Natalia Hanazaki
Biographic Data
| ID | 71970 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natalia Hanazaki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natalia |
| FAMILY NAME | Hanazaki |
| SIGNATURE | HANAZAKI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7876-6044 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 70 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 311 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 70 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Improving visibility for knowledge holders in ethnobiological and ethnopharmacological publications
Uso De Plantas Medicinais Para O Tratamento Da Malária Em Díli Timor-Leste: Uma Possível Inserção Na Merenda Escolar
A malária, uma doença endêmica em vários países do mundo, acomete milhões de pessoas a cada ano. Uma maneira usada para tratamento da malária por comunidades do Timor-Leste é através do uso de plantas medicinais. Por isso, esta pesquisa teve por objetivo conhecer as espécies de plantas medicinais utilizadas em Díli, no Timor-Leste, para o tratamento de malária e seu potencial de incorporação na merenda escolar, contribuindo assim com o tratamento…
Changes in the users of the social‐ecological system around a reciprocal human‐dolphin relationship
In contrast to many contemporary negative human‐nature relationships, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities have stewarded nature through cultural practices that include reciprocal contributions for both humans and nature. A rare example is the century‐old artisanal fishery in which net‐casting fishers and wild dolphins benefit by working together, but little is known about the persistence of the social‐ecological system formed around this cul…
Ethnomycological knowledge of Slavic immigrant descendants in southern Brazil
The study reveals that mushrooms remain culturally significant among immigrant descendant communities in Southern Brazil. While some traditional knowledge is preserved and even adapted, other aspects show signs of erosion or restricted transmission. The findings highlight how immigration, environmental factors, and cultural resilience interact in shaping mycological knowledge. This research contributes to the broader understanding of how human-fu…
Traditional use of Achyrocline satureioides in coal mining areas
Background: Mineral extraction areas are a significant environmental concern due to the contamination of soil, water, and plant resources. In these areas, some medicinal plant species have the potential to bioaccumulate trace elements. The medicinal species Achyrocline satureioides (Lam.) DC is a species that occurs naturally in roadsides and mining areas and has a bioaccumulating capacity. Given this situation, this study aimed to understand the…
Ethnobiology! Until when will the colonialist legacy be reinforced
In this essay, we will present arguments for a negative answer to the debate question: "Is publishing ethnobiology data respectful of Indigenous and Local Knowledge holders' rights?" We recognize that ethnobiological research has advanced in recognizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC), but we believe that we still have a long way to go in deconstructing colonialism in ethnobiology. In order to be truly respectful, et…
Coordinated action across administration levels and assessments: Key tools to reveal barriers to effective management of protected areas
We assessed protected area management effectiveness and identified attributes that limit the effectiveness of 21 protected areas in the State of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Of these, we assessed 10 areas under state-level administration for which a standardised assessment had not previously been conducted. For the 11 protected areas under federal administration, we obtained assessment data from the government. The protected areas were contra…
Nature’s contributions to people dependent on Brazilian coral and rocky reefs
Unraveling Sustainability in Brazilian Ethnobotany: An Analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Tracing gender variation in traditional knowledge: Participatory tools to promote conservation in a Quilombola community in Brazil
Local and traditional knowledge systems, resistance, and socioenvironmental justice
In this essay, for the debate series of Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, I argue against the oversimplified causal argument that the maintenance of local and traditional knowledge systems is related to less advantaged circumstances. This statement is based on a colonialist perspective of what a less advantageous circumstance is, which is being questioned by several authors. It also ignores the struggles and resistance of traditional kno…
Quem Faz E Onde Está a Produção Acadêmica Etnobotânica Em Comunidades Quilombolas Da Mata Atlântica
O objetivo deste trabalho foi apresentar os principais aspectos da pesquisa etnobotânica em quilombos da Mata Atlântica a partir de uma perspectiva étnico-racial. O desenvolvimento de pesquisas etnobotânicas brasileiras tem apresentado importantes avanços nas últimas décadas tanto em relação à diversidade de publicações como também em relação às questões éticas; neste sentido, o questionamento sobre o racismo institucional na pesquisa etnobotânic…
Diversidade Biocultural Na Escola: Fortalecendo as Conexões Entre a Etnobiologia E a Educação
Este relato de experiência traz reflexões sobre a construção de um material didático voltado para professoras e professores do ensino básico e um curso de extensão sobre este material. O livro e o curso "Diversidade biocultural na escola - reflexões e práticas para professoras e professores" foram organizados a partir das vivências de um grupo de pesquisa que tem por foco a etnobiologia e a ecologia humana, com a colaboração direta e indireta de …
