Alpina Begossi
Biographic Data
| ID | 12 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alpina Begossi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alpina |
| FAMILY NAME | Begossi |
| SIGNATURE | BEGOSSI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7876-5295 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 54 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 449 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 54 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Integrating fishers’ knowledge on fish use with ecological networks to assess the ‘silent threat’ of mercury contamination in tropical marine and freshwater fisheries
Breaking down barriers
What fisher diets reveal about fish stocks
A Mulher E a Pesca
As mulheres pescadoras lidam historicamente com a falta de reconhecimento de suas atividades, o que tem implicações socioeconômicas (e.g., falta de remuneração por seu trabalho) e de saúde (e.g.: falta de reconhecimento de suas doenças trabalhistas). Através de uma revisão da literatura, aqui avaliamos eventuais mudanças neste cenário para as pescadoras brasileiras, incluindo o seu reconhecimento na literatura científica. Encontramos que, nas últ…
Fishers and groupers (Epinephelus marginatus and E. morio) in the coast of Brazil
Groupers can be considered as a cultural and ecological keystone species. We suggest protective measures: 1) fishing zoning, 2) islands (MPAs) with the surveillance of fishers, 3) late Spring and early Summer as key periods for management (grouper reproduction), 4) studies on grouper larvae, 5) mapping of fishing spots, 6) studies on local knowledge. Collaboration with small-scale fishers and local knowledge could contribute to low-conflict manag…
Threatened fish and fishers along the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Coast
Pescadores da Praia Grande, Paraty, RJ
A resiliência, como propriedade de sistemas socioecológicos, está relacionada à capacidade que tais sistemas têm de se adaptar e lidar com perturbações. Este estudo examinou as características presentes em uma comunidade de pescadores artesanais por meio de alguns indicadores de resiliência (flexibilidade, capacidade de organização e capacidade de aprendizagem). O indicador flexibilidade representa a dependência econômica em relação ao recurso na…
How small communities respond to environmental change
Huntington, H. P., A. Begossi, S. Fox Gearheard, B. Kersey, P. A. Loring, T. Mustonen, P. K. Paudel, R. A. M. Silvano, and R. Vave. 2017. How small communities respond to environmental change: patterns from tropical to polar ecosystems. Ecology and Society 22(3):9. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09171-220309
Homegardens in a micro-regional scale
Homegardens are conservation units for native plants and reservoirs of exotic species from different origins. We analysed the species composition and diversity of edible plants on three groups of homegardens in a gradient from urban to rural situations, but under the same historical and cultural contexts, and verified how these homegardens can favour the conservation of plants from different origins. The size of each homegarden was measured and c…
Fishers' knowledge on the coast of Brazil
BACKGROUND: Although fishers' knowledge has been recently considered into management programmes, there is still the need to establish a better understanding of fishers' perceptions and cognition. Fishers can provide novel information on the biology and ecology of species, which can potentially be used in the management of fisheries. The knowledge fishers have and how they classify nature is empirically based. It is common, for example, to observe…
Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being
Art, fisheries and ethnobiology
Background Nature is perceived in a variety of forms, and the perception of nature can also be expressed in different ways. Local art may represent the perception of nature by humans. It can embody perception, imagination and wisdom. Local art, in particular, reflects how people interact with nature. For example, when studying the representation of fish by different cultures, it is possible to access information on the fish species found in the e…
Fishers' knowledge about fish trophic interactions in the southeastern Brazilian coast
BACKGROUND: Data derived from studies of fishers' local ecological knowledge (LEK) can be invaluable to the proposal of new studies and more appropriate management strategies. This study analyzed the fisher's LEK about trophic relationships of fishes in the southeastern Brazilian coast, comparing fishers' LEK with scientific knowledge to provide new hypotheses. METHODS: The initial contacts with fishers were made through informal visits in their …
Comunidades Pesqueiras, Etnoecologia, Ecologia Humana e Segurança Alimentar
Este artigo revisa conceitos de comunidades pesqueiras, etnoecologia, ecologia humana e segurança alimentar, buscando integrá-los para a análise de processos de conservação da biodiversidade. Os autores argumentam pela necessidade de considerar os resultados (governança e co-manejo), processos (confiança, legitimidade e transparência), motivadores (incentivos, segurança alimentar, biodiversidade, poluição e pobreza) e instrumentos (processos cola…
Ecological, cultural, and economic approaches to managing artisanal fisheries
The river and the sea
This article is a commentary on the experiences that motivated my decision to become a human ecologist and ethnobiologist. These experiences include the pleasure of studying and of having the sense of being within nature, as well as the curiosity towards understanding the world and minds of local people. In particular, such understanding could be driven by addressing the challenging questions that originate in the interactions of such individuals…
