The Caiçara in Juatinga Ecological Reserve, Brazil: Landscape Ethnoecology of Cultural Products

Our research on Caiçara ethnoecology in the Juatinga Ecological Reserve, in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, focuses on basket, canoe, and paddle making to understand Caiçara knowledge and stewardship of the landscape. Caiçara differentiate individual plants within a given species to select sui...

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Published in:Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal 2019-12, Vol.47 (6), p.827-838
Main Authors: Peterson, Debora, Berkes, Fikret, Davidson-Hunt, Iain, Hanazaki, Natalia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
Canoes & canoeing
Community
Conservation
Culture
Ecology
Environmental Management
Fibers
Geography
Hunting
Knowledge
Landscape
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Resource conservation
Social Sciences
Sociology
Sustainable use
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Summary:Our research on Caiçara ethnoecology in the Juatinga Ecological Reserve, in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, focuses on basket, canoe, and paddle making to understand Caiçara knowledge and stewardship of the landscape. Caiçara differentiate individual plants within a given species to select suitable specimens for a specific cultural product. Choices are based on a combination of attributes such as length of roots, quality of fibers, and tree size and health. Resources are found in multiple ecotopes within a diversity of forest types; not all ecotopes produce suitable individuals for particular cultural products. Hence, people need access to areas of Juatinga Ecological Reserve beyond their community for their material and cultural needs. Our findings are of international significance in suggesting ways to make conservation and sustainable use compatible, since many resource-dependent communities are losing their resource rights in the face of increasing conservation pressures.
ISSN:0300-7839
1572-9915
DOI:10.1007/s10745-019-00126-3