Database of non-Timber Products from the Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest, Serra de Carajás

Abstract

Known for their various forms of use, non-timber forest products are characterized as any product of plant and tree origin, except wood. These products make up the ways of life of traditional populations living in the interior of forest and rural areas. The objective of this work was the development, supply and availability of a database of non-timber forest products from the Tapirapé Aquiri National Forest (FLONATA). To this end, the stage of creating the database was divided into three stages of construction, supply and availability of information regarding the dynamics of these products. 182 species were found, belonging to 142 genera and 61 botanical families. Of the total, 82 had potential for non-timber and of these, 40% are used for food purposes as the fruit of the cocoa-do-mato (Theobroma speciosum), 12% medicinal as the bark of the bre-sucuúba (Protium amazonicum) and 19% present more than one type of utility such as bacaba (Oenocarpus bacaba). With the future completion of the database, it may be used by the community to know and understand the main products within the conservation unit, enabling the development of conservation, ecological and social actions.