Resource-Use Patterns in Swidden Farming Communities
Transboundary Socio-Ecological Effects of a Marine Protected Area in the Southwest Atlantic
The paraty artisanal fishery (southeastern Brazilian coast)
This study intends to give recommendations to the management of Paraty fishery in Brazil through an interplay of local and scientific knowledge. In particular, the objectives are the following: 1) to describe the Paraty fishery; 2) to compare the fishermen's local ecological knowledge with recorded fish landings and previous studies in Paraty; 3) to combine the data on local fishing and on local/Caiçara livelihoods with the SES (social-ecological…
Prototypes and Folk Taxonomy
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Foraging behaviour of Brazilian riverine and coastal fishers
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Compensation for environmental services from artisanal fisheries in SE Brazil
Ethnobiology of snappers (Lutjanidae)
In this study, we sought to investigate the biology (diet and reproduction) and ethnobiology (fishers knowledge and fishing spots used to catch snappers) of five species of snappers (Lutjanidae), including Lutjanus analis, Lutjanus synagris, Lutjanus vivanus, Ocyurus chrysurus, and Romboplites saliens at five sites along the northeast (Riacho Doce, Maceió in Alagoas State, and Porto do Sauípe, Entre Rios at Bahia State) and the southeast (SE) Bra…
Last Trip Return Rate Influence Patch Choice Decisions of Small-Scale Shrimp Trawlers
Uses and Taboos of Turtles and Tortoises Along Rio Negro, Amazon Basin
Chelonians (turtles and tortoises) of the Amazon Basin have constituted a source of food for native populations since pre-Columbian times and have continued to be an important product for subsistence and cash income. Little is known about current levels of exploitation and pressure on natural stocks, despite observations of declining populations of the larger and most valued species. This study investigates how people living in the Negro River ar…
Medicinal Plants in the Atlantic Forest (Brazil)
Ethnobotany of caiçaras of the Atlantic Forest coast (Brazil)
Use of ecological methods in ethnobotany
Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being
Ecology and ethnoecology of dusky grouper [garoupa, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)] along the coast of Brazil
Dusky grouper (garoupa, Epinephelus marginatus) is an important catch for several artisanal small-scale fisheries along the Brazilian coast. It is a sedentary, monandric, and late maturing protogynous species, which makes it vulnerable to overharvesting even though it is mainly caught through hook and line or spear fishing through free diving. Lack of information on the ecology and biology of this species in Brazil is astonishing. Much of the inf…
Are Biological Species and Higher-Ranking Categories Real? Fish Folk Taxonomy on Brazil's Atlantic Forest Coast and in the Amazon
Analysis of Brazilian fishers` classifications of 24 marine (Atlantic coast) and 24 freshwater (Amazon) fish species reveals that fishers from the Atlantic coast identify fish mainly through generic names (primary lexemes), while riverine Amazonian fishers typically identify them through binomials. The similarity of Amazonian fish species seems to contribute to the detailed folk taxonomy used by riverine fishers. High-ranking groups called "relat…
Hunting and use of terrestrial fauna used by Caiçaras from the Atlantic Forest coast (Brazil)
BACKGROUND: The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is considered one of the hotspots for conservation, comprising remnants of rain forest along the eastern Brazilian coast. Its native inhabitants in the Southeastern coast include the Caiçaras (descendants from Amerindians and European colonizers), with a deep knowledge on the natural resources used for their livelihood. METHODS: We studied the use of the terrestrial fauna in three Caiçara communities, thr…
Whales, dolphins or fishes? The ethnotaxonomy of cetaceans in São Sebastião, Brazil
The local knowledge of human populations about the natural world has been addressed through ethnobiological studies, especially concerning resources uses and their management. Several criteria, such as morphology, ecology, behavior, utility and salience, have been used by local communities to classify plants and animals. Studies regarding fishers' knowledge on cetaceans in the world, especially in Brazil, began in the last decade. Our objective i…
Ethnobiology of snappers (Lutjanidae)
In this study, we sought to investigate the biology (diet and reproduction) and ethnobiology (fishers knowledge and fishing spots used to catch snappers) of five species of snappers (Lutjanidae), including Lutjanus analis, Lutjanus synagris, Lutjanus vivanus, Ocyurus chrysurus, and Romboplites saliens at five sites along the northeast (Riacho Doce, Maceió in Alagoas State, and Porto do Sauípe, Entre Rios at Bahia State) and the southeast (SE) Bra…
Fishers' knowledge on the coast of Brazil
BACKGROUND: Although fishers' knowledge has been recently considered into management programmes, there is still the need to establish a better understanding of fishers' perceptions and cognition. Fishers can provide novel information on the biology and ecology of species, which can potentially be used in the management of fisheries. The knowledge fishers have and how they classify nature is empirically based. It is common, for example, to observe…
The ethnoecology of Caiçarametapopulations (Atlantic Forest, Brazil)
