Ativação do potencial bioeconômico das plantas medicinais amazônicas: uma proposta para Marapanim-PA à luz das experiências coletivas da etnofarmácia

Abstract

The objective of this work is to participate in actions in the area of phytotherapy in Marapanim- PA, to help project the structuring of the Local Productive Arrangement of Phytotherapy, provided for in the Municipal Phytotherapy Law of the municipality and, with this, contribute to the development of Bioeconomy in Pará Amazon, in the perspective of sustainable territorial development. For this, the following starting question was adopted: how to structure a bioeconomic APL of herbal medicines in Marapanim-PA to improve the quality of life of social actors? As a starting theoretical approach, sustainable territorial development was chosen, specifically, the relationship between territorial heritage and specific resource that, when confronted with the empirical dynamics of Marapanim-PA, needed new interdisciplinary connections, until it was consolidated in the proposition of the concept system: Territorial Social Innovation. The research has an interdisciplinary theoretical approach and is classified as an action research. Data collection took place through bibliographic research, documentary research and participant observation. Data were analyzed using the analytical instruments derived from the analysis model: a diagnosis and two projections. The results of the analytical process indicate that the heritage of Marapanim-PA has potential factors for structuring a bioeconomic cluster of herbal medicines; however, the biggest obstacle is the lack of participation of local actors in the collective action of territorial development conducted by Ethnopharmacy. This immobilization of local actors occurs due to the existence of territorial liabilities in the territorial heritage, such as little confidence and fiscal problems. As a technological result, the thesis generated two products: a pilot project to assist in structuring the APL and a pilot action plan to contribute to the activation process.