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An ethnogeomorphic case study of conservation practices in Southeast Brazil

Journal

HUMAN ECOLOGY
Volume 50, Issue 4, Pages 651-664

Publisher

SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-022-00345-1

Keywords

Protected areas; Environmental history; Local farming practices; Socio-natures; APA Macae de Cima; Rio de Janeiro State

Funding

  1. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [141774/2013-4]

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This study explores the controversies and conflicts surrounding the design and implementation of protected areas in tropical forests in Brazil. By applying an ethnogeomorphic perspective, the study reveals that externally imposed environmental protection areas fail to incorporate local farmer practices, resulting in a lack of understanding of the landscape being protected. The study suggests that ethnogeomorphic research that considers multiple readings of landscapes could promote more inclusive and locally informed conservation programs.
Controversy and conflict surround the design and implementation of protected areas in tropical forests in Brazil. This case study applies an ethnogeomorphic perspective to relate local understandings of landscape to conservation goals in a protected area in Rio de Janeiro State. Externally imposed environmental protection areas fail to incorporate understandings of local farmer practices that shaped the landscape notionally being protected. Rather, a focus on reafforestation and technocentric farming techniques ignores flexible and adaptive land use practices in managing the protected area. Findings show that ethnogeomorphic research that generates multiple readings of landscapes could support more inclusive, locally informed conservation programmes.

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