A knowledge network to promote the use and valorization of wild food plants in the Pantanal and Cerrado, Brazil

Bortolotto, Ieda Maria; Hiane, Priscila Aiko; Ishii, Iria Hiromi; Souza, Paulo Robson de; Campos, Raquel Pires; Gomes, Rosane Juraci Bastos; Farias, Cariolando da Silva; Leme, Flávia Maria; Arruda, Rosani do Carmo de Oliveira; Costa, Liana Baptista de Lima Corrêa da; Junior, Geraldo Alves Damasceno

doi:10.1007/s10113-016-1088-y

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“…According to [78], food purposes are not very common, which can lead to the abandonment or knowledge loss for these plants in communities. In addition, it is important to motivate rural communities to consume native edible species, which can even help increase family incomes [79]. Another type of use was mystical-religious purposes.…”

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Plants used by the rural community of Bananal, Mato Grosso, Brazil: Aspects of popular knowledge

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Studies in rural communities are important to maintain popular knowledge between generations, as well as to identify new species for pharmaceutical production. Thus, the objectives of this study were to determine which plant species the rural community of Bananal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, uses by calculating the levels of fidelity and concordance regarding species uses among residents and to determine if there is a relationship between the number of known useful plants and levels of education, age, and residence time. Ethnobotanical data was collected from residents of the community through semi-structured interviews in January/December/2016. Species diversity was calculated using Shannon-Wiener, Level of Fidelity (LF), Correction Factor, and the Percentage of Agreement regarding the Main Uses (AMU). Statistical tests were performed using generalized linear models (GLM) in the R environment. The plant use indications were grouped according to the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD 10). We found 152 species belonging to 130 genera and 67 families. The most frequently used plant parts were leaves, and decoction was the most frequent preparation mode. Strychnos pseudoquina was the species with the highest amount of use indications. The diversity index was 4.5 nats/ind-1. The body system with the most citations was the code XVIII of ICD 10, corresponding to the species: alfavaca, mentraste, terramicina, angelim, fedegoso. Medicinal species with AMU values higher than 25% were: Strychnos pseudoquina, Plectranthus barbatus, Citrus sinensis cv. pera, Cymbopogon citratus. There was a relationship between the number of useful plants and the residence time of the participants. The Bananal community revealed high species richness and the relationship of knowledge showed that the older the residents and the longer their residence time in the community, the more knowledge they acquired.

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Plants used by the rural community of Bananal, Mato Grosso, Brazil: Aspects of popular knowledge

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“…For example, recently produced field guides on the FIR provide information on 25 wild plant foods historically utilized by the Bitterroot Salish peoples (Salish Language Revitalization Institute, 2012); however, in this study, only six wild plant foods were identified by participants. Comprehensive documentation and dissemination of wild food identification, uses, and preparation techniques are needed to prevent the loss of knowledge of wild foods on the FIR (Bortolotto et al, 2017).…”

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Contribution of Wild Foods to Diet, Food Security, and Cultural Values Amidst Climate Change

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Ahmed

Dupuis

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J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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Wild foods are recognized to contribute to diet and food security through enhancing the availability of 1 The term 'Native American' was determined to be the preferred term for referencing the Native American community in this study, based on consultation from our community advisory board. local, diverse, and nonmarket food sources. We investigated the contribution of wild foods to diet, food security, and cultural identity in a Native American 1 community in the context of climate

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“…Pedersen), as well as ornamental fish and the native shrimp Macrobrachium pantanalense (Karim, Freitas, Lima, Nascimento, & Hayd, 2015). A recent knowledge network to promote the use and valorization of wild food plants in the Pantanal and Cerrado, led by UFMS, is a good example of how to strengthen the cooperation and exchange of information among scientists and local people and to connect local and global markets (Bortolotto et al, 2016).…”

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Sustainability Agenda for the Pantanal Wetland: Perspectives on a Collaborative Interface for Science, Policy, and Decision-Making

Tomás

Roque

Morato

et al. 2019

Tropical Conservation Science

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Building bridges between environmental and political agendas is essential nowadays in face of the increasing human pressure on natural environments, including wetlands. Wetlands provide critical ecosystem services for humanity and can generate a considerable direct or indirect income to the local communities. To meet many of the sustainable development goals, we need to move our trajectory from the current environmental destructive development to a wiser wetland use. The current article contain a proposed agenda for the Pantanal aiming the improvement of public policy for conservation in the Pantanal, one of the largest, most diverse, and continuous inland wetland in the world. We suggest and discuss a list of 11 essential interfaces between science, policy, and development in region linked to the proposed agenda. We believe that a functional science network can booster the collaborative capability to generate creative ideas and solutions to address the big challenges faced by the Pantanal wetland.

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A knowledge network to promote the use and valorization of wild food plants in the Pantanal and Cerrado, Brazil

Cited by 39 publications

References 18 publications

Plants used by the rural community of Bananal, Mato Grosso, Brazil: Aspects of popular knowledge

Plants used by the rural community of Bananal, Mato Grosso, Brazil: Aspects of popular knowledge

Contribution of Wild Foods to Diet, Food Security, and Cultural Values Amidst Climate Change

Sustainability Agenda for the Pantanal Wetland: Perspectives on a Collaborative Interface for Science, Policy, and Decision-Making

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