Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: LUCAS DA SILVA XAVIER

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : LUCAS DA SILVA XAVIER
DATE: 13/02/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Google Meet
TITLE:

ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES ABOUT HERPETOFAUNA IN PROTECTED AREA IN BRAZILIAN NORTHERN ATLANTIC FOREST

KEY WORDS:

Ethnozoology, Local knowledge, Conservation, Biophilia, Biophobia

PAGES: 34
BIG AREA: Outra
AREA: Ciências Ambientais
SUMMARY:

Reptiles are animals of great ecological and cultural importance, but they often arouse aversion and fear in people, promoting conflicting relationships (many originating from myths, legends, local beliefs) and environmental degradation. This study aims to identify the environmental perception of the herpetofauna by inhabitants of local communities around a protected area, the Environmental Protection Area of Jenipabu (APAJ), located in the municipalities of Natal and Extremoz, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, with the aim of to answer the following questions: (1) Do the people living around the APAJ know the reptiles that occur locally? (2) The proximity of these communities to APAJ's natural green areas influences local ecological knowledge and in biophilic feelings about reptiles? (3) Are the inhabitants of these communities interested in the conservation of species and the APAJ? (4) Can the local ecological knowledge and knowledge of these inhabitants contribute to the herpetofauna conservation process in this protected area? To answer these questions, semi-structured interviews will be carried out in random samples of local APAJ communities of both genders, with the intention of documenting the different patterns of perception, different age groups, which will allow recording the transgenerationality of the perception of local residents in relation to herpetofauna. It will also make it possible to register the perception of residents of communities that have greater contact with the natural green areas of APAJ and urban communities.
Photos of reptile species will be shown, along with local names for species recognition. The results showed that the inhabitants know the species with the greatest distribution or that are well adapted to the urban environment, but they do not know the lizard Coleodactylus natalensis, an endemic species of the Atlantic Forest of RN. This study also showed that ethnobiological data can be important to identify the level of knowledge about an endangered endemic species, in addition to recording the level of aversion towards reptiles in a community.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1121066 - ELIZA MARIA XAVIER FREIRE
Externo ao Programa - 2316116 - FELIPE NALON CASTRO - nullExterno à Instituição - WASHINGTON LUIZ DA SILVA VIEIRA - UFPB