Indigenous and traditional knowledge, sustainable harvest, and the long road ahead to reach the 2020 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation objectives

Abstract

Global strategies under the scope of CBD are important in guiding policies and resources for the conservation of biological diversity. This paper emphasized the need to develop actions under the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) with measurable results up to 2020, regarding the status and perspectives related to Targets 12 and 13, focusing on the Brazilian context in order to identify gaps and actions to achieve the goals for conservation and sustainable use of plants. It should be noted that Target 12 also covers logging, not necessarily directly related to indigenous peoples and traditional communities, but may threaten their livelihoods. In Brazil, scientific knowledge about the ecological effects of the harvesting of non-timber forest products is still limited, and few studies have contributed to the establishment of legal regulations for collection and management. With regard to target 13, which concerns traditional and indigenous knowledge about plant use and the dependence of these peoples on plants, there are still a lack of integrative and effective policy initiatives. However, considering the negative political context of recent decades and exacerbated in recent years in relation to biodiversity conservation and indigenous peoples and local communities, profound changes are necessary in the Brazilian scenario, with strong support and recognition for indigenous peoples and local communities, so that any objective related to the achievement of the goals of the GSPC is minimally achieved.

Nanosuspension of pinhão seed coat development for a new high‐functional cereal bar

“…In this context, source of income from pinhão is the main incentive for the preservation of Araucaria—and its biome (Hanazaki, Zank, Fonseca‐Kruel, & Schmidt, 2018), since it is now considered an endangered species and shows important impact for the regional development of the Southern states of Brazil (Fichino, Pivello, & Santos, 2017; Peralta et al, 2016).…”

Plant Exchange Networks and their Importance in Mbyá-Guarani Medicine in Southern Brazil

“…These ideas have been developed in places such as Colombia and Suriname by the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) (74) and among the peoples of the Rio Negro in the northwestern Amazon, for example (75). Encouraging public policies related to biodiversity and traditional peoples is instituted in the Convention on Biological Diversity (76), as well as in the Global Strategy for the Conservation of Plants (76), even though we are far from effectively achieving this goal (77).…”

Participatory ethnobotany and conservation: a methodological case study conducted with quilombola communities in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

“…Several authors have employed a participatory approach to ethnobotanical research [3][4][5][6], where the involvement and active participation of local residents has been instrumental in the decision-making process, the advancement of innovative solutions in co-management projects, and the production, use, and management of plant resources. In the Brazilian scenario, this fact has become increasingly relevant due to the negative political context of the past few decades regarding the conservation of both plant and cultural diversity [7]. Therefore, profound changes are truly needed to recognize and support the participation of local communities in activities directly related to conservation under Aichi Goal 18 as well as to achieve the goals of the Global Plant Conservation Strategy, since Brazil is one of the signatory countries of the Convention on Biological Diversity [7].…”

“…In the Brazilian scenario, this fact has become increasingly relevant due to the negative political context of the past few decades regarding the conservation of both plant and cultural diversity [7]. Therefore, profound changes are truly needed to recognize and support the participation of local communities in activities directly related to conservation under Aichi Goal 18 as well as to achieve the goals of the Global Plant Conservation Strategy, since Brazil is one of the signatory countries of the Convention on Biological Diversity [7].…”