Sistemas sociais comunitários e uso de recursos naturais: bases para políticas públicas e desenvolvimento territorial no estado do Pará

Abstract

This thesis work deals with the relationship between community social systems and the use of natural resources by the riverside communities located in a vast area of the open border along the river Arapiuns in western Pará state. The study aimed to analyze the continuities and / or (2008/2014) demographic, social, cultural, economic and environmental changes in the territory of the riverside communities, and agricultural and extractive changes at the basin of the river Arapiuns due to the standards of use natural resources. It is a densely forested territory in which the presence of continental villages and riverside communities, native residents, has suffered serious disturbances in the presence of high density of capital projects, such as mining and logging. The research method used was derived from the use of general systems theory in their specific approaches to theories of natural and social systems. As for the methods and instruments, and research techniques from the documentary or historical analysis to the various forms of observation, word-of-mouth, data collection, measurements, inductive and deductive approaches were all involved. The main results of the study showed that the social, economic, cultural and environmental dynamics of the riverine communities Arapiuns river have been heavily modified in the last five years, since the beginning of the forest concession activities in the region, and that public policies designed and implemented in the territory under study present considerable social, economic and environmental constraints to the promotion of local and territorial development processes. Finally, reflections, proposals and recommendations are presented to the sustainability of public policies oriented to the territory of the study.