Tracing gender variation in traditional knowledge: participatory tools to promote conservation in a Quilombola community in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Based on participatory research tools and analysis with a gender focus, we aim to identify the knowledge associated with native plants of the Atlantic Forest in one Quilombola community whose territory is juxtaposed with a protected area, in South Brazil.

Methods

Through the perception of the residents of the Quilombola community of São Roque, we classified the availability, harvesting intensity, abundance, and importance of fourteen plants native to the Atlantic Forest found in their territory. These fourteen plants were selected after initial interviews with a free listing of plants done with all adults (44 people), followed by plant collection and identification. A participatory workshop was built with the community to collect data through three activities: fou

SUBMITTER: Cantelli D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409768 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature