The Importance of Plant Signs in Local Environmental Knowledge Construction and its Implications for Conservation of Landscape and Natural Resources in a Savanna Forest (Caatinga) in Brazilian Northeastern: A Biosemiotic Approach

Abstract

Abstract This study investigated the role of plant signs in environmental knowledge construction in the quilombola community Baixa dos Quelés (Bahia, Brazil) and the implications of such knowledges in the conservation of natural resources. Plant signs play a central role in local environmental knowledge construction, participating in the forecast of climatic conditions, predicting rainy season, selecting cultivated species, indicating soil types, and pinpointing water resources. However, such informative networks are not taken into consideration in scientific studies, which instead choose classical methods for conducting flora inventory.