The Protagonism of Socio-environmental Practices of Traditional Amazonian Peoples in Promoting Sustainability

Abstract

Socio-environmental practices of traditional peoples can be defined as modes of existence based on reciprocity and sustainable biodiversity management and are very important for the preservation of the Amazon and global climate balance. In this context, issues regarding traditional ecological knowledge are addressed, specifying the theme of indigenous, riverine, and maroon (quilombola) protagonism against the predatory developmental model. Thus, it is evident that the problem revolves around the question: how do ancestral knowledges challenge technocratic hegemony and promote real, intercultural sustainability? The study is important because it brings consequences to social and legal reality by establishing the right to territory as an ontological dimension and an entrenchment clause. The objective is to solve the institutional invisibility of these peoples in environmental governance. Methodologically, it uses interdisciplinary research and analysis of concrete cases. It concludes that the theme demands the recognition of cognitive justice and the strengthening of territorialized public policies.