Participatory Research and Management of Arumã ( Ischnosiphon Gracilis [Rudge[Köern., Marantaceae) by the Kaiabi People in the Brazilian Amazon

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ID21080750
AuthorsSimone Ferreira De Athayde (School of Natural Resources and the Environment; (SNRE)), Geraldo Mosimann Da Silva (Center for Latin American Studies, Tropical Conservation and Development Program (TCD)), Jewyt Kaiabi (Xingu Indigenous Park, Brazil. Associação Terra Indígena Xingu—ATIX. R. 3 Passos, 93, 78640-000, Canarana, MT, Brazil), Myauiup Kaiabi (Xingu Indigenous Park, Brazil. Associação Terra Indígena Xingu—ATIX. R. 3 Passos, 93, 78640-000, Canarana, MT, Brazil), Helder Rocha De Souza (0000-0002-4461-6873, Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Av. Higienópolis n°. 901, sl 30, São Paulo, SP, 01238-001, Brazil), KÁTia Ono (Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Av. Higienópolis n°. 901, sl 30, São Paulo, SP, 01238-001, Brazil), Emilio M Bruna (0000-0003-3381-8477, Center for Latin American Studies, Tropical Conservation and Development Program (TCD))
Year2006
Volume26
Issue1
Pages36-59
Publication date2006-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnobiology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0278-0771 • E-ISSN: 2162-4496
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2993/0278-0771_2006_26_36_pramoa_2.0.co_2
LanguageEN
References cited7

Participatory research among the Kaiabi people at Xingu Indigenous Park in the southern Brazilian Amazon was conducted to support sound natural resource management. We studied aspects of the ethnoecology of an understory herbaceous plant, arumã ( Ischnosiphon gracilis, Marantaceae), used in basketry weaving by Kaiabi men. Results of a three-year survey comparing arumã populations and of a transplanting experiment evaluating the growth of arumã seedlings in four different habitat types are presented. These, combined with discussions with Kaiabi communities and with results of studies conducted in other parts of the Amazon Basin, support a five-year rotating management strategy that allows for regeneration of harvested arumã populations

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