Abstract

VALADARES, Lohan Claudio Abreu  and  PASA, Maria Corette. Use of plants and animals by the riverine population from Rio Vermelho Community, central western Brazil. Interações (Campo Grande) [online]. 2012, vol.13, n.2, pp. 225-232. ISSN 1518-7012.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1518-70122012000200009.

This study approached Rio Vermelho community, in the state of Mato Grosso. This type of community is important for supplying the cities with fruits, vegetables and products made ​​from animal's extract. Data obtained shows natural resources are more related to a source of income than self-consumption and the perception of nature in a sense of awe and beauty, not considering important organisms that indirectly benefits or harms their crops and breeding.

Keywords : Ethnobiology; Riverine Population; Conservation.