Local and traditional knowledge to improve community-based conservation in protected areas in Paraty

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dc.contributor.authorPeterson, Debora
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeDavidson-Hunt, Iain (Natural Resources Institute)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeLi, Fabiana (Anthropology)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeAdams, Cristina (Universidade de São Paulo)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorBerkes, Fikret (Natural Resources Institute) Hanazaki, Natalia (Natural Resources Institute)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-11T02:33:04Z
dc.date.available2020-09-11T02:33:04Z
dc.date.copyright2020-06-11
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.date.submitted2020-06-11T21:20:47Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplineNatural Resources Instituteen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US
dc.description.abstractSome protected areas in Brazil, such as Extractive and Sustainable Development Reserves, allow for the participation of traditional people in their formal management. Yet, much can be done to effectively include people in decision-making in these areas. This thesis seeks to understand how traditional people can participate more effectively and have their knowledge incorporated in the management of the Juatinga Ecological Reserve, in Paraty area, Rio de Janeiro State. Through the lenses of landscape ethnoecology, the thesis also aims to understand how Caiçara people use plants to carry out cultural practices, such as baskets, canoes and paddles making, that are important to Caiçara identity. More specifically, the thesis objectives were: 1. To investigate Caiçara ethnoecology of the landscape of the Juatinga Ecological Reserve 2. To investigate the social and cultural practices of basket making and related knowledge 3. To understand canoe making as a process of cultural heritage 4. To identify Caiçara understandings and motivations for conservation and stewardship Some 31 participants, from six communities in the Reserve, participated: 28 men and three women aged 32 to 78 years. Semi-structured interviews with basket, canoe and paddle makers; workshops on basket making process; field trips to harvesting sites; a photovoice exercise, and participant observation helped to gather data to understand: the main nontimber forest products harvested, knowledge transmission between local people, details of the process of cultural products manufacture, concepts of conservation and other aspects of knowledge and practice of Caiçara of the area. A promising way ahead may involve co-production of knowledge. This would entail the meaningful participation of traditional people, and incorporation of their knowledge in the planning and management of the Reserve.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2020en_US
dc.identifier.citationPeterson, D., Berkes, F., Davidson-Hunt, I. and N. Hanazaki. 2019. The Caiçara in Juatinga Ecological Reserve, Brazil: Landscape Ethnoecology of Cultural Products. Human Ecology 47: 827–838. DOI: 10.1007/s10745-019-00126-3en_US
dc.identifier.citationPeterson, D., Hanazaki, N. and Li, F. Understanding canoe making as a process of preserving cultural heritage. Ethnobiology Letters 10(1):59-68. DOI: 10.14237/ebl.10.1.2019.1363en_US
dc.identifier.citationPeterson, D., Hanazaki, N. and Berkes, F. in press. Do we all speak the same language when talking conservation? Caiçara understandings of conservation in their landscape. Conservation & Society (Accepted August 2019).en_US
dc.identifier.citationPeterson, D. and Davidson-Hunt, I. Making matters: Skill and attentiveness in the weaving of baskets by Caiçara crafters of the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Resubmitted to Journal of Ethnobiology with revisions (April 2019).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/35042
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectEthnoecologyen_US
dc.subjectKnowledge co-productionen_US
dc.subjectPhotovoiceen_US
dc.subjectBasket makingen_US
dc.subjectCanoe makingen_US
dc.subjectPaddle makingen_US
dc.subjectProtected areasen_US
dc.subjectCaiçaraen_US
dc.subjectAtlantic Foresten_US
dc.subjectBrazilen_US
dc.titleLocal and traditional knowledge to improve community-based conservation in protected areas in Paratyen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
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