Flora Bonazzi Piasentin

Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia

Understanding pupils' biodiversity perspectives is essential to developing educators' sensitivity to students' multi-faceted views of the world, thus increasing teaching effectiveness. In this study, we asked 1528 school pupils in the Azores to choose between alternative schemes in three ecological scenarios and to justify their decisions. The stud...

Here we present Field Guide, a mobile application (app) designed to connect communities to nature-rich environments, which play a crucial role in nature conservation efforts. The app aligns to a mode of science communication that seeks to establish direct contact between publics and specialised scientific communities, most commonly known as the 'as...

The extension project Arborizar UFRB implemented at the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB) in Cruz das Almas, Bahia (Brazil) originated from students’ demand for higher shade levels on campus. The low shade levels reduce the well-being of the academic community, especially of those who have to walk long distances between buildings expo...

A significant shift in the dominant paradigm governing the relationship of humans with nature and society is crucial in order to change the current unsustainable practices. This article describes a pilot-study based on a Masters level sustainability course, which explored what specific content, activities and resources may contribute to promoting p...

A perda de biodiversidade é um problema que atinge diversos ecossistemas naturais no mundo, ocorrendo com taxas alarmantes e crescentes. A redução dessas taxas consiste no principal compromisso assumido entre os países que compõem a Convenção sobre Diversidade Biológica. Este artigo se propõe a examinar alguns dos instrumentos de gestão ambiental (...

This article examines the strategies devised by the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) and by Rio Grande do Sul (RS) State government orienting the agricultural practices at three land-reform settlements in RS State, Brazil. These strategies are examined in light of the notions of the production of locality, agroecology, endogenous development...

The areas occupied by cocoa crops shaded with native species (cabruca) have an important environmental role. However, studies show that the diversity of native tree species in these areas has been gradually diminishing. The aim of this study is to identify the perceptions and preferences of farmers with regard to tree species which provide shading...

O cultivo de cacau (Theobroma cacao L.) foi introduzido na Bahia em 1746 e expandiu-se principalmente na região sudeste do estado. O presente estudo identificou os principais métodos de cultivo de cacau adotados nessa região ao longo do tempo, ressaltando suas práticas, aspectos de seu contexto histórico e percepções sobre eles por parte de alguns...

RESUMO: Este artigo visou a analisar algumas características dos principais municípios que cultivam cacau no Estado da Bahia. Utilizou-se como base para essa análise dados do Cadastro de Produtores da Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira (CEPLAC) referentes a 8.873 estabelecimentos rurais registrados em 13 municípios da região Litoral S...

In southern Bahia, Brazil, cabrucas are the traditional agroforests in which cacao trees are planted under thinned-out native forests. To analyze the role of cabrucas in tree species conservation, we inventoried the non-cocoa trees in 1.0 ha plots of cabruca in 16 cocoa farms and compared our results with a similar survey undertaken in the early 19...