Local Perception of Environmental Change in a Semi-Arid Area of Northeast Brazil: A New Approach for the Use of Participatory Methods at the Level of Family Units

• Published in: Journal of agricultural & environmental ethics Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 511 - 531
• Main Authors: Sieber, Shana Sampaio, Medeiros, Patrícia Muniz, Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer-Verlag 01.10.2011; Springer Netherlands; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural Economics; Agricultural practices; Agriculture; Arid zones; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil; Conservation; crops; Deforestation; Education; Environmental changes; Ethics; Evolutionary Biology; Forests; income; Indigenous species; landscapes; logging; Medical sciences; Methods; Natural resources; Pasture; pastures; people; Perceptions; Philosophy; Plant diversity; Plant resources; Plant Sciences; production technology; Semiarid lands; semiarid zones; shrublands; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; Vegetation; South America; Brazil; America; Participatory methods; Ethnoecology; Human ecology; Environmental perception; Ethics; Ethnobiology; Semi arid zone; Environment; Ecology; Man environment interface

The diversity of plant resources in the Brazilian semi-arid region is being compromised by practices related to agriculture, pastures, and forest harvesting, especially in areas containing Caatinga vegetation (xeric shrublands and thorn forests). The impact of these practices constitutes a series of...