Views on the sociobiodiversity of the Pampa: dialogue of narratives

Abstract

Agribusiness has suppressed Pampas' socio-biodiversity in an increasingly aggressive way, either by inserting commodities or by changing the individual-field relationship. The present work sought, through a systematic review and semi-structured interviews, to compare the academic and local understandings in relation to the socio-biodiversity present in the Pampa. The databases of Scielo, Capes, Calibri, Redalyc and ScienceDirect were used for the systematic review, applying exclusion criteria. The semi-structured interviews were based on the guiding themes Biogeography and links with ecoagriculture, applied to 202 farmers in two municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil. The final corpus analyzed consists of 115 articles, it was possible to relate the works into four sub-themes, terrestrial sociobiodiversity, marine sociobiodiversity, health and education. The interviews showed the importance of conserving the Pampas socio-biodiversity, both for the ecosystem services provided and for the cultural services. There is an urgent need for studies that understand the potential of the Pampa, so that it is possible to envision new forms of agriculture that harmoniously interact with production, conservation and knowledge.