Arruda Botelho, Maria Tereza de;
Morais Chiaravalloti, Rafael;
Niel Berlinck, Christian;
(2025)
Playing with fire: the vital influence of traditional knowledge on the socio biodiversity of the Pantanal.
Biodiversidade Brasileira
, 14
(4)
pp. 155-168.
10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.v14i4.2547.
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Abstract
The Pantanal is a fire-prone biome with natural flooding regime coupled with periodic drought, which creates unique features that has shaped its environment, biodiversity, its people and the way they live, based upon their intimate connection with its natural dynamics. Fire has been used locally for managing landscapes for thousands of years by indigenous populations and, as the region was being occupied by different groups, their knowledge pertaining the best way to manage the land was passed on to the newcomers, the farmers. These practices are embedded in the local traditions and lifestyle, to the point that they became an important aspect of Pantanal’s cultural heritage. However, changes in the land use and management in the last 50-60 years had caused significant impacts that threatens the sustainability of the region and the future of the biome.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Playing with fire: the vital influence of traditional knowledge on the socio biodiversity of the Pantanal |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.v14i4.2547 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Authors 2025. Original content in this paper is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Anthropology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10204067 |
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