indigenous – Fragoso Lab

March 17, 2016March 17, 2016

New Publication: Socio–environmental sustainability of indigenous lands: simulating coupled human–natural systems in the Amazon

Tractor preparing soy bean field in the cerrado — Preparing field for planting soybeans near indigenous land in the Cerrado of Brazil (Photo copyright by Jose Fragoso )

Our latest publication is out in Frontiers in Ecology and The Environment. We examine the socio-environmental sustainability of protected areas inhabited by indigenous and rural peoples and describe how socio-ecological change and development (e.g., forest clear-cutting outside indigenous areas, religious conversion, improved child mortality rates and introduction of resources from outside) outside these areas influences the sustainability of biodiversity, forest cover, and people inside. There are some surprising results so read the publication!

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September 19, 2015September 19, 2015

Gathering Data on Plants and Animals in the Amazon Basin

Caiman 4 092 — Spectacled Caiman (*photo by Jose Fragoso*)

Stanford University produced a short documentary of our monitoring of plants and animals of the Amazon. Watch amazing scenes of caimans, capybaras, tapirs, giant anteaters, giant otters, macaws and other unusual creatures filmed during our field studies. The interview focuses on the successful monitoring of these animals by indigenous people. The take home message is that indigenous people use wildlife in a sustainable fashion.

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upmzEzuF_ls

September 9, 2015September 10, 2015

Monitoring in Support of Local, National and International Environmental Priorities

Bina Hill students addressing commuity problems with our project at Bina Hill 2 workshop — Community discussion of potential problems of environmental monitoring by villagers (photo Jose Fragoso)

Jose Fragoso lectures at Stanford’s Center for Latin American Studies (link: http://events.stanford.edu/events/482/48261/) on what leads to success and failure in environmental and social monitoring by local people.

You can view a video recording of the lecture here: https://vimeo.com/117443887

The lecture is highly recommended for academics, researchers, professionals and students interested in the success and failure of participatory and citizen science monitoring approaches

May 10, 2012December 21, 2015

Dr. José Fragoso presents lecture at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

José M.V. Fragoso presented a lecture entitled “Interações Complexas entre a Biodiversidade e Culturas Indígenas” at the “Centro de Estudos Ameríndio” of the Univesidade do Sao Paulo (USP) on March 19, 2012.

A video of the lecture (in Portuguese) can be seen at https://vimeo.com/40530645

February 22, 2012September 10, 2015

Especialista discute monitoramento ambiental na Amazônia (José Fragoso presents at ICMBio)

Dr. José Fragoso presented results from his research integrating indigenous communities into biodiversity monitoring at the Chico Mendes Institute of Conservation and Biodiversity (ICMBio) in Brasilia, Brazil on February 10, 2012. Click here for an overview in portuguese.