Between shifting cultivation and forests: past and present in the Atlantic Forest of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Authors

  • Rogério Ribeiro de Oliveira Puc-Rio
  • Annelise Caetano Fraga Fernandez Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21713/2358-2332.2016.v13.1095

Keywords:

Traditional Populations. Slash-and-burn Agriculture. Secondary Forests. Community Tourism.

Abstract

This work addresses the coexistence of forests with agricultural environments in two areas of the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil. One is located on Ilha Grande (South coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro) with almost 100% of forest cover, most of which was previously cultivated by caiçaras. The other area is the Pedra Branca Massif (in the West Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro), also covered by secondary forests where there are still some crops. In the latter, we studied the farmers’ relationship with the city's growth dynamics. In both cases, the conflicts and peculiarities arising from the coexistence of protected areas with small agricultural communities and the consequences related to the Atlantic Forest dynamics are examined. The recording of these experiences, by means of a long-term interdisciplinary perspective on landscape, can bring new approaches to the processes of co-evolution of human societies with the natural environment.

Author Biographies

Rogério Ribeiro de Oliveira, Puc-Rio

Fez a graduação em Comunicação Social na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, o mestrado e o doutorado em Geografia na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro e o pós-doutorado na Universidade Alpen-Adria, Áustria (2007). Atualmente é professor associado do Departamento de Geografia da PUC-Rio e membro do corpo docente dos Programas de Pós Graduação em Geografia da PUC-Rio e de Engenharia Urbana e Ambiental, da PUC-Rio/Universidade de Braunschweig e colaborador do Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Ambientais e Florestais da UFRRJ. Presentemente está realizando estágio pós-doutoral do Programa de Pós-graduação em Arqueologia do Museu Nacional (UFRJ). Seu interesse maior é o estudo das interações entre sociedade e natureza ao longo do tempo. Suas pesquisas combinam as abordagens da ecologia histórica, da ecologia da paisagem e da história ambiental.

Annelise Caetano Fraga Fernandez, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

 professora adjunta do Departamento de Ciências Sociais e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais da UFRRJ. Possui mestrado em Antropologia e Sociologia e doutorado em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Coordena o Núcleo de Estudos em Ambiente, Território e Sistemas Agroalimentares (NEATS). Seus principais temas de pesquisa são: natureza, espaço e sociedade, participação e campesinato. Atualmente desenvolve trabalho relacionado a dinâmicas territoriais, conflitos ambientais, participação em conselhos, redes sociotécnicas e sistemas agroalimentares.

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Published

2017-03-10

How to Cite

OLIVEIRA, R. R. de; FERNANDEZ, A. C. F. Between shifting cultivation and forests: past and present in the Atlantic Forest of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian Journal of Graduate Studies, Brasília, DF, v. 13, n. 32, 2017. DOI: 10.21713/2358-2332.2016.v13.1095. Disponível em: https://rbpg.capes.gov.br/rbpg/article/view/1095. Acesso em: 22 aug. 2026.

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 32 (2016)

Section

Studies

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