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Social-Ecological Changes in a Quilombola Community in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil
Through a combined adaptive cycle and political ecology approach, this article explores how the Afro-Brazilian Quilombolas of Bombas, living inside the protected area of PETAR, respond to and shape social-ecological changes in the Atlantic Forest. Field data reveal that both environmental restrictio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4266456/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25525288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-014-9691-3 |
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description | Through a combined adaptive cycle and political ecology approach, this article explores how the Afro-Brazilian Quilombolas of Bombas, living inside the protected area of PETAR, respond to and shape social-ecological changes in the Atlantic Forest. Field data reveal that both environmental restrictions and social policies of state transfer payments and food packages have contributed to decreased engagement in agricultural practices, loss of traditional knowledge, and reduced agro-biodiversity. The claim to land rights based on a Quilombola identity and recent negotiations with forest authorities insinuate a shift of this trend. Contrary to dominant conservation narratives, the findings indicate that small-scale shifting cultivation practices by the Quilombolas have the potential to increase structural ecological complexity of the Atlantic Forest. The article therefore argues that legalization of settlement and subsistence activities is important not only for livelihood security and social cohesion of Bombas inhabitants, but also possibly for biodiversity conservation. |
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spelling | pubmed-42664562014-12-16 Social-Ecological Changes in a Quilombola Community in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil Thorkildsen, Kjersti Hum Ecol Interdiscip J Article Through a combined adaptive cycle and political ecology approach, this article explores how the Afro-Brazilian Quilombolas of Bombas, living inside the protected area of PETAR, respond to and shape social-ecological changes in the Atlantic Forest. Field data reveal that both environmental restrictions and social policies of state transfer payments and food packages have contributed to decreased engagement in agricultural practices, loss of traditional knowledge, and reduced agro-biodiversity. The claim to land rights based on a Quilombola identity and recent negotiations with forest authorities insinuate a shift of this trend. Contrary to dominant conservation narratives, the findings indicate that small-scale shifting cultivation practices by the Quilombolas have the potential to increase structural ecological complexity of the Atlantic Forest. The article therefore argues that legalization of settlement and subsistence activities is important not only for livelihood security and social cohesion of Bombas inhabitants, but also possibly for biodiversity conservation. Springer US 2014-08-23 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4266456/ /pubmed/25525288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-014-9691-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2014 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article Thorkildsen, Kjersti Social-Ecological Changes in a Quilombola Community in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil |
title | Social-Ecological Changes in a Quilombola Community in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil |
title_full | Social-Ecological Changes in a Quilombola Community in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil |
title_fullStr | Social-Ecological Changes in a Quilombola Community in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil |
title_full_unstemmed | Social-Ecological Changes in a Quilombola Community in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil |
title_short | Social-Ecological Changes in a Quilombola Community in the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil |
title_sort | social-ecological changes in a quilombola community in the atlantic forest of southeastern brazil |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4266456/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25525288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-014-9691-3 |
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