A Potência Da Relação Entre Educação E Devolutivas Etnocientíficas: Um Estudo De Caso Sobre Unidades De Conservação
Devolutivas são formas de retornar parte dos resultados das pesquisas para as comunidades, podendo colaborar para a valorização dos conhecimentos tradicionais sobre a biodiversidade. Neste estudo apresentamos aspectos essenciais da interação pesquisador-comunidade sob a lente do processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Ele contou com a participação de 82 estudantes de duas escolas de Santa Catarina, tendo como objetivo avaliar o impacto de atividades edu…
Afro-diasporic ethnobotany: Food plants and food sovereignty of Quilombos in Brazil
Background: Traditional territories can safeguard a great diversity of food plants through local practices that can contribute to the food security of these traditional people. Urbanization can affect food biodiversity and agrobiodiversity by reducing cultivation areas, providing other labor and employment alternatives, and due to other combined effects. The remaining Quilombo populations are groups of traditional people with African ancestry in …
Ethnobotanical contributions to global fishing communities: A review
Traditional Agriculture and Food Sovereignty: Quilombola Knowledge and Management of Food Crops
In several parts of the world, forests have been safeguarded by Indigenous and traditional people, whose plant food production is mostly for self-consumption and for sale based on the promotion of forest biological processes and crop diversification. In the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, Quilombola groups are black communities that have protected and managed agrobiodiversity since the fifteenth century. Although the dynamics of use, production, and d…
How do Brazilian National Park managers evaluate the relationship between conservation and public use
Local ecological knowledge and resilience of ethnomedical systems in a changing world – South American perspectives
Recognizing Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights and agency in the post-2020 Biodiversity Agenda
The Convention on Biological Diversity is defining the goals that will frame future global biodiversity policy in a context of rapid biodiversity decline and under pressure to make transformative change. Drawing on the work of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, we argue that transformative change requires the foregrounding of Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights and agency in biodiversity policy. We support this argument with fo…
Response to “Practice what you preach: Ensuring scientific spheres integrate Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ rights and agency too” by Lopez-Maldonado
Reyes-García, Victoria; Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro; Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Yildiz; Benyei, Petra; Bussmann, Rainer; García-del-Amo, David; Hanazaki, Natalia; Luz, Ana Catarina; McElwee, Pamela; Meretsky, Vicky J.; Molnár, Zsolt; Ruiz Mallén, Isabel; Salpeteur, Matthieu; Brondizio, Eduardo
Aprendizados Nas Entrelinhas: Reflexões E Olhares Femininos No Trabalho Etnobiológico
Apresentamos neste ensaio um pequeno conjunto de relatos de caso recolhidos entre um grupo de pesquisadoras do Laboratório de Ecologia Humana e Etnobotânica da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. São casos observados ao longo de 15 anos de experiências de campo e fora dele, em torno do universo da pesquisa científica, que envolve pessoas como sujeitos/as/es em várias facetas do trabalho acadêmico. Relatamos experiências de campo que mostraram…
Aprendizados Nas Entrelinhas: Reflexões E Olhares Femininos No Trabalho Etnobiologico
Apresentamos neste ensaio um pequeno conjunto de relatos de caso recolhidos entre um grupo de pesquisadoras do Laborato?rio de Ecologia Humana e Etnobota?nica da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Sa?o casos observados ao longo de 15 anos de experie?ncias de campo e fora dele, em torno do universo da pesquisa cienti?fica, que envolve pessoas como sujeitos/as/es em va?rias facetas do trabalho acade?mico. Relatamos experie?ncias de campo que m…
Ethnobiology Phase VI: Decolonizing Institutions, Projects, and Scholarship
Ethnobiology, like many fields, was shaped by early Western imperial efforts to colonize people and lands around the world and extract natural resources. Those legacies and practices persist today and continue to influence the institutions ethnobiologists are a part of, how they carry out research, and their personal beliefs and actions. Various authors have previously outlined five overlapping “phases” of ethnobiology. Here, we argue that ethnob…
What fisher diets reveal about fish stocks
Medicinal Plants in the Atlantic Forest (Brazil): Knowledge, Use, and Conservation
Disentangling Domestication from Food Production Systems in the Neotropics
The Neolithic Revolution narrative associates early-mid Holocene domestications with the development of agriculture that fueled the rise of late Holocene civilizations. This narrative continues to be influential, even though it has been deconstructed by archaeologists and geneticists in its homeland. To further disentangle domestication from reliance on food production systems, such as agriculture, we revisit definitions of domestication and food…
Evidence of the shifting baseline syndrome in ethnobotanical research
