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Participatory Mapping of the Terrestrial Landscape in Brazil: Experiences and Potentialities

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Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology

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Abstract

Maps are graphical representations of a territory. Throughout history, maps have been used by diverse groups for various purposes. Taking into account the great potential of maps for many areas of knowledge, the use of maps in ethnobotany and ethnoecology is widespread both for collecting data and for subsidizing extension actions. To accomplish this goal, this chapter identifies the main types of maps and the incentives, advantages, and disadvantages of using these tools for data collect in ethnobiology and ethnoecology, beyond others potentialities of the use of mapping tools. As an example, this chapter will use two case studies performed with local communities in the Brazilian Northeast.

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  1. Laboratory of Applied and Theoretical Ethnobiology, Department of Biology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Taline Cristina da Silva, Washington Soares Ferreira Jr., Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Thiago Antônio de Sousa Araújo & Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

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  1. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

  2. Departmento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Luiz Vital Fernandes Cruz da Cunha

  3. Departamento de Fitotecnia e Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Areia, Paraíba, Brazil

    Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena

  4. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraiba, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

    Rômulo Romeu Nobrega Alves

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da Silva, T.C., Ferreira, W.S., de Medeiros, P.M., de Sousa Araújo, T.A., Albuquerque, U.P. (2014). Participatory Mapping of the Terrestrial Landscape in Brazil: Experiences and Potentialities. In: Albuquerque, U., Cruz da Cunha, L., de Lucena, R., Alves, R. (eds) Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8636-7_15

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