Fuelwood consumption patterns and resilience in two rural communities of the northwest Patagonian steppe,Argentina |
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| Institution: | 1. Embrapa Clima Temperado, Pelotas, RS, Brasil;2. Secretaria do Ambiente e do Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil;1. Estonian Literary Museum, Vanemuise 42, Tartu 51003, Estonia;2. University of Gastronomic Sciences, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 9, I-12060 Pollenzo, Italy;1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil;2. Departmento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, Castelo Branco, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil;3. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Land and Water, ATSIP Building, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia;4. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil;5. Departamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido, Av. Francisco Mota, 572, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil;1. Departamento de Ecologia e Botânica, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso CEP 78060-900, Brazil;2. Instituto de Neuroetología, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz CP 91190, Mexico;3. Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norfolk, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK;1. Cornell Institute of Archaeology & Material Studies, 261 McGraw Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA;2. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada;3. Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA;4. Lingüística y Cultura Maya, Universidad de Oriente, Valladolid, Yucatán 97778, Mexico;5. Senior Paleoethnobotanist, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd., Tempe, AZ 85282, USA;6. Biocultural Studies, Universidad de Oriente, Valladolid, Yucatán 97778, Mexico;7. Interdepartmental Archaeology Graduate Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;8. Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo 77710, Mexico |
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| Abstract: | A comparative ethnobotanical study was carried out in two rural communities in northwest Patagonia. The methodology involved semi structured interviews and free listing, through which richness and use patterns of fuel species were registered, as well as socioeconomic factors and alternative fuel sources such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and animal dung. Firewood was found to be a subsistence resource, complemented with the purchase of other firewood resources and the use of alternative fuels. A total of 21 species were registered, of which 18 were native species and 3 exotic; 12 fuel species were used by both communities. The species with highest use consensus were Berberis microphylla (michay), Lycium sp. (montenegro) and Senecio subulatus (romerillo) in the Laguna Blanca community, and Salix sp. (sauce) and S. subulatus in Comallo. Collection is mainly carried out on foot. Whereas the inhabitants of Laguna Blanca cover large distances in order to collect native woods, in Comallo this is made easier by the use of prunings from urban tree planting, obtained closer to dwellings. This is an interesting result since the recycling of biological products to supplement firewood, together with forestation practices, could contribute to the resilience processes of inhabitants of these arid, hostile environments. We propose that the use of multiple fuel resources could be an indicator of ecological–social resilience processes. |
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