Caipira territory, conservation territory: the case of bairro dos Paulo, São Paulo – Brazil

Abstract

The study on traditional communities has been highlighted over the past years with increased focus on environmental issues, explicitly recognizing the importance of traditional knowledge in nature conservation public policies. However, act on such communities requires more support on their way of life and their prospects. This work focused on the specifics of the relationship between society and nature in the traditional caipira culture through a case study in São Paulo state, it tried to bring out the knowledge involved in the managing practice of the territories and ancient sociocultural mechanisms that rule the traditional knowledge about the use and conservation of natural resources over successive generations.