A influência do fomento florestal nos aspectos ambientais e socioeconômicos em estabelecimentos rurais na Amazônia

Abstract

Amazonia possesses some of the highest levels of biodiversity the planet, and has a population of 25.469.352 million inhabitants. It is threatened by agricultural expansion edge effects and logging, increasing its sensitivity to the forest fires. Investments in perennial agriculture, tree plantations, and fire sensitive products could diminish the use of fire and the risk of wildfires. In recent year, large companies have incentivized smallholders to plant trees on their land, in a practice known as fomento florestal. This could have both negative and positive effects for the establishments that get involved, influencing the quality of life of the families, changing income, and promoting the permanence of the producer’s agriculture, and incorporating technical assistance and the transfer of technology. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of fomento florestal based on eucalyptus (Eucalyptus Urograndis), assessing the environmental and socioeconomics parameters in agricultural establishments in Amazonia. The implantation of perennial and fire-sensitive trees did not alter the use of the fire, and it even increased the fire use in the areas around the participating smallholdings. Another important aspect was the advance of forestry in the areas of secondary vegetation, culture and pastures, which in turn may have stimulated agricultural expansion in areas of forests. In socioeconomics terms, half of the interviewed particpants had presented per capita income less than half of the minimum wage. Fomento florestal offers low remuneration of manual labour and could even jeopardize future food security and agricultural income. However, it also appears to improve the social interactions in the between agriculturalists and increases capitalization by nine compared to not fomented. Overall, this study contributes to the debate about the politics of development in agricultural landscapes in Amazonia