Based on their world view, indigenous and local communities may have their own concepts of conservation, which may be different from Western ideas of conservation. Here we report the results of a photovoice study with a Caiçara community in the Juatinga Ecological Reserve, a protected area in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest region. Participants were asked to take photos of their landscape/seascape to illustrate what they understand as conservation. Photos produced by the participants served as 'boundary objects' that helped to evoke feelings, ideas, and thoughts of people-nature relationships during individual interviews, and finally during a group discussion. The results helped to explore ways to frame a Caiçara concept of conservation and highlight the importance of developing place-based conservation projects and approaches meaningful for Caiçara people. Such initiatives can help in understanding Caiçara motivations for conservation, aid partnership-building, and promote knowledge co-production between community, government managers and other stakeholders.

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在谈论保护时，我们都说相同的语言吗？凯萨拉对自然保护区的理解

基于世界观，土著和地方社区可能有自己的保护概念，这可能与西方的保护概念不同。在这里，我们报告了与Juatinga生态保护区（巴西大西洋森林地区的保护区）的Caiçara社区进行光声研究的结果。要求参与者为他们的景观/海景拍照，以说明他们理解为自然保护的内容。参与者拍摄的照片作为“边界对象”，有助于在个人访谈中以及最终在小组讨论中唤起人们与自然关系的感觉，思想和想法。结果有助于探索构筑凯萨拉（Caiçara）保护概念的方法，并强调开发对凯萨拉人有意义的地方保护项目和方法的重要性。此类举措可以帮助了解Caiçara的保护动机，帮助建立伙伴关系，并促进社区，政府经理和其他利益相关者之间的知识共同生产。