CONSUMPTION OF WILD ANIMALS IN EXTRACTIVE COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE OF ACRE, BRAZILIAN AMAZON

• Autor(a) principal: de Souza, Leandro Siqueira
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Progênio, Melissa, de Souza, Leilandio Siqueira, Santos, Francisco Glauco de Araújo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Biota Amazônia
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifap.br/index.php/biota/article/view/6451
• topic: ethnozoology; fauna; livelihood; wildlife hunting

Wildlife for subsistence is a nutritional source of high protein and is important for the livelihoods of traditional communities. It is imperative to know and record the main species, hunting techniques, and time frame used by the residents in order to understand the degree of threat and introduce conservation measures. This study was designed to list the main species of wild animals used as food resources and identify the main hunting techniques used by residents of the Cazumbá-Iracema extractive reserve in Sena Madureira, Acre, Brazil. The information was collected through semi-structured interviews. For each animal species cited, its respective use value (UV) was calculated. The registered hunting fauna were represented by 22 families and distributed over 40 species. Of the studied animals, wild pork (Pecari tajacu), deer (Mazama sp.), armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), guan (Penelope jacquacu), inhambu-chicken (Tinamus guttatus), inhambu-macucau (Crypturellus undulatus), macaws (Ara spp.), parrots (Amazona spp.), and tortoises (Chelonoidis denticulata) were the most commonly consumed. The main collection methods consisted of ambush (42.7%) and shotguns (41.7%), especially in closed areas of forest. The hunting of wild animals is still an important food resource for rural communities, but the maintenance of local biodiversity is equally important. Thus, environmental education programs should be developed so that residents are cognizant of the use of natural resources without causing hunting pressure and imbalance in the ecosystem.Keywords: ethnozoology; fauna; livelihood; wildlife hunting.