Crabbing gone commercial: Brazilian mangroves threatened by shift in local traditions

Mongabay
May 12, 2017, 7:09 am124 ptsTrending
In the village of Tramataia, Brazil crab-pickers, or caranguejeiros, walk to the shoreline at night with an offering of tobacco to Father Mangrove. They ask for a bountiful hunt and seek permission to enter the mangroves safely. Father Mangrove is a revered man of great stature who smokes a pipe and carries a…

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