Fishermen do more than fish: local ecological knowledge of raftsmen about the arboreal species used to construct rafts (Bahia, Brazil)

Fishermen do more than fish: local ecological knowledge of raftsmen about the arboreal species used to construct rafts (Bahia, Brazil)

Abstract Background Traditional raft (jangada), piúba wood raft (jangada de pau de piúba), six-log raft (jangada de seis paus), and wooden raft (jangada de pau) are some of the names given to the traditional Brazilian watercrafts created from the buoyancy of bound logs. The traditional raft is a wat...

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Main Authors: Isis Leite Medeiros Mascarenhas Andrade, Marcelo Schramm Mielke, Nivaldo Peroni, Alexandre Schiavetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Ethnobotanics
Pau de Jangada
Traditional raft
Atlantic forest
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-018-0279-7

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