BACKGROUND: The shifting baseline syndrome is a concept from ecology that can be analyzed in the context of ethnobotanical research. Evidence of shifting baseline syndrome can be found in studies dealing with intracultural variation of knowledge, when knowledge from different generations is compared and combined with information about changes in the environment and/or natural resources. METHODS: We reviewed 84 studies published between 1993 and 2…
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…
Five Problems in Current Ethnobotanical Research-and Some Suggestions for Strengthening Them
Recognizing Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights and agency in the post-2020 Biodiversity Agenda
The Convention on Biological Diversity is defining the goals that will frame future global biodiversity policy in a context of rapid biodiversity decline and under pressure to make transformative change. Drawing on the work of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, we argue that transformative change requires the foregrounding of Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights and agency in biodiversity policy. We support this argument with fo…
Knowledge, use, and disuse of unconventional food plants
Urbanization and environmental restrictions contribute to the difficulty of access to UFP. Encouraging residents to continue using UFP is necessary to perpetuate this threatened knowledge, promote a more diversified and healthier diet, stimulate a greater interaction among people and nature, and promote on farm conservation of edible plants
Ethnobiology! Until when will the colonialist legacy be reinforced
In this essay, we will present arguments for a negative answer to the debate question: "Is publishing ethnobiology data respectful of Indigenous and Local Knowledge holders' rights?" We recognize that ethnobiological research has advanced in recognizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC), but we believe that we still have a long way to go in deconstructing colonialism in ethnobiology. In order to be truly respectful, et…
Livelihood Diversity, Food Security and Resilience among the Caiçara of Coastal Brazil
Local ecological knowledge and resilience of ethnomedical systems in a changing world – South American perspectives
Gender Influences in the Perception and Use of the Landscape in a Rural Community of German Immigrant Descendants in Brazil
People interact with the landscape and use its resources on a daily basis. An ecotope is the smallest ecological place culturally recognized within a landscape. Many ecotopes reveal the interaction between local communities and the environment and perceptions about ecotopes are based on the experiences of their observers. We studied local perceptions of ecotopes recognized by rural men and women, in order to understand the decision-making process…
How is local knowledge about plants distributed among residents near a protected area
The interactions between people and plants may result in knowledge of plant resources. This knowledge can vary according to factors such as age, gender, occupation, resource availability, urbanization and restrictions on the use of native resources. This study aimed to understand the interaction between people and plants in two rural communities surrounding the National Forest (FLONA) of Ibirama, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Specifically, the study ai…
Local and traditional knowledge systems, resistance, and socioenvironmental justice
In this essay, for the debate series of Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, I argue against the oversimplified causal argument that the maintenance of local and traditional knowledge systems is related to less advantaged circumstances. This statement is based on a colonialist perspective of what a less advantageous circumstance is, which is being questioned by several authors. It also ignores the struggles and resistance of traditional kno…
Gender and ethnic equity: What Can We Learn From Ancestral and Indigenous Peoples to Deal With Socio-Environmental Issues
The socio-environmental crisis that we are currently experiencing requires integrative research approaches and actions. Ethnobiology has important potential in this regard, both for its interdisciplinary nature and for recording the relationship between humans and the environment at different times and places. In this way, this opinion essay aims to discuss what we can learn from ancestral societies and Indigenous peoples for the establishment of…
The plants have axé: Investigating the use of plants in Afro-Brazilian religions of Santa Catarina Island
BackgroundCultural and religious practices of African origin have decisively influenced traditional health practices in the Americas since the African diaspora. Plants are core elements in the religions of African origin. Compared with other parts of Brazil where the Afro-Brazilian presence is widely recognized, in Southern Brazil, these cultural practices are often socially invisible. Yet, there are several terreiros of three Afro-Brazilian reli…
Local health practices and the knowledge of medicinal plants in a Brazilian semi-arid region: Environmental Benefits to Human Health
The informants had a broad and integrated view of health, perceiving the importance of conserving the environment within the National Forest of Araripe for the health and well-being of the local populations
Homegardens in a micro-regional scale: Contributions to Agrobiodiversity Conservation in an Urban-Rural Context
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…
Healing faith: Knowledge, learning and social relationships of healers from Araripe plateau, Brazil
