Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: VITORIA FERNANDES NUNES

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : VITORIA FERNANDES NUNES
DATE: 28/09/2020
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Google Meet
TITLE:

THE HUMAN-NATURE RELATIONSHIP AND CAPUCHIN MONKEY’S ILLEGAL PET TRADE

KEY WORDS:

Ethnoprimatology, LEK, Capuchin monkeys, Wildlife Trafficking, Human-Nature Relationship

PAGES: 92
BIG AREA: Outra
AREA: Ciências Ambientais
SUMMARY:

The relationship of human beings with the natural world its discussed in the literature through
aspects of value’s attributing to nature, attitudes towards animals and their treatment,
Environmental Sociology’s paradigms and theories such as those of Biophilia, Biophobia and
Biosynergy. The fusion of these studies allows us to explore a continuum between opposing
qualities of relationships: those that favor biodiversity’s conservation and those that cause socioenvironmental
conflicts, such as wildlife trafficking. As it involves proximity between human and
wild populations without great control of health or sanitary conditions, apart from ecological and
economic impacts, this illegal trade is the main cause of the emergence of infectious diseases,
such as Covid-19, being a public health issue. Together with a feeling of rupture with the natural
world (e.g. due to urbanization) and the aesthetic and utilitarian valuation of nature, some species
of primates are especially impacted by harvesting for the illegal trade. This is the case of Capuchin
Monkeys, the second most common primate genus found in Rescue and Rehabilitation Centers
such as CETAS-IBAMA, victims of trafficking. Because they are behaviorally complex, captive
management and reintroduction processes for these animals are exceptional, maintaining a
feedback loop of rescue, captivity overcrowding, inadequate release and rapprochement of
individuals to rural communities. Thus, Ethnoprimatology is a branch of research capable of
offering a methodological basis for the study of co-participant interactions between human and
non-human primates, being useful for the identification of local contexts. One of the methods of
ethnoprimatology is the local ecological knowledge (LEK), which includes people's perception
and attitudes towards primates and the relevance of this in managing and facilitating mutual
coexistence. Thus, this work involves 1) a review of Ethnoprimatology studies in Brazil, followed
by qualitative and quantitative analyzes of the interactions between human communities and
Brazilian primate genera and 2) online and face-to-face data collection through semi-structured
questionnaires, in order to access the human-nature relationship of urban and rural communities
through a continuum of Biophobia, Biophilia and Biosinergy. First, we hope to establish a
diagnosis of this branch of research in Brazil and explore whether interactions between people
and primates might be modulated by region/biome where they occur. Furthermore, if any species
of species, such as Capuchin Monkeys, may be more likely to have certain types of relationship
with humans. Secondly, we aim to analyze which contexts may be modulating the forms of
relationship between capuchin monkeys and humans, specifically in RN. Furthermore, it will be
discussed how these factors are related (Bioafiliation x LEK) and finally, which factors, in turn,
can modulate the Bioafiliation (e.g. Sex, Age, Profession). The results may support future
environmental education strategies and combat the illegal commercialization of wild animals
targeting target groups and thus more efficient and lasting.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - ROMARI ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ MONTANO - UESC-BA
Presidente - 1718747 - PRISCILA FABIANA MACEDO LOPES
Interno - 073.420.314-45 - RAUL FERNANDES DANTAS DE SALES - UFRN