Between tradition and modernity: negotiations of rights in two conservation units of the brazilian amazonian area

In the present paper we analyse the Jaú Nacional Park and the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, in which groups have claimed ethnic specific rights. We reflect about how the category of traditional people has been used to classify residents inside and around these natural protected areas, an...

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Published in:Ambiente & sociedade 2008-07, Vol.11 (2), p.255-272
Main Authors: Creado, Eliana Santos Junqueira, Mendes, Ana Beatriz Vianna, Ferreira, Lúcia da Costa, Campos, Simone Vieira de
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Brazil
Conservation
Ethnic communities
Ethnic minorities
Modernity
Modernization
Nature conservation
Nature reserves
Protectionism
Tradition
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Summary:In the present paper we analyse the Jaú Nacional Park and the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, in which groups have claimed ethnic specific rights. We reflect about how the category of traditional people has been used to classify residents inside and around these natural protected areas, and whether or not this use has converged to the conservationists' proposals.
ISSN:1414-753X
1809-4422
DOI:10.1590/S1414-753X2008000200004