https://repositorio.ifpa.edu.br/jspui/handle/prefix/108 2026-04-21T04:27:54Z https://repositorio.ifpa.edu.br/jspui/handle/prefix/360 Título: Collaborative research and the hunting in the Brazilian Cerrado: the case of Xerente Indigenous Land Autor(es): DE PAULA, Milton José; XERENTE, Valcir Sumekwa; SILVA, Aion Angelu Ferraz; GODOY, Bruno Spacek; PEZZUTI, Juarez Carlos Brito Abstract: Abstract: This paper presents a study of the hunting activities on Xerente Indigenous Land (XIL) in the Brazilian Cerrado. We used data from a Hunting Monitoring Program from eight villages to evaluate the effects of village age, distance from village to town and season (wet and dry) on the composition of hunted species, animals and biomass killed and availability of preferred game-species. We also assessed for any indication of fauna depletion around the villages. Distance from village to town and season were the only variables which affected composition. Preferred species occured more often in villages closer to the town. However, these villages present strong indications of local game-species depletion. The hunters’ great capacity for spatial movement can eliminate this effect. Animals and biomass killed was high in the dry season. Game-species composition between seasons can avoid the overexploitation of some sensitive species, such as low-land tapir. These results are important in the design of local management and conservation plans. Our results also contribute to further understanding the impacts of hunting in open Neotropical environments. Instituição: Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade Tipo: Artigo de Periódico 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ifpa.edu.br/jspui/handle/prefix/359 Título: Hunting and monitoring: community-based research in Xerente Indigenous Land, brazilian Cerrado Autor(es): DE PAULA, Milton José; XERENTE, Valcir Sumekwa; PEZZUTI, Juarez Carlos Brito Abstract: Community-based research that involves participatory monitoring has been increasingly used in studies on hunting activity in traditional societies of the Neotropics, particularly in the rainforest environment. We present the results from a year-long study of participatory monitoring of hunting in 10 villages in Xerente indigenous land in the Brazilian Cerrado, an initiative to build a sustainable-use program for local hunting. Fifty-two hunters recorded data on 390 hunts involving 451 kills and 5,878 kg of estimated biomass from 34 game species. Medium- and large-sized mammals were the most hunted species, while hunting activities were predominant in forest environments. Indigenous hunting techniques associated with collective hunts using fire are no longer used, and the use of traditional weapons such as the bow and arrow is now uncommon; firearms were the main weapon used. The data revealed current patterns of wildlife use as well as hunting activities. The implications of these results for future research on the management and conservation of wildlife hunting in Xerente indigenous land are presented. We present our findings to facilitate improved preparation of new monitoring programs in traditional societies that live in the Cerrado. Instituição: Australian National University Tipo: Artigo de Periódico 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ifpa.edu.br/jspui/handle/prefix/358 Título: A caça na Terra Indígena Xerente: pesquisa participativa e a dinâmica da caça no Cerrado brasileiro Autor(es): DE PAULA, Milton José Primeiro Orientador: PEZZUTI, Juarez Carlos Brito Abstract: Community-based research that use participatory monitoring has been used broadly in studies about hunting activities in traditional societies, either indigenous or not, in Neotropics. This enabled to assess the impact of hunting on wildlife and bring into evidence cultural, temporal and spatial patterns of use this resource, and also have enabled to assess future scenarios of impact of hunting and interaction between anthropic and ecological aspects on game in computational modeling. This study show outcomes of six months of Participatory Monitoring of Hunting (PMH) in 10 villages in Xerente Indigenous Land (XIL) situated in the Brazilian Cerrado, as a method of obtain information about exploitation of the local game species. Fifty-two hunters, wherein three are no indigenous, registered 266 successful events of hunting, with 31 species hunted, 308 animals killed and 3.995,1 kg harvested. Medium and large sizes mammals were the most representatives. Cuniculus paca (paca) was the species most harvested. Even that the outcomes of PMH are of small spatial and temporal scale, it enables to help in understanding of level currently of exploitation of game and modifications in traditional hunting system. Implications this outcomes for future research about game in XIL and in others traditional communities in Cerrado are presented. Instituição: Universidade Federal do Pará Tipo: Dissertação 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ifpa.edu.br/jspui/handle/prefix/357 Título: Respostas de vertebrados terrestres de médio e grande porte a pressões antrópicas em três áreas protegidas na Amazônia Oriental Autor(es): DE PAULA, Milton José Primeiro Orientador: PERES, Carlos Augusto da Silva Abstract: Medium-sized to large-bodied terrestrial vertebrates provide important environmental services in tropical forests, significantly contributing to the maintenance of these environments and often considered as keystone species. Local depletion these species can compromise the flow of these ecosystem functions inducing significant impacts on the trophic structure of the ecosystem. Hunting in tropical forests represents one of the most widespread threats to large-bodied vertebrates. However, game species contribute with an important primary source of dietary protein and are irreplaceable for the rural poor, who enjoy limited access to markets. The Amazon hosts the highest diversity of terrestrial vertebrate species worldwide, retains 52% of all remaining tropical forests, and the Brazilian Amazon accounts for the largest stronghold for these species. As estimated ~23.5 million animals are hunted annually by the rural population of the Brazilian Amazon. Part of this population (traditional people) occupy sustainable-use Protected Areas (PA) under the federal domain, which aims to conserve biodiversity under the premise of sustainable resource use. Even though hunting represents an important source of meat for local communities, their right to subsistence hunting is uncertain and often stigmatized. Moreover, there have been growing discussions about the degree to which hunting depletes large vertebrates in these PAs. In the first session of this thesis, I assessed the management and conservation potential of medium and large-sized terrestrial vertebrates species hunted by traditional peoples (ribeirinhos) of the Rio Iriri and Riozinho do Anfrísio Extractives Reserves (ER). Results indicated that hunting does not represent a meaningful demographic threat for these species, and that these two ER have great potential for the management and conservation of exploited game species. In the second session, I assessed the responses of medium and large-sized terrestrial mammal and bird species to anthropogenic pressure of ribeirinhos at the ER Rio Iriri and Terra do Meio Ecological Station (EE). The results showed that the areas used by ribeirinhos retain the entire complement of vertebrate species, and indicated that the relative abundances of these species did not respond to local anthropogenic disturbance, and this held true even for the most hunted species, Tayassu pecari. In the third session, I explored data from a camera-trapping study at the EE Terra do Meio. The results showed that agoutis (Dayprocta leporina) were most frequently recorded, and there was no statistically significant decline in the occupancy of the 25 medium and large-bodied terrestrial bird and mammal species examined here. Much of the apparent sustainability in game resource use is attributed to vast tracks of relatively intact forest within the mosaic of PA and the traditional way of life of ribeirinhos. Results in this doctoral dissertation reaffirm the importance of the large PAs for the conservation and sustainable management of medium and large-bodied vertebrates across the Amazon. Instituição: Universidade Federal do Pará Tipo: Tese 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z