Do socioeconomic characteristics explain the knowledge and use of native food plants in semiarid environments in Northeastern Brazil?

Campos, Letícia Zenóbia de Oliveira; Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino; Peroni, Nivaldo; Araújo, Elcida de Lima

doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.01.002

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“…H. drasticus, besides having latex used for medicinal purposes in both communities, is also marketed in the region (see Baldauf & Santos 2013). In addition to the commercial potential, the younger people of the communities value the species by the organoleptic properties (flavor and smell) of their fruits, such as A. occidentale, A. coriaceae, H. speciosa and P. myrsinites, whose collection occurs together with other resources of local preference: B. sericea wood (see Cavalcanti et al 2015b), fruits of C. coriaceum (see Campos et al 2015a) and A. speciosa (Campos et al 2015b). This indicates that even if the search for work and industrial goods in urban areas reduced local knowledge (Hanazaki et al 2000), it was observed that young people still recognized the importance of the trade of some plant resources for the acquisition of goods and services.…”

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Can socioeconomic factors explain the local importance of culturally salient plants in a social-ecological system?

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Th e aim of this work was to determine whether socioeconomic factors explain the importance of culturally salient plants to social-ecological systems. Extractive communities of the Araripe-Apodi Environmental Protection Area in Northeast Brazil were studied, and a random sample of the population was selected. Quantitative variables (education, age and income) were analyzed using Spearman correlations, while categorical variables (gender and occupation) were analyzed using Mann-Whitney tests. Relationships between socioeconomic factors and the importance of culturally salient plants were all weak. Nevertheless, age infl uenced the local importance of the largest number of species. Other factors not considered in this study (historical, cultural, ecological, and psychological) may be outstanding predictors of the importance of culturally salient plants and should be studied in future investigations.

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Can socioeconomic factors explain the local importance of culturally salient plants in a social-ecological system?

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“…Para Afonso e Ângelo (2009), os habitantes das áreas rurais do Cerrado brasileiro suprem a maior parte de suas necessidades básicas (medicamentos, alimentação, fonte de renda, entre outros) por meio da exploração dos recursos fl orestais madeireiros e não madeireiros. Do mesmo modo, são diversos os usos dos vegetais pelo homem do campo da região nordeste do Brasil (SILVA et al, 2011;CAMPOS et al, 2015).…”

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Etnoecologia E Etnobotânica Da Palmeira Carnaúba No Semiárido Brasileiro

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RESUMO:O objetivo do presente trabalho foi investigar aspectos etnoecológicos e etnobotânicos da carnaúba (Copernicia prunifera (Miller) H. E. Moore, Arecaceae) em uma comunidade extrativista do município de Ipanguaçu, estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Foram entrevistados moradores considerados informantes-chaves, utilizando a técnica da indução não específica, turnê guiada e observação direta para confirmar as informações obtidas. Segundo a maioria dos moradores do Assentamento Pedro Ezequiel de Araújo, o carnaubal da região é uma formação vegetal natural. Na investigação etnoecológica, 73% dos informantes relataram a ocorrência de "um tipo diferente de carnaúba", conhecida como "carnaúba branca", fenotipicamente distinta da "carnaúba comum" por apresentar estipe claro, frutos menores e ausência de espinhos no pecíolo, além de ser rara no local de estudo. Grande parte dos informantes observam os processos fenológicos da carnaúba, sendo condizentes ao afirmar que a espécie possui dispersão quiropterocórica. Na etnobotânica, o pó cerífero foi citado por todos como o produto mais importante extraído da carnaúba e a folha a parte mais usada, seguida dos frutos, caule e raiz. Foram relatadas ainda as divisões de trabalho na extração do pó da carnaúba. Os resultados desta pesquisa irão contribuir para difundir os conhecimentos etnobotânicos e etnoecológicos da carnaúba, subsidiando estratégias de manejo e conservação das populações naturais. ETHNOECOLOGY AND ETHNOBOTANY OF THE PALM CARNAUBA WAX IN BRAZILIAN SEMI-ARIDABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to investigate aspects of ethnoecological and ethnobotanical of carnauba wax (Copernicia prunifera (Miller) H. E. Moore, Arecaceae) in an extractive community of municipality of Ipanguaçu, Rio Grande do Norte state. We interviewed key informants, using the technique of inducing nonspecific, guided tour and direct observation to confirm the data. According to most residents of Pedro Ezequiel Araújo community, the area of carnauba wax in the region is natural. In the research ethnoecological, 73% of informants reported the occurrence of "a different kind of carnauba", known as "white carnauba" phenotypically distinct from the "common carnauba wax" by presenting clear stipe, smaller fruits and absence of spines on the petiole, and is rare at the study site. Much of the informants observed phenological phases of carnauba wax, being consistent in stating that the species has fruits dispersed by bats. In ethnobotany, powder wax was cited by all as the most important product extracted from leaves of carnauba and the most used, followed by fruit, stem and root. Were still reported the division of work in the extraction of powder wax from the carnauba. The results of this research will contribute to knowledge of ethnobotanical and ethnoecological carnauba, supporting strategies for management and conservation of natural populations.

