1. Anthropological perspectives

2.  Field research  Local knowledge  The relation between people and nature

5.  What people think about the biodiversity and the forest

6.  Small farmers  Rural social movement  Government staff

7.  Small farmers depends on nature to survive  The relation between small farmers and nature is defined by several aspects

8.  Autonomy  Food  Living

9.  The social construction of biodiversity  Agrobiodiversity

10.  House gardens  Farming  Social relations

11.  Economic opportunities  Public Policies  Financial aspects  Environmental law

12.  Rubber  Cattle  Cassava flour  Ethno tourism

13.  Development policies – roads and rural settlements  Agricultural policies  Conservational policies

14.  Microcredit

15.  Restrictive  Punitive

16.  First formed by small farmers and rubber tappers  Today is conducted just by agricultural demands

17.  Partnership with goverment

18.  Lack of public policies to support local organization and enhancement of biodiversity or the conservation of the forest

19.  There are no inclusive policies related to the biodiversity and the conservation of the forest

20. PhD. Maíra Bueno de Carvalho buenomaira@hotmail.com UNICAMP – Campinas University