Diagnóstico do consumo e conservação de Podocnemis.

Abstract

The Amazon region is seen as the nursery of several species of turtles, among which the most consumed specimens are those of the genus Podocnemis, mainly by the local resident populations. The objective of this study was to diagnose the consumption and conservation of these species through the knowledge of the residents of two neighborhoods in the municipality of Laranjal do Jari-AP (Cajari I and Centro). Interviews were conducted with 60 residents, (30) the center and (30) Cajari I with semi-structured questionnaires with questions related to previous knowledge about the species, which places were seen, by what popular name they were known, about consumption, in which period of the year occurred and if there was knowledge of projects aimed at their conservation and what measures could be taken by the residents to make this possible. Quantitative and qualitative data were tabulated in Excel 2016 spreadsheets, quantified in organized in graphs for a better understanding and compared between the residents of the two neighborhoods. The discursive answers recorded with the permission of the interviewees were transcribed directly in the order of approach of the respective themes and analyzed qualitatively, organized in tables, in order to establish comparisons between the information from local knowledge. Through the analyzed knowledge of the residents, it was possible to validate the hypothesis that in the municipality of As in other cities in the North, there is the practice of its consumption, the practice of illegal sale and the residents have knowledge about the environmental importance of the species, but there is a lack of projects in the municipality aimed at its preservation. Keywords: Local knowledge; Environmental Education, Ecology