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“…Based on the information collected through interviews, participatory workshops, and secondary data (published by both the authors themselves and by other researchers, see for example Ávila et al 2015, Campos et al 2015, Zank et al 2015, we developed a narrative for (1) drivers of change acting on the THS and (2) the three components (social-biodiversity, health-practices learning, and social organization) contributing to adaptive capacity and resilience of the THS.…”

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“…However, the communities still depended on extracting plant resources (ca. 70% of the population in Cacimbas, 60% in Maracujá, and 40% in Macaúba; Campos et al 2015). In the Quilombola communities, there is a small percentage of adults generating income from agriculture (vegetables and fruits), breeding animals (cattle), and/or fishing (16% in Fortunato, 2% in Santa Cruz, and 6% in Aldeia; Ávila et al 2015).…”

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Resilience and adaptability of traditional healthcare systems: a case study of communities in two regions of Brazil

Zank¹,

Araujo²,

Hanazaki³

2019

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The traditional healthcare systems (THS) of communities in two different regions of Brazil were investigated through the lens of social-ecological resilience, assuming that the resilience of THS and of the communities influence each other. We analyzed what has sustained and changed in the trajectory of THS of different rural and coastal communities in Brazil during the last seven decades, focusing on the domains of social biodiversity (especially on plant diversity for medicinal use), health practices learning, and social organization. The THS analyzed refer to three rural communities in northeastern Brazil, and three Quilombola communities on the southern coast of Brazil. Data were obtained through participatory methods, interviews, and secondary sources. The main drivers affecting the THS were the (1) development of national and regional infrastructure, (2) access to public healthcare, (3) implementation of protected areas, and (4) recognition of Quilombola territories (Quilombos). The components of social biodiversity, learning, and social organization contributed to the adaptive capacity and resilience of the systems through the continuity of knowledge transmission, use of local biodiversity for healthcare, request for local specialists, recovery of cultural practices, and institutional development of local organizations and partnerships. Challenges concerning the resilience of the THS are explained by the urbanization processes, restriction of access and use of some native plants, decrease in economic dependence on local biodiversity resources, and the need to improve social capital. After assessing the factors affecting the resilience of THS, we recommend actions that could enhance socialecological resilience in different communities and under different situations.

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Do socioeconomic characteristics explain the knowledge and use of native food plants in semiarid environments in Northeastern Brazil?

Cited by 51 publications

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Can socioeconomic factors explain the local importance of culturally salient plants in a social-ecological system?

Can socioeconomic factors explain the local importance of culturally salient plants in a social-ecological system?

Etnoecologia E Etnobotânica Da Palmeira Carnaúba No Semiárido Brasileiro

Resilience and adaptability of traditional healthcare systems: a case study of communities in two regions of Brazil

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