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Conflitos socioambientais, capital e dendeicultura: as estratégias das empresas de dendê e suas contradições na Amazônia paraense
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-02-01) SANTOS, Amanda Rayana da Silva; LOPES, Luís Otávio do Canto; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1013147545099173; FARIAS, André Luís Assunção de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5310171409459863
The Amazon region over the years, has gone through several transformations in its political structures, social and economic characteristics that are expressed so provocative and confrontational. The expansion of dendeicultura in the Amazon region of Pará, exemplifies this type of relationship conflict and asymmetric powers, caused by the disparity of interests among social actors. The research aims to analyze the role of the main companies producing palm oil about the environmental conflicts in the region of northeastern Pará. In this way, it was necessary to present the environmental conflict initiated due to the high concentration of palm and finally, build an analysis of the positioning of the main social actors involved, as well as their respective foreign powers, emphasizing the ventures of palm oil. In order to meet the aims of the research, we opted for the use of the approach of the political economy of the Environment, with the use of the macro-analysis. We used a set of research tools as documentary analysis with official information and application of non-structured interview with family farmers and their representatives (unions) to identify the issues that fomentava the socioenvironmental conflict in the municipalities and the technicians and leaders of three major oil palm companies which operate in northeastern Pará, to know the actions that the enhanced use to resolve these conflicts. Issues were identified as the process of formalizing the work, monitoring of child labor, provision of accounts, absence of technical assistance, failure in the delivery of the fertilizer, transportation at the point of collection, payment of the bunch of fresh fruit, use of pesticides and invasion of Earth, which relate to the conflict. The social actors involved are the oil palm companies, financing bank and family farmer, maintaining respect of asymmetry of power. Thus, this study showed that the companies of palm oil, owner of high economic power and symbolic, assumes the role of dominating the conflict. On the other hand, in spite of this, the oil palm companies seek strategies to mediate in the conflict, moved by economic interests and/or manifestation of family farmers. In this sense, the apparent environmental conflict carries great importance in changes in the way businesses manage the environmental conflict.