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Aspectos sociais e naturais de um problema ambiental: um estudo na ilha da Coroa Comprida, Amazônia oriental
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012-09-28) BENTES, Erika Simone da Silva; IMBIRIBA, Breno Cesar de Oliveira; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7979656297541988; SANTOS, Sônia Maria Simões Barbosa Magalhães; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2136454393021407
The Amazon region is highlighted on the world stage not only for its biodiversity, it contains the largest rainforest in the world still existing, but also for its social diversity: the region contains distinct population groups. This paper discusses the problem of the social construction of environmental problem from the knowledge and the local perception of the phenomenon, supported by observation and interviews. The research develops the Island Coroa Comprida, mesoregion Salgado where a community made up mostly of fishermen, situated at the mouth of the river Urumajó under the direct influence of the Atlantic Ocean. This town has faced a long process of erosion that is declining because the territorial extension of the beach where the locals inhabit the island, causing its movement to other locations both along the river and to the outskirts of Augusto Corrêa. Of the approximately 400 families that originally inhabited the island, only 15 remain now and only due to lack of financial resources to travel. Residents who have already moved the island, went to several places: home of relatives in the county seat, to the village of Perimirim which was built 36 years ago to house the displaced exactly the Island in question, due to the erosion process that had begun since. Another portion of residents moved to the neighborhood Bom Jesus Near the center of the municipality. The last 15 residents await the end of the construction of 25 houses built by the City Hall to house the victims of the erosion process. Both fishermen as public managers interpret erosion as a "natural phenomenon", and no public policies for the population living in the territory and the destruction compulsory displacement. As this erosion is treated as a natural phenomenon, its effects are not included in current discussions on measurement of risk prevention and environmental protection of victims of environmental disasters.