Manejo e uso comum dos recursos naturais em populações quilombolas no vale do Rio Capim - PA

Abstract

This text outlines the system of common use of natural resources in quilombola communities of Taperinha, Sauá-Mirim and Nova Ipixuna. Situated in the southeastern of the São Domingos do Capim city. The communities are located in the most deforested area of the Capim River bank. According to the memory of the elderly, in the abundance of natural resources, the community handled without rules and norms of use. However, in times of scarcity, it was necessary to elaborate arrangements in order to sort the management of resources, to keep them. These rules and standards exist as management mechanisms within the territory of the community, which become incorporated by the families, by the awakening of the feeling of belonging, governed by strategies of use and survival. Thus, the use derives from an ancestry that defines spaces for gathering, hunting, farming, etc..The standards and rules emerge according to the notion of territory established by the group, giving freedom to the ones who can access resources and at the same time, imposing rules to its utilization.