We investigated the practice of healing in three rural communities in Brazil (Ceará) to understand the diseases that are treated, the plants known and used, the ways in which knowledge of the blessing practices and medicinal plants is gained, and the relationships among the healers. We interviewed 41 healers, who treat approximately 20 diseases with blessings and know several species of medicinal plants. Six plants are most often associated with …
People and Plants Through Generations of Polish Descendants in Brazil
The role of women in Brazilian ethnobiology: Challenges and Perspectives
BACKGROUND: The article aims to analyze the representativeness of women in ethnobiological publications within the Brazilian context, as well as to relate the difficulties faced by women in their scientific careers in terms of gender bias. Biases found in publications are relevant themes to different areas of knowledge, considering the historical persistence of male privilege in these activities. We analyzed the role of women in ethnobiological s…
Trophic relationships between people and resources: Fish consumption in an artisanal fishers neighborhood in Southern Brazil
The study of dietary consumption is important to understanding the relationship between eating habits and natural resources, which may reflect adjustments and adaptations demanded by local environmental changes. This study aimed to understand the trophic relationships between the local families’ diets and the ichthyofauna present in an urban neighborhood of artisanal fishers in southern Brazil (Tijucas, Santa Catarina). Data were collected throug…
"If there's no dill, the taste isn't right!" A comparison of food plant knowledge between Polish and German descendants in the context of an imagined culinary community in Brazil
Food is a cultural marker investigated by several fields of knowledge. The ecological approach to food plants used in human societies can give us insights into food biodiversity and its connection to cultural identity. In our work, we investigate plant knowledge as part of an imagined culinary community among Polish and German descendants in Santa Catarina, Brazil. We interviewed Polish and German descendants and used an ecological analytical app…
Resilience and adaptability of traditional healthcare systems: A case study of communities in two regions of Brazil
Zank, S., L. Gomes De Araujo, and N. Hanazaki. 2019. Resilience and adaptability of traditional healthcare systems: a case study of communities in two regions of Brazil. Ecology and Society 24(1):13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10701-240113
Ethnobotany in a coastal environmental protected area: Shifts in plant use in two communities in southern Brazil
While recognizing the importance of the protected area to maintain local people and their traditions, we documented a shift in plant use that is mainly correlated to construction activities that disappeared from daily practices
Threatened fish and fishers along the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Coast
Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity in Brazilian Hot Spots
Medicinal Plants in the Atlantic Forest (Brazil): Knowledge, Use, and Conservation
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…
Colapso: Como as Sociedades Escolhem O Sucesso Ou O Fracasso
Americanae nace como un proyecto conjunto que surge dentro de la Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina (REDIAL), y que ha afrontado la Biblioteca de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Esta nueva biblioteca virtual hace más accesibles los libros digitales de tema americanista a los investigadores y usuarios interesados de cualquier parte del mundo
Artisanal fishers’ ethnobotany: From plant diversity use to agrobiodiversity management
Use and knowledge of fuelwood in three rural caatinga (dryland) communities in NE Brazil
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…
Five Problems in Current Ethnobotanical Research-and Some Suggestions for Strengthening Them
Pesca de pequena escala e a gestão patrimonial: O Caso Da Pesca Da Tainha No Litoral Paranaense
O arrastão de praia, que tem na tainha seu principal alvo, é uma das mais antigas formas de pesca aindapraticadas no litoral do Paraná. Este artigo aborda aspectos da gestão patrimonial dessa pescaria, comênfase sobre as causas de seu declínio, segundo a percepção dos próprios pescadores. A abordagem foietnoecológica, empregando observação direta, aprendizado vivenciado e entrevistas semiestruturadas com13 informantes especialistas. Estes não con…
Foraging behaviour of Brazilian riverine and coastal fishers: How much is explained by the optimal foraging theory
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The Use of Medicinal Plants by Migrant People: Adaptation, Maintenance, and Replacement
Given the importance of studying the knowledge, beliefs, and practices of migrant communities to understand the dynamics of plant resource use, we reviewed the scientific literature concerning the use of medicinal plants by migrant populations engaged in international or long-distance migrations. We considered the importance of two processes: (1) adaptation to the new flora of the host country (i.e., substitution and incorporation of plants in th…
Pesquisa E Extensão Na Conservação De Manguezais Da Ilha De Santa Catarina Doi: 10.5007/1807-0221.2011V8n12p14
Este trabalho relata as intervenções socioambientais realizadas a partir dos resultados de uma pesquisa sobre o encalhe de resíduos no manguezal, estudo este desenvolvido por uma equipe de acadêmicos do Curso de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), de outubro de 2008 a junho de 2010. Foram realizadas atividades de pesquisa e educação ambiental em prol da conservação de manguezais, destinação adequada de resíduos s…
How is local knowledge about plants distributed among residents near a protected area
