Firewood knowledge, use and selection by rural populations in the Dry Chaco of Sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca, Argentina

Firewood extraction and consumption are practices that require specific knowledge as well as detailed analysis of the cultural context in which they take place. The appropriation, use and selection of wood fuel resources were determined through open and semistructured interviews, guided walks, parti...

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Autores principales: Jiménez Escobar, Néstor David, Martínez, Gustavo Javier
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Publicado: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/89384
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/89384
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language Inglés
topic DRY CHACO
ETHNOBOTANY
FUELWOOD
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SIERRA DE ANCASTI
Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Ciencias Biológicas
CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Ciencias Sociales Interdisciplinarias
Otras Ciencias Sociales
CIENCIAS SOCIALES
spellingShingle DRY CHACO
ETHNOBOTANY
FUELWOOD
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SIERRA DE ANCASTI
Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Ciencias Biológicas
CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Ciencias Sociales Interdisciplinarias
Otras Ciencias Sociales
CIENCIAS SOCIALES
Jiménez Escobar, Néstor David
Martínez, Gustavo Javier
Firewood knowledge, use and selection by rural populations in the Dry Chaco of Sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca, Argentina
topic_facet DRY CHACO
ETHNOBOTANY
FUELWOOD
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SIERRA DE ANCASTI
Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Ciencias Biológicas
CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Ciencias Sociales Interdisciplinarias
Otras Ciencias Sociales
CIENCIAS SOCIALES
description Firewood extraction and consumption are practices that require specific knowledge as well as detailed analysis of the cultural context in which they take place. The appropriation, use and selection of wood fuel resources were determined through open and semistructured interviews, guided walks, participant observation and recall. Currently, the rural inhabitants of the Sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca (Dry Chaco's forest) know about, manage, use, and appropriate firewood resources to meet their needs related to heating and preparing food in their homes. We identified 52 species (corresponding to 44 genera, 23 families) associated with the domestic use of fire. Among these, 42 species (81%) are currently used for food preparation, 23 species (44%) in heating and 16 species (31%) in fire ignition and production. Based on an analysis of frequency of mention and the Cognitive Salience Index, the most important and preferred species among the inhabitants are Condalia spp., Lithraea molleoides and Vachellia caven. Factors that determine the selection of the species include firewood quality, accessibility and distance. Additional factors such as the high richness of firewood species used and known in the region, the flexibility of the inhabitants in their choice of species, the exclusive use of firewood for domestic purposes, collection of dead wood, and the use of several adventitiouscultivated species associated with domestic spaces, could be reducing the pressure on the native species and on the Dry Chaco forest in general.
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author Jiménez Escobar, Néstor David
Martínez, Gustavo Javier
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Martínez, Gustavo Javier
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title Firewood knowledge, use and selection by rural populations in the Dry Chaco of Sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca, Argentina
title_short Firewood knowledge, use and selection by rural populations in the Dry Chaco of Sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca, Argentina
title_full Firewood knowledge, use and selection by rural populations in the Dry Chaco of Sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca, Argentina
title_fullStr Firewood knowledge, use and selection by rural populations in the Dry Chaco of Sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Firewood knowledge, use and selection by rural populations in the Dry Chaco of Sierra de Ancasti, Catamarca, Argentina
title_sort firewood knowledge, use and selection by rural populations in the dry chaco of sierra de ancasti, catamarca, argentina
publisher Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
publishDate 2018
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/89384
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/89384
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