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Authors

  • Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto Departamento de Ciências Biológicas - Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Abstract

This paper discusses the importance of research in ethnoentomology by examining the works which have been carried out in different social and cultural contexts within Bahia State, northeastern Brazil. Such works range from studies in ethnotaxonomy to the use of insects both as food and medicinal resources, as well as their use in the art of philately and advertising. Studies on ethnoentomology can stimulate new ideas to be researched by science, especially those stressing both the therapeutic and protein potential of the insects, thus representing a valuable contribution to the question of biodiversity and opening up possibilities for the economic valorization of species which are normally regarded as harmful or useless.

Author Biography

Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas - Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Possui Graduação pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Mestrado em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas e Doutorado em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Pós-Doutorado na UNAM pelo Instituito de Biologia.

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Published

2004-01-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2004)

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Artigos

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