Exploring the Interfaces between Ethnobiology and Ecotoxicology
A Novel Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6144597 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Graziela Dias Blanco (0000-0003-2458-957X, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Natalia Hanazaki (0000-0002-7876-6044, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Suelen Maria Beeck Da Cunha (0000-0002-8665-1239, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Marta Jussara Cremer (0000-0003-3521-1409, Universidade da Região de Joinville), Mari Lucia Campos (0000-0003-3250-2067, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-37 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnobiology Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2159-8126 • E-ISSN: 2159-8126 |
| Publisher | Society of Ethnobiology (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.14237/ebl.11.1.2020.1493 |
| OpenAlex | W3027040753 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
In recent years, increases in urbanization and industrialization have led to an increase in contaminated areas, which directly affect traditional, indigenous, and local communities who use natural resources for food and medicine. We present a discussion about the use of food resources from areas contaminated with heavy metals and focus on two case studies in southern Brazil. In the first case study, we interviewed 194 residents about the use of plants as food resources or medicine in areas adjacent to abandoned mines, and thus potentially contaminated with heavy metals. In the second case study, we interviewed 39 fishers about the consumption of fish resources from areas potentially contaminated by industrial activities. We also asked about their perceptions regarding contamination, changes in the landscape, and health problems that could be related to contamination. Although people are aware of contamination, consuming local plants and sea food has not stopped because some of these practices are directly linked to their cultural identity; additionally, there might be a lack of public recognition toward contamination. The combination of ethnoecological and ecotoxicological studies is necessary to assess environmental problems caused by heavy metals, as well as concerns about food security and the health of local communities
Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Contamination · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Ethnobiology · Food security · Geography · Indigenous · Natural resource · Traditional knowledge · Urbanization · Dye analysis and toxicity · Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity · Medicine · Mercury impact and mitigation studies · Ecology
The New Geography of Contemporary Urbanization and the Environment
Hazards of heavy metal contamination
Global Change and the Ecology of Cities
Human Mercury Exposure in Yanomami Indigenous Villages from the Brazilian Amazon
Theories and Major Hypotheses in Ethnobotany
Who Knows? On the Importance of Identifying "Experts" When Researching Local Ecological Knowledge
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |