Past, present and potential uses of native flora and wildlife of the Monte Desert

Vilela, Alejandra E.; Bolkovic, María Luisa; Carmanchahi, Pablo; Cony, Mariano A.; Lamo, Daniel de; Wassner, Diego

doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.10.013

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“…Although it has been argued that rural inhabitants of the Monte desert preserve their traditional ecological knowledge because they are familiar with native species and have used them since before the European colonization (Abraham et al, 2009;Ladio and Lozada, 2009;Vilela et al, 2009), we did not find a strong influence of place of residence in the familiarity of children with native biodiversity. It could be that traditional ecological knowledge is only preserved in small and isolated places in the most arid sites of Mendoza Province, i.e.…”

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“…The Monte has been proposed as a priority biome for biodiversity conservation because of the high number of endemisms, the vulnerability of some animal species and the rapid drop in wildlife population, the loss of ecosystem services, and the small extent of land occupied by protected areas (Ojeda et al, 2002;Vilela et al, 2009). (Barquez et al, 2006;CITES;Diaz and Ojeda, 2000;García Fernández et al, 1997;Ojeda and Diaz, 1997), some of which are protected by legal regulations (Vilela et al, 2009).…”

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“…(Barquez et al, 2006;CITES;Diaz and Ojeda, 2000;García Fernández et al, 1997;Ojeda and Diaz, 1997), some of which are protected by legal regulations (Vilela et al, 2009). Moreover, native plant species which have been traditionally used by rural people as sources for food, timber, firewood, wax, gum, or medicine (Ladio and Lozada, 2009;Vilela et al, 2009) are now threatened by an economic land use mainly based on cultivation of exotic species, and on the husbandry of introduced livestock such as cows, sheep and goats.…”

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Students' familiarity and initial contact with species in the Monte desert (Mendoza, Argentina)

Campos

Greco

Ciarlante

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Journal of Arid Environments

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This study investigates how familiarity and initial contact with species can be explained by social-demographic variables in an arid environment of Argentina. Our main objectives were to investigate which species children are familiar with, and analyse the effect of place of residence, sex and age on students' knowledge and initial contact with species. In total, 1746 students between 7 and 18 years old participated in the study, from 25 urban and 19 rural schools. Students were asked to write down ten animals and ten plants, and to indicate where they had seen them for the first time. Children were able to name an important number of species but they were mostly acquainted with exotic ones. Familiarity with species and the use of different sources of information can be explained by interactions between the studied factors, while place of residence was not as significant as we expected. Sex was an important explanatory variable, likely influenced by differences in roles and children activities' preferences. It is necessary to improve the knowledge on native species, particularly those with conservation problems by using information sources close to nature, without neglecting the knowledge of the exotic species that children showed more familiarity from everyday life. Nates, J; Lindemann-Matthies, P (2012). Students' familiarity and initial contact with species in the Monte desert (Mendoza, Argentina). Journal of Arid Environments, 82:98-105. ABSTRACT This study investigates how familiarity and initial contact with species can be explained by social-demographic variables in an arid environment of Argentina. Our main objectives were to investigate which species children are familiar with, and analyse the effect of place of residence, sex and age on students' knowledge and initial contact with species. In total, 1746 students between 7 and 18 years old participated in the study, from 25 urban and 19 rural schools. Students were asked to write down ten animals and ten plants, and to indicate where they had seen them for the first time. Children were able to name an important number of species but they were mostly acquainted with exotic ones. Familiarity with species and the use of different sources of information can be explained by interactions between the studied factors, while place of residence was not as significant as we expected. Sex was an important explanatory variable, likely influenced by differences in roles and children activities' preferences. It is necessary to improve the knowledge on native species, particularly those with conservation problems by using information sources close to nature, without neglecting the knowledge of the exotic species that children showed more familiarity from everyday life.

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Students' familiarity and initial contact with species in the Monte desert (Mendoza, Argentina)

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Greco

Ciarlante

et al. 2012

Journal of Arid Environments

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“…Em 2013, todos os resultados destas variáveis se aproximaram ao das regiões áridas, com a biomassa vegetal abaixo de 2 Mg • ha -1 (Cowlishaw & Davies, 1997;Hegazy et al, 1998;Houérou, 1997;Abbadi et al, 2002;Enright et al, 2005;Hanafi, 2008;Bisigato et al, 2009;Vilela et al, 2009), com registros da fauna nativa (mastofauna, avifauna e hepertofauna) menores que 10 indivíduos por hectares (Wang et al, 2001;Scott et al, 2005;Ojeda & Tabeni, 2009;Fokidis, 2011;Rodríguez & Ojeda, 2011;McDonald, 2012;Herrmann & Branch, 2013) e índices de diversidade de Shannon menores que 0,3 (Houérou, 1997;Kraaij & Milton, 2006;Chillo & Ojeda, 2012;Sow et al, 2014). Essas tendências dos dados também foram descritas em outras localidades áridas submetidas à perturbação antrópica, à mudança do uso da terra e ao extrativismo (Tabeni & Ojeda, 2003Reij et al, 2005;Sow et al, 2014).…”

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Resistência social na Caatinga árida: a narrativa de quem ficou no colapso ambiental

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2016

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Artigo recebido em 19 de outubro de 2015, versão final aceita em 23 de maio de 2016. RESUMO:A região analisada é historicamente um espaço de conflitos e de uma "violência fundadora", situada acima do médio São Francisco, entre as cidades de Ibimirim e Cabrobó (Pernambuco/Brasil). A presença desses conflitos, associada ao colapso ambiental causado pelo neoextrativismo local e ao clima árido, são fortes indícios para influenciarem a dinâmica populacional. Porém, o contrário é observado na região. A manutenção da população na região é corroborada pelo baixo valor de emigração e pelas narrativas. Por isso, variáveis ambientais e sociais foram coletadas e analisadas para avaliar se a ausência de uma dinâmica populacional é motivada por uma resistência social. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar o contexto ambiental e a narrativa de quem ficou no colapso da matéria-prima na Caatinga Árida pós-neo-extrativismo, onde se pôde notar que a manutenção da população na região trata-se de uma expressão da resistência social local, na interface entre parâmetros ambientais e sociais analisados. A preservação da herança familiar (patrimonialismo) foi considerada o principal destaque nas narrativas dos sertanejos.Palavras-chave: mobilização social; desertificação; neoextrativismo. ABSTRACT:The analyzed region is historically a place of conflict and a 'founding violence', situated above São Francisco River, between the cities of Ibimirim and Cabrobó (Pernambuco/Brazil). The presence of those conflicts, associated with the environmental collapse, caused by the new local extractiv and arid climate, are strong evidence to act on population dynamics. However, the opposite is observed in the region. The maintenance of population there is supported by the low value of emigration and by narratives. Therefore, environmental and social variables were collected and analyzed to assess whether a social resistance motivates the lack of population dynamics. The objective of this study was to analyze the environmental context and the narratives of who remained in collapse of raw material in Arid Caatinga post the new extractivism. Where one might note that the maintenance of the population in the region is an expression of local social resistance, on the

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“…If it is true that children want to conserve most what they like best (Ashworth, Boyes, Paton, & Stanisstreet, 1995), this is a pleasing result for conservation. Both species are sensitive to ecosystem changes and, in consequence, threatened in Valle Fértil (Ojeda et al, 1998;Vilela et al, 2009). However, two exotic organisms, the fast growing eucalyptus and the introduced hare (Lepus europaeus), were even more often pointed out as most beautiful.…”

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The Impact of a Short Conservation Education Workshop on Argentinean Students’ Knowledge about and Attitudes towards Species

Nates¹,

Campos²,

Lindemann‐Matthies³

2012

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Past, present and potential uses of native flora and wildlife of the Monte Desert

Cited by 34 publications

References 34 publications

Students' familiarity and initial contact with species in the Monte desert (Mendoza, Argentina)

Students' familiarity and initial contact with species in the Monte desert (Mendoza, Argentina)

Resistência social na Caatinga árida: a narrativa de quem ficou no colapso ambiental

The Impact of a Short Conservation Education Workshop on Argentinean Students’ Knowledge about and Attitudes towards Species

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