Participatory Management of Natural Resources in the Bijagos Archipelago
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The Bijagó society is structured around villages, political and economic units which have decision-making autonomy and an almost self-sufficiency. The clans are organized by sex and age classes, each playing a role and having duties in the community. Each island or village has its own forms of worship, either of idols or gods – iran – entities endowed with power to do good or evil and to which the prayers are addressed. Each island is considered property of the clan and of its iran as a guardian. There are areas that are considered sacred, which means no one can settle down there, being forbidden its continuous use. This is the case of certain spaces in Rubane, Enu, Orango and Carache. These areas are particularly important for the preservation of nature, since they combine various types of environments, from savannas and mangrove forests to sand banks, among the sea canals. This article aims at understanding how the management of land articulates with the division of spaces and at explaining how decisions regarding the preservation of the environment and natural resources are taken.
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