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Impacto da criação do projeto agroextrativista na gestão participativa dos recursos comuns na várzea Amazônica
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-10-03) THOMAS, Shaji; ALMEIDA, Oriana Trindade de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0325909843645279
Wetlands in the lower Amazon basin occupy approximately 800.000 km2, and the floodplains of the Amazon River and its larger tributaries represent approximately 40% of this total. Floodplain is a rich environment with fertile soils and abundant natural resources. Throughout the history of human occupation, the floodplain played a central role in the economy of the Amazon region. Despite the importance of the region, land ownership was always ambiguous in these areas. Since 2006, the Government created 15 Projects of Agro-extractive Settlement Project (PAE) in the region of the lower Amazon floodplain in order to regulate land ownership and to encourage the process of community participation in the management of natural resources. The main objective of this study is to analyse the impact brought by the creation of PAE in regional planning and governance of natural resources in the floodplain. The research data collection was through participant observation method in the field, literature review, focus groups and interviews with representatives of the communities, institutions and government bodies responsible for implementing of the PAEs. The study area is located in two Settlement Projects of the lower Amazon floodplain in the municipalities of Santarém and Alenquer. 86% of the communities of PAEs analysed had some sort of Community fishing agreement, which internally governed the use of fishery resources in lakes communities. Interviews with community leaders in the region, 82% showed dissatisfaction with the process of the implementation of PAE. Relative to the Utility Plan (PU), which defines the regulations of the PAE, 33% consider that the rules hinder the development of floodplains. However, 77% of respondents believe that the PU is necessary for the proper functioning of the settlement. The research pointed out that the major difficulties for the implementation of the Project include the lack of dialogue between the community and governmental entities as the INCRA - responsible for the implementation of PAE, the non-delivery of land titles and the lack of definition regarding the ranchers who occupy land in the region. The study also pointed out that the implementation process of the PAEs, besides not solving problems related to land occupation, weakened the organizational autonomy of communities in natural resource management of floodplains.