FAGUNDES, G. G.

FERRAZ, J. M. G.

HABIB, M.

RICARTE, J. D.

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Organic farmers perception about environmental sustainability.

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• The X I'tlr Interna/ional Conference oflhe Sociefy for Numan E.cofogy Local Populaliol/S and Dhoersiry in a Challging Word Octobu 01 · 7. 2007, Rio de Ja neiro, 8ro:i1 56 main objective is to formulate sustainability indicators lhal could provide substantial data about how farmers are managing Iheir agricultural systems. Seventy indicators were developed, representing lhe environmental, economic and the socio-political dimensions. Ils systemalizalion methodology affords us lO think tive system attributes: productivity, resilience/stability, adaptabili ty , equity and autonomy. According lo lhe participatory proposal farmers and researchers have work.ed logether preparing lhe rural diagnosis and defining the elemenls ("cri!iC poinls· and "diagnosis criteria") lha! culminate in lhe chosen indicalors. Farmers also contribuled collecting field data used to measure the indicators. To enhance the overview evalualion , radar diagrams were used for visual display of sustainability. AI the end, three agroecosystems evaluations were produced: one prepared by researchers, the second by farmers and lhe third one representing the agreemenl belween both sides. II was particular1y importan! lo produce an evaluation Ihat better express the group perception and assisl lo refled on lhe necessary steps for attaining higher leveis of agroecosystem sustainabitity . 11.5.4 Organic fanners perception about Environmentat Sustainabitity Juliana Ouz Ricarte' , Giovanna Garcia Fagundes2, José Maria Gusman Ferraz3 and Mohamed Habib2 l Biological Sciences Course, Unicamp; 20eplo. de Zoologia. IB. Unicamp, C.P. 6109 . Campinas, SP. CEP 13083·970, Brazi1: 3CNPMA, Embrapa, C.P. 69, Jaguariúna. SP, CEP 13820-000, Brazil , juricate@yahoocom.br Agroecology is an integraled study of the ecology of tood syslem production, encompassing ecological. economic. social, cultural , political and elh icat dimensions, aiming lo promote the lransilion of conventional syslems lo sustainable agricul ture. In Ihis sense, there is an effort to construct indicalors through participalive melhodologies lo evaluale and document lhe efficiency of lhe agroecological pradices and its progresso The present work has the objedive of analyzing lhe perceplion of Iwo organic farmers Ihal are in different stages of agroecological Iransilion, about indicators of environmental suslainability and its validation ai lhe agroecosystem assessment. Forty indicalors were selected participatively, considering biodiversity, water and land use as themes. These indicators were evaluated by lhe researchers Ihroogh inlerviews and periodical sampling ai lhe field , and lhe analysis was made using radar graphics. Thereafter, lhe farmers also analyzed these indicalors, drawing Iheir own graphs of suslainability according lo Iheir knowledge and perceplion. The differen! views between farmers and researchers were dlscussed, represenling less Ihan 50% of ali considered indicalors ai both farms. We concluded lha! farmers ' poin! of view is The XVlh Intema/iollol Conferellce offlle Socielyfor I lumOIl Ecology Local Populmions olld Dil'l!fsit)' in a Changing Word October 4- 7. 2007. Rio de Janeiro. Bra:i/ 57 really very importanl for holistic appraisal of an agroecosyslem, since lhe researchers ' observations ai lhe field are reslricted by time while the farmers ' ones are constan! , allowing them to be more accurate ai nOlicing lhe ecological interactions in lhe system and lhe possible cause-consequence relations . In this wor1c: , both producers were able to recognize, ai differenllevels, lhe essenl ial role of biodiversity for agriculture. Agroecological principies are present in lhe two fafms guiding lhe choices for adequate techniques and management, optimizing lhe use of lhe available system resources and reducing lhe dependency of externai inpuls, indicaling Iheir Iransilion trough ecology-based agricultures. 11 ,6 Community-Based Faunal Management Chair: J . Pezzuti, UFPa, luca@ufpa br The management of natura l resources should include wildlife use and conservation. Particular1y in the neotropics, game species plays and important role as a source of high Quality prolein for ali kind of rural human populations. Classical laws and Iheir authoritarian interpretalion have been one of the most frequenl and unsuccessful stralegy, putting the State against local communities. The illegality makes difficull any assessmenl of pressure leveis and lhe impact of game hunting on game species populations. In lhis sedion, four experiences of community based wi ld~e and fisheries management trom difrerent par1s of lhe Amazon Basin are presenled. 11.6.1 Huntlng activities and fauna l conservation in Upper Juruá Extrative Reserve Rossano Marchetti Ramos1 , Mauro IMlliam Barbosa de Almeida2 and Alpina 13 lprevfogo, Ibama, Brazil; 2IFCH, Unicamp, Brazil; 3Unicamp & FIFQ, Brazil The Upper Juruá Extrative Reserve is located on lhe southwest of Brazilian Amazon , State of Acre . The main economical activities are agriculture, rubber-tapping, hunting, fishing and cattle. The hunting data were mainty gathered by lhe inhabitants in collaboralion with the ·Projeto de Pesquisa e Monitoramento Participativo em Unidades de Conservação Gerenciadas por Populações Tradicionais·, coordinated by Dr. Mauro W. B. de Almeida (IFCHIUNICAMP) and performed by the inhabitants Association (ASAREAJ). Hunting represents aboul 50% of the animal prolein sources consumed at the meals. About 19K9 gross weighl are produced by hunting, or 2.1 kg per hour-hunler. Ungulales are lhe mos! important taxa , representing 30% of lhe hunted an imais and 80% of lhe gross weight. There is a significant relation between lhe population density, measured by lhe 

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