Indicadores de sustentabilidade funcionais para avaliação do manejo florestal no contexto amazônico.

Abstract

In Brazil, there are forest certifications accredited by national and international institutions, but in the northern region of the country they do not have the same adherence as in other regions. Thus, the objective of this work is to propose a set of indicators, based on the experiences of institutions and researchers working in the Amazon, as well as on the observance of the pillars of sustainability, on bibliographic references and on the demands of interested parties. The intention is that this set will serve to constitute the certification standard for the Amazon System (AMZ). In this way, the following hypothesis was raised: The indicators selected from the latent trait methodology are capable of measuring the responsibility and commitment of a forest-based company to sustainability in the Amazon context. Thus, through a theoretical procedure, we seek to clarify the context of decision, validation and determination of representativeness for each proposed indicator. And given that the latent trait of this study is the maturity of the companies, it is expected that this can be expressed in observable terms and with appropriate magnitudes through the operationalized, adequate and validated instrument. Therefore, after the definition and ranking phase of the factors, a measurement instrument was proposed with 5 steps, 33 requirements and 89 indicators considered essential to demonstrate maturity and meet the demands of stakeholders. And this was applied in a company with the purpose of evaluating the indicators regarding its difficulty of service, the cost and the delay in being attended. Eight outstanding indicators were found, of which three were considered as “Does not meet” and five were considered as “Partially meets” and then, after using an adapted Priority Matrix. Thus, the results obtained indicated that non-conformities are more related to compliance with certain legislation, in addition it was observed that the company attended to all those considered to be of highest priority. On the other hand, indicators that showed partial compliance or that were not met are included in the lowest priority classes. Therefore, it is understood that the measurement instrument was applied satisfactorily and indicated vulnerabilities and needs that need to be resolved to meet the demands of stakeholders and demonstrate the company's maturity in complying with sustainability requirements. Moreover, it is likely that the inclusion of partial assistance will be a differential that accelerates the process of solving these non-conformities, contributing to the sustainable development of the region.