Doctoral Dissertation Research: Hunting in the Rural Livelihood Systems of Peasant Households in Seringal Sao Salvador, Acre, Brazil

狩猎对亚马逊地区整个热带森林的农民人口很重要，但为什么农民家庭狩猎还不清楚。 过去的研究集中在狩猎对野生动物种群的影响，或土著群体的狩猎行为和策略，但对该地区农民群体狩猎的原因知之甚少。 本论文的研究联系在家庭内的农民经济和跨农户在社区狩猎策略和亚马逊土著群体的行为的文献的理论。 将研究狩猎的社会和象征功能，例如通过分析当地男子如何利用狩猎使他们的儿子和侄子成为成年人。 该项目将调查家庭组织和决策对农民狩猎策略和行为的影响，并分析家庭间关系对狩猎行为的影响。 该项目将调查狩猎如何影响其他森林活动和森林资源基础的可持续性。 更广泛的影响：这项研究以巴西非政府组织PESARE的工作为基础，该组织自1998年以来一直与研究地点的社区合作。在以“森林政府”闻名的阿克里州，本研究旨在将狩猎在农户和社区农村生计中的重要性与更广泛的森林管理问题联系起来。 了解狩猎的社会动态以及在亚马逊河流域农民社区的生计系统中利用野生动物的情况，将有助于保护和发展组织以及阿克里州和整个亚马逊河流域努力提供兼顾该区域文化和生物多样性的项目。 此外，该项目有助于培养一名年轻的社会科学家。

Hunting is important to peasant populations throughout the tropical forests in the Amazon region, yet why peasant households hunt is not well understood. Past research has focused on the effects of hunting on wildlife populations, or hunting behavior and strategy by indigenous groups, but little is known about why peasant groups in the region hunt. This dissertation research links theories of the peasant economy within the household and across peasant households in the community with the literature on hunting strategy and behavior by indigenous groups in Amazonia. The social and symbolic functions of hunting will be studied, for example by analyzing how local men use hunting to socialize their sons and nephews into manhood. The project will investigate the influence of household organization and decision-making on peasant hunting strategy and behavior, and analyze the effects of inter-household relationships on hunting practices. The project will investigate how hunting affects other forest based activities and the sustainability of the forest resource base. Broader Impacts: This study builds upon the work of a Brazilian NGO, PESACRE, which has worked with the communities in the research site since 1998. In the state of Acre, an area known for its "forest government", this study aims to link the importance of hunting in the rural livelihoods of peasant households and communities to wider issues of forest management. An understanding of the social dynamics of hunting and the use of wild game in the livelihood systems of peasant communities in Amazonia will help conservation and development organizations and the state of Acre and throughout Amazonia in their attempts to provide projects that account for both the cultural and biological diversity of the region. Further, this project contributes to the education of a young social scientist.