Domesticação da paisagem em bracatingais de assentamentos rurais no noroeste do planalto catarinense

Abstract

RESUMOO manejo da bracatinga (Mimosa scabrella Benth.) é prática comum em assentamentos rurais da região noroeste do planalto catarinense, constituindo-se em uma das principais atividades de geração de renda. Neste trabalho, buscou-se resgatar os parâmetros considerados importantes para este manejo, utilizando métodos de diagnóstico participativo em oficinas comunitárias junto a agricultores de assentamentos dos municípios de Calmon e Matos Costa. Os resultados apontam a existência de um número significativo de intervenções intencionais para a formação e manejo dos bracatingais, as quais indicam que estas formações são paisagens fortemente manejadas, mais próximas à condição de artefatos humanos do que de florestas propriamente nativas. Estas características deveriam ser consideradas na elaboração de instrumentos legais relativos a este manejo. Palavras-chave: Mimosa scabrella; domesticação da paisagem; manejo tradicional. ABSTRACTThe management of bracatinga (Mimosa scabrella Benth.) is a common practice in rural settlements in northwestern Santa Catarina state plateau, which is one of the main activities to generate income for the farmers. This work aims to identify the parameters considered important for this management, using participatory diagnostic methods in workshops with farmers from the settlements of Calmon and Matos Costa municipalities. The results show that there are an expressive number of interventions for the formation and the management of the bracatingais, indicating that they are strongly managed landscapes, closer to human artifact conditions than to native forests. This characteristics should be considered in the in specific legislation of bracatinga management.

Domesticated Landscapes in Araucaria Forests, Southern Brazil: A Multispecies Local Conservation-by-Use System

“…Management practices entailing protection, promotion and selection are present in today's "extractivism" systems, and imply effective adjustments of landscapes and populations to the dimensions of current use (see Wiersum, 1996Wiersum, , 1997bMartins, 2005;Emperaire and Peroni, 2007;Miranda and Hanazaki, 2008;Capparelli et al, 2011;Parra et al, 2012;Dawson et al, 2013;Steenbock and Reis, 2013;Roberts et al, 2017). Plant domestication in forest environments begins with a process mediated by humans which favors the occurrence of the chosen species to the detriment of others (Wiersum, 1997a).…”

“…The human presence and its cultural values can be determinant in the landscape perceived today, and favor both conservation and use at the same time. Furthermore, several recent studies (Heywood et al, 2007;Capparelli et al, 2011;Shepard and Ramirez, 2011;Steenbock et al, 2011;Parra et al, 2012;Dawson et al, 2013;Steenbock and Reis, 2013) demonstrate the importance of management systems and local practices associated with obtaining resources from forest environments, as discussed by Roberts et al (2017). These studies have been carried out with a view to understanding different forms of landscape domestication, or in the sense of recognizing and valuing this strategy for obtaining income, and the diversification of family farming (Kubo et al, 2008;Vieira-da-Silva and Reis, 2009;Vieira-da-Silva and Miguel, 2014).…”

“…Studies with this emphasis are recent and scarce in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, despite its importance for the sustainable use of species domesticated by the native people, and for the establishment of public policies for conservation and use of biodiversity. In this context the Araucaria forest (Ombrophilous Mixed Forest), a forest formation of the Atlantic Rainforest, has been the object of several studies (see Reis et al, 2010;Zechini et al, 2012;Steenbock and Reis, 2013;Vieira-da-Silva and Miguel, 2014;Adan et al, 2016).…”