The interactions between people and plants may result in knowledge of plant resources. This knowledge can vary according to factors such as age, gender, occupation, resource availability, urbanization and restrictions on the use of native resources. This study aimed to understand the interaction between people and plants in two rural communities surrounding the National Forest (FLONA) of Ibirama, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Specifically, the study ai…
Evidence of the shifting baseline syndrome in ethnobotanical research
BACKGROUND: The shifting baseline syndrome is a concept from ecology that can be analyzed in the context of ethnobotanical research. Evidence of shifting baseline syndrome can be found in studies dealing with intracultural variation of knowledge, when knowledge from different generations is compared and combined with information about changes in the environment and/or natural resources. METHODS: We reviewed 84 studies published between 1993 and 2…
Livelihood Diversity, Food Security and Resilience among the Caiçara of Coastal Brazil
Use of Cultivated and Harvested Edible Plants by Caiçaras—What can Ethnobotany Add to Food Security Discussions
Human populations along the Brazilian coast have undergone transformations in their livelihoods and recent changes have affected local food security. Caiaras, traditional inhabitants of the coastal Atlantic Forest, have experienced processes of urbanization, intensification of tourism, and nature conservation, which have influenced their relationships with biodiversity. Within this context, the objective of this research was to analyze livelihood…
Participatory Approaches and Conservation of Medicinal Plants: Identifying priority species in the community of Areais da Ribanceira (Brazil)
Using a participatory approach, we aimed to identify medicinal conservation priority plant species in a region where a sustainable conservation area is being proposed. Local farmers consensually selected 10 ethno-species represented by 11 scientific species (Calea uniflora Less., Equisetum giganteum L., Aristolochia triangularis Cham., Zollernia ilicifolia (Brongn.) Vogel, Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex Reissek, Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich.) V…
The Traditional Knowledge of Quilombola About Plants: Does urbanization matter
Quilombolas, or Maroons, are traditional groups of people of African-Brazilian descent, who self-identify as such, with their own historical background, which includes black ancestors and an identity related to the historical resistance to oppression. Studying three Quilombola communities as a case study, we aim to investigate their current relationship with plant resources. These communities exist in different types of environments, both rural a…
Local health practices and the knowledge of medicinal plants in a Brazilian semi-arid region: Environmental Benefits to Human Health
The informants had a broad and integrated view of health, perceiving the importance of conserving the environment within the National Forest of Araripe for the health and well-being of the local populations
Áreas Protegidas Marinho-Costeiras De Santa Catarina Sob a Perspectiva Das Populações Locais: Contribuições Da Literatura
A compreensão das relações entre populações humanas locais e unidades de conservação (UC) é crucial para a melhoria da gestão das áreas. As perspectivas das populações locais sobre as relações população-UC foram analisadas com base em dados secundários. Para tal, foram consideradas cinco UC Federais Marinho-Costeiras de Santa Catarina e cinco domínios analíticos: econômico, ambiental, espacial, organizacional e cultural. Foram analisados 21 estud…
Trophic relationships between people and resources: Fish consumption in an artisanal fishers neighborhood in Southern Brazil
The study of dietary consumption is important to understanding the relationship between eating habits and natural resources, which may reflect adjustments and adaptations demanded by local environmental changes. This study aimed to understand the trophic relationships between the local families’ diets and the ichthyofauna present in an urban neighborhood of artisanal fishers in southern Brazil (Tijucas, Santa Catarina). Data were collected throug…
Homegardens in a micro-regional scale: Contributions to Agrobiodiversity Conservation in an Urban-Rural Context
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…
Healing faith: Knowledge, learning and social relationships of healers from Araripe plateau, Brazil
We investigated the practice of healing in three rural communities in Brazil (Ceará) to understand the diseases that are treated, the plants known and used, the ways in which knowledge of the blessing practices and medicinal plants is gained, and the relationships among the healers. We interviewed 41 healers, who treat approximately 20 diseases with blessings and know several species of medicinal plants. Six plants are most often associated with …
Protected Area Establishment and Its Implications for Local Food Security
The establishment of protected areas can reduce access to natural resources for communities that depend on such areas for food, and can thus contribute to food insecurity. We studied the local food systems of two communities that surround a protected area in southern coastal Brazil and the relationship between the protected area and local food security. We randomly selected 34 households to perform 24-hour recalls of food intake and administered …
Threatened fish and fishers along the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Coast
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