternative governance strategy that confronts this approach and, consequently, these two forms of intervention. This is about the Agri-food Rural Territory of the Colombian Massif, a strategy that has been implemented, de facto, in various regions of the country, and in several municipalities in the north of Nariño and the south of Cauca in particular. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Oak Forest (Quercus humboldtii Bonpl) are affected by inappropriate uses, despite the many natural resources they have and have been feedstock of local communities to develop their daily activities. Therefore, Non- Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) from the Oak Forest were identified in the municipality of La Vega, Cauca Department, to classify them according to the use given by the communities. The information was obtained through field observation techniques, interviews and oral communication. 74 NTFPs were identified belonging to 10 categories of generic use of which stressed "Medicinal" and "Food and beverages" represented by 54,1% and 21,6%, respectively, of total products found. The most consumed foods correspond to the honey, infusion from the seeds of Q. humboldtii and callampas (Pleurotus ostreatus), about which, the physical-chemical composition has already been reported. It was recorded that the fruits of Panopsis rubra, are secondary foods consumed by people, whose proximate analysis revealed the contents of appreciable amounts of carbohydrate (85,43%), indicating that they can be very helpful as a supply of energy for the human being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article approaches practices of consumption and cultural production of popular music (a genre of its own in Colombia) in several areas of the southern department of Cauca, Colombia (municipalities of Mercaderes, El Patía, La Sierra and Rosas), explores the formation of musical identities, and discusses theories, concepts and actions regarding the role of musical practices as the expression of cultural knowledge in the region. The analysis of collected data evidences the tension between the categories of "traditional music" and "popular music". The discussion combines elements from contemporary ethnomusicology, understood as the study of music in culture and as the study of cultural dimensions of musical expressions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]