Desenvolvimento territorial em unidades de conservação: o caso da RESEX marinha de São João da Ponta

Abstract

In the current process of advancement of conservation units for sustainable use in the Amazon, the creation of Extractive Reserves in the type marine in the coastal Pará, currently covering nine counties, is evident as a strategy to address issues related to natural resource management, in which survive hundreds of traditional fishing communities in this region. However, as an instrument in the pursuit of territorial development, RESEX needs to be understood by the limitations that are imposed in the context of its implementation. In this sense, the territory of the Marine Extractive Reserve of São João da Ponta, established in 2002, located in the northeastern state of Pará, and policies arising from the creation of the unit comprising the object of analysis of this research, aiming to bring to the academic debate of Geography, and other areas of interest, issues related to empowerment and participatory management of the common resources among the population of this municipality traditional extraction.