The Caiçara in Juatinga Ecological Reserve, Brazil: Landscape Ethnoecology of Cultural Products
2019
Peterson, Debora | Berkes, Fikret | Davidson-Hunt, Iain | Hanazaki, Natalia
Our research on Caiçara ethnoecology in the Juatinga Ecological Reserve, in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, focuses on basket, canoe, and paddle making to understand Caiçara knowledge and stewardship of the landscape. Caiçara differentiate individual plants within a given species to select suitable specimens for a specific cultural product. Choices are based on a combination of attributes such as length of roots, quality of fibers, and tree size and health. Resources are found in multiple ecotopes within a diversity of forest types; not all ecotopes produce suitable individuals for particular cultural products. Hence, people need access to areas of Juatinga Ecological Reserve beyond their community for their material and cultural needs. Our findings are of international significance in suggesting ways to make conservation and sustainable use compatible, since many resource-dependent communities are losing their resource rights in the face of increasing conservation pressures.
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