N° ISBN - 978-2-7380-1284-5International audienceThe historic process of development of the people from Caatingas, the management of natural resources in a logic that involves the common use of “Background Pastures” as a basis in goat and sheep herding and is forms of organization allows to analyse the way of life of rural communities such as the ones in São Gonçalo da Serra and Cannã in the municipalty of Sobradinho/BA, recognized as traditional. From that it is possible to suggest interventions in public policy in order to provide a better management of the Caatinga natural resources focused on environmental sustainability
