| Titre : | Indigenous collaborative research for wildlife management in Amazonia: The case of the Kaxinawa, Acre, Brazil |
| Auteurs : | Pedro de Araujo Lima Constantino, Auteur ; Lucas Berio Fortini, Auteur ; Francisco Rosenir Sabino Kaxinawa, Auteur ; Arlindo Maia Kaxinawa, Auteur ; Elias Sales Kaxinawa, Auteur ; Abel Paulino Kaxinawa, Auteur ; Lucas Sales Kaxinawa, Auteur ; Jaime Maia Kaxinawa, Auteur ; Joao Pereira Kaxinawa, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Biological Conservation (141(11) NOV 2008) |
| Article en page(s) : | 2718-2729 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : | Wildlife is a critical food resource throughout Amazonia. Consequently, adaptive management based on continued resource evaluation is essential to ensure long-term sustainable use of Amazonian wildlife. Since 1996, the Kaxinawa people of Western Amazonia have participated in a capacity-building program focused on natural resource management leading to the development of a territorial management plan that includes monitoring of wildlife use. In this study, we report the results of collaborative management-oriented research where hypotheses designed by the Kaxinawa about game availability within their territory were supported by the analysis of self-monitoring hunting data collected through a methodology designed in collaboration with conservation biologists. Results support Kaxinawa hypotheses that: (1) there is variation of game availability among villages in Kaxinawa territory; (2) preferred game species are more available to those villages closest to the isolated headwaters; and (3) previous land and wildlife use, present density of villages, and human population density are the main factors causing observed variations of game availability. The results of this study suggest the relevance and value of long-term participatory studies to complement short-terms academic studies of biodiversity and natural resource use and management. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |



