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Livelihood strategies and use of forest resources in a protected area in the Brazilian semiarid

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Planning conservation strategies in semiarid regions is challenging since local populations are socially vulnerable and highly dependent on natural resources. Consequently, accessing the factors that develop knowledge and determine the use of forest products could aid in planning conservation actions or rethinking past strategies. We use an environmentally protected area in the Brazilian semiarid to describe the livelihood strategies of the local people and assess how socioeconomic variables affect the dependence on forest resources. We tested whether better conserved areas (with greater vegetation cover) have greater concentrations of useful species for local populations than less protected areas. Our findings demonstrate that families with retired or non-farming members have higher incomes. Additionally, men and elder people have greater knowledge about native medicinal plants, while people with lower household income have greater knowledge of native edible plants. Income and the number of residents in households do not explain the demand for wood forest products. Finally, the conservation levels of forest areas did not affect the number of useful species in the landscape. Local populations have a low socioeconomic dynamism, being highly dependent on natural resources, regardless of local variations in socioeconomic profiles. The variable of vegetation cover may not affect the distribution of useful species since it is only a proxy of total tree density and does not affect species composition. Finally, we recommend that creating fully protected areas in semiarid regions should be remodeled while prioritizing conservation units that allow the reconciliation of forest products’ use and biodiversity conservation.

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We are grateful to the local people in the Catimbau region for their acceptance to participate in this study.

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Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes) finance code 001. Contribution of the INCT Ethnobiology, Bioprospecting, and Nature Conservation, certified by CNPq, with financial support from FACEPE (Foundation for Support to Science and Technology of the State of Pernambuco—Grant No.: APQ-0562-2.01/17).

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  1. Laboratório de Ecologia E Evolução de Sistemas Socioecológicos (LEA), Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50670-901, Brazil

    Paulo Henrique Santos Gonçalves, Carlos Vinícius Silveira da Cunha Melo, Clara de Assis Andrade, Danilo Vicente Batista de Oliveira, Valdir de Moura Brito Junior & Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

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    Paulo Henrique Santos Gonçalves

  3. Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Etnobiologia E Conservação da Natureza, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 52171-900, Brazil

    Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

  4. Laboratorio de Ecología de Paisajes Fragmentados, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas Y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Patzcuaro, n° 8701, Ex-Hacienda de San José de La Huerta, 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

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  5. Laboratório de Ecologia, Conservação E Evolução Biocultural, Centro de Ciências Agrárias (CECA), Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Rio Largo, Alagoas, 57100-000, Brazil

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Gonçalves, P.H.S., da Cunha Melo, C.V.S., de Assis Andrade, C. et al. Livelihood strategies and use of forest resources in a protected area in the Brazilian semiarid. Environ Dev Sustain 24, 2941–2961 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01529-3

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