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The ethnoecology of Caicara metapopulations (Atlantic Forest, Brazil): ecological concepts and questions

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Author(s):
Begossi, Alpina [1, 2]
Total Authors: 1
Affiliation:
[1] Fisheries & Food Inst, BR-13025002 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[2] Museu Hist Nat IB UNICAMP, Campinas, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; v. 2, 2006.
Web of Science Citations: 18
Abstract

The Atlantic Forest is represented on the coast of Brazil by approximately 7,5% of remnants, much of these concentrated on the country's SE coast. Within these southeastern remnants, we still find the coastal Caicaras who descend from Native Indians and Portuguese Colonizers. The maintenance of such populations, and their existence in spite of the deforestation that occurred on the Atlantic Forest coast, deserves especial attention and analysis. In this study, I address, in particular, the Caicaras who live on the coast of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro States, illustrating with examples of coastal inhabitants from other areas, such as Bahia State (NE coast) and of other forested areas (riverine caboclos of the Amazon). The major focus of this study, based on previous research, performed since 1986 in several populations or villages of the Atlantic Forest coast, is to understand the resilience of the Caicaras, which is analyzed using ecological concepts, such as metapopulation, resilience and adaptive cycles. The Caicara populations are located on islands (Buzios, Comprida, Grande, Ilhabela, Jaguanum, Gipoia) and on the coast (Bertioga, Puruba, Picinguaba, among others). Information gathered about the Caicaras regarding the economic cycles of the local regions, along with ecological, historical and economic data available, are used to understand such resilience, and are complemented with comparative examples from the Brazilian Amazon and with variables such as the local restrictions imposed by environmental governmental agencies. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 01/05263-2 - Sea and land ethnoecology at the coast of São Paulo State: fishing areas and use of natural resources
Grantee:Alpina Begossi
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants