Deslocamento compulsório de agricultores familiares por empresas mineradoras: o caso do Projeto Onça Puma no Município de Ourilândia do Norte- Pará

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the environmental conflict between farmers and mining companies in the municipality of North Ourilândia Southeast of Pará. The conflict was triggered from the application of part of the area desafetação Settlement Project Campos Altos , for the purpose of installing a unit of extraction and processing of nickel laterite. The Canadian company Canico / Ounce Puma filed three applications for the INCRA desafetação an area of nearly 15.000 ha, impacting directly or indirectly more than 500 families. The central concern of the study was the analysis of conflict and negotiation process that was established between the mining company and the farmers resulting from requests for settlers desafetação. The methodology used was based on a qualitative approach using techniques such as literature search, analysis, documentation, semi-structured interviews with social actors involved and participating in meetings. The notions of environmental conflict were used for the analyzes of the central object of study. The study showed that the level of organization of families settled, with the support of civil society organizations, influenced the outcome of negotiations. Despite the progress achieved in the negotiation process, the achievement of agreements between mining company and settled families, depends on a constant mobilization of families.