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 Caiçaras 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 special attention and analysis. I…
Ethnobotany of Atlantic Forest Coastal Communities
Fishers' knowledge about fish trophic interactions in the southeastern Brazilian coast
BACKGROUND: Data derived from studies of fishers' local ecological knowledge (LEK) can be invaluable to the proposal of new studies and more appropriate management strategies. This study analyzed the fisher's LEK about trophic relationships of fishes in the southeastern Brazilian coast, comparing fishers' LEK with scientific knowledge to provide new hypotheses. METHODS: The initial contacts with fishers were made through informal visits in their …
How small communities respond to environmental change
Huntington, H. P., A. Begossi, S. Fox Gearheard, B. Kersey, P. A. Loring, T. Mustonen, P. K. Paudel, R. A. M. Silvano, and R. Vave. 2017. How small communities respond to environmental change: patterns from tropical to polar ecosystems. Ecology and Society 22(3):9. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09171-220309
The paraty artisanal fishery (southeastern Brazilian coast)
This study intends to give recommendations to the management of Paraty fishery in Brazil through an interplay of local and scientific knowledge. In particular, the objectives are the following: 1) to describe the Paraty fishery; 2) to compare the fishermen's local ecological knowledge with recorded fish landings and previous studies in Paraty; 3) to combine the data on local fishing and on local/Caiçara livelihoods with the SES (social-ecological…
Uses and Taboos of Turtles and Tortoises Along Rio Negro, Amazon Basin
Chelonians (turtles and tortoises) of the Amazon Basin have constituted a source of food for native populations since pre-Columbian times and have continued to be an important product for subsistence and cash income. Little is known about current levels of exploitation and pressure on natural stocks, despite observations of declining populations of the larger and most valued species. This study investigates how people living in the Negro River ar…
Ethnobotany of Riverine Populations From the Rio Negro, Amazonia (Brazil)
This paper presents a comparative study of plant knowledge and use in rural and urban areas in the municipality of Barcelos in the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil, based on a total of 81 interviews. Using diversity indices (Shannon-Wiener), plant knowledge is compared among communities (urban-rural population), and between sex (male-female) and age (older or younger than 40 years) categories within each community. Among our informants, we found quant…
Temporal Stability in Fishing Spots
The management of small-scale artisanal fisheries in Brazil should be a priority because of their importance as a source of food for internal markets and their location in sites with high biodiversity, such as the Atlantic Forest coast. Fishing spots, territories, and sea tenure have been widely studied within artisanal fisheries, and, in this study, a fishing spot of this type may be a defended area or an area that imposes rules for users, makin…
Resource-Use Patterns in Swidden Farming Communities
Homegardens in a micro-regional scale
Homegardens are conservation units for native plants and reservoirs of exotic species from different origins. We analysed the species composition and diversity of edible plants on three groups of homegardens in a gradient from urban to rural situations, but under the same historical and cultural contexts, and verified how these homegardens can favour the conservation of plants from different origins. The size of each homegarden was measured and c…
Last Trip Return Rate Influence Patch Choice Decisions of Small-Scale Shrimp Trawlers
Dietary Changes over Time in a Caiçara Community from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Because they are occurring at an accelerated pace, changes in the livelihoods of local coastal communities, including nutritional aspects, have been a subject of interest in human ecology. The aim of this study is to explore the dietary changes, particularly in the consumption of animal protein, that have taken place in Puruba Beach, a rural community of caiaras on the So Paulo Coast, Brazil, over the 10yr period from 1992-1993 to 2002-2003. Data…
Fishing at Rio Grande (Brazil)
Threatened fish and fishers along the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Coast
The river and the sea
This article is a commentary on the experiences that motivated my decision to become a human ecologist and ethnobiologist. These experiences include the pleasure of studying and of having the sense of being within nature, as well as the curiosity towards understanding the world and minds of local people. In particular, such understanding could be driven by addressing the challenging questions that originate in the interactions of such individuals…
The use of optimal foraging theory in the understanding of fishing strategies
Ethnobotany of Atlantic Forest coastal communities
Biodiversity, family income and ecological niche
This study focuses on the diversity of animal food consumed at Búzios Island (São Paulo State, Brazil). Data on diet of 12 randomly chosen families were collected in monthly samples of meals over a period of one year. Simpson indices were calculated for animal foods (as a measure of niche breadth) and for fish catches. We found that, in some months, the animal foods in the diets of families conform to predictions from the ecological theory of nic…
Fishing spots and sea tenure
Use of ecological methods in ethnobotany
Fishing at Rio Grande (Brazil)
Debate sobre o artigo de Elmo Rodrigues da Silva & Fermin Roland Schramm
Our modern concern over the environment brings us to the historical discussion of Scientific Rationalism, principally in contemporary western society, where the conflict between Man and the Natural World is at its greatest. In an attempt to solve this conflict, Ecology, a field of science, stands out riddled with problems, seeking to draw subjects from other fields into its own. Following an "ecologized world view" (Ecosystemics), some social cur…
Pollution and Food Taboos
This study is on fish food taboos observed among some residents from the banks of the Piracicaba River (Porto Street, Piracicaba City, Brazil). Among the fish available from the polluted Piracicaba River, the caborja (Haplosternum Liroralle) and the mandi (Pirmelodus maculatus) are usually avoided as food. Whereas the caborja is avoided year round. the mandi’ is avoided especially when the river water level is low and pollutants may be more conce…
Ethnobotany of Atlantic Forest Coastal Communities
Uses of Fish and Game by Inhabitants of an Extractive Reserve (Upper Juruá, Acre, Brazil)
Ethnobotany of caiçaras of the Atlantic Forest coast (Brazil)
Caiçaras, caboclos and natural resources
This study examines the interaction between local/native populations (caiçaras of the Atlantic Forest coast and caboclos of the Amazon) and regional, national, and global institutions regarding environmental demands. It explores how the scale of organization (individual/family/community) influences their capacity to engage with these institutions and manage natural resources. Concepts like common management, natural capital, resilience, and susta…
Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity in Brazilian Hot Spots
Medicinal Plants in the Atlantic Forest (Brazil)
WSSD 2002, Latin America and Brazil
Does Fish Still Matter? Changes in the Diet of Two Brazilian Fishing Communities
Coastal communities are experiencing rapid changes on their livelihood due to the degradation of coastal areas and growing tourism. We analyze the changes in the diet of two fishing communities from the southeastern Brazilian coast, in regard to their consumption of animal protein. Using multivariate methods, we followed the diet of 32 households through the 24-hour recall method (three days per month, September 1998 to August 1999) in order to c…
The ethnoecology of Caiçarametapopulations (Atlantic Forest, Brazil)
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 Caiçaras 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 special attention and analysis. I…
Dietary Changes over Time in a Caiçara Community from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Because they are occurring at an accelerated pace, changes in the livelihoods of local coastal communities, including nutritional aspects, have been a subject of interest in human ecology. The aim of this study is to explore the dietary changes, particularly in the consumption of animal protein, that have taken place in Puruba Beach, a rural community of caiaras on the So Paulo Coast, Brazil, over the 10yr period from 1992-1993 to 2002-2003. Data…
Temporal Stability in Fishing Spots
The management of small-scale artisanal fisheries in Brazil should be a priority because of their importance as a source of food for internal markets and their location in sites with high biodiversity, such as the Atlantic Forest coast. Fishing spots, territories, and sea tenure have been widely studied within artisanal fisheries, and, in this study, a fishing spot of this type may be a defended area or an area that imposes rules for users, makin…
Ethnobotany of Riverine Populations From the Rio Negro, Amazonia (Brazil)
This paper presents a comparative study of plant knowledge and use in rural and urban areas in the municipality of Barcelos in the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil, based on a total of 81 interviews. Using diversity indices (Shannon-Wiener), plant knowledge is compared among communities (urban-rural population), and between sex (male-female) and age (older or younger than 40 years) categories within each community. Among our informants, we found quant…
Whales, dolphins or fishes? The ethnotaxonomy of cetaceans in São Sebastião, Brazil
The local knowledge of human populations about the natural world has been addressed through ethnobiological studies, especially concerning resources uses and their management. Several criteria, such as morphology, ecology, behavior, utility and salience, have been used by local communities to classify plants and animals. Studies regarding fishers' knowledge on cetaceans in the world, especially in Brazil, began in the last decade. Our objective i…
Ethnobotany of Riverine Populations From the Rio Negro, Amazonia (Brazil)
This paper presents a comparative study of plant knowledge and use in rural and urban areas in the municipality of Barcelos in the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil, based on a total of 81 interviews. Using diversity indices (Shannon-Wiener), plant knowledge is compared among communities (urban-rural population), and between sex (male-female) and age (older or younger than 40 years) categories within each community. Among our informants, we found quant…
Local knowledge and training towards management
Diversity and management
Artisanal fishers’ ethnobotany
Geography (47 works) · Biology (39 works) · Ecology (38 works) · Fishery (30 works) · Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (25 works) · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (23 works) · Fishing (21 works) · Biodiversity (18 works) · Agriculture (13 works) · Fish (13 works)