Seeds network and collective action for the restoration and conservation of Xingu River’s springs (Mato Grosso, Brazil)

Autores

  • Rosely Alvim Sanches Centro Universitário Amparense Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais/Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas/Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • Célia Regina Tomiko Futemma Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v50i0.59435

Palavras-chave:

Xingu River, environmental governance, restoration of permanent preservation areas, collective action

Resumo

In 2017, indigenous and non-indigenous people from the Xingu-Araguaia region met in Mato Grosso to celebrate 10 years of partnership and collective action of the Xingu Seeds Network (XSN). This network originated from the Campaign `Y Ikatu Xingu, a social phenomenon concerning conservation and protection of the Xingu spring region. The river basin of the Xingu headwaters, 17 million hectares, is the main focus of XSN and it has lost five million hectares of forests and cerrados, which were converted into grain monoculture fields, within a very short period of time. The impact on the quality of the river water caused an environmental and health problem for the indigenous peoples of the indigenous lands. XSN has promoted innovative technological alternatives for recovery of permanent preservation areas (PPAs) or gallery forest and income generation for small farmers and local communities. The goal of this study is to analyze the environmental governance in the Xingu basin, paying particular attention to institutional arrangements of the Xingu Seeds Network. This analysis is grounded on the theoretical-methodological framework, contained in the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD), which offers tools for understanding the strengthening process of democratic institutions in the protection of common-pool resources. These are permanent preservation areas, in Brazilian case. This study provides a reflection of governance mechanisms, based on the "Commons Theory", in regions where socioeconomic dynamics drastically modify the tropical ecosystems that are fundamental to wildlife and human life.

Biografia do Autor

Rosely Alvim Sanches, Centro Universitário Amparense Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais/Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas/Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Bacharel em Ciências Biológicas (1991) e mestre em Ciências (1997), Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de São Paulo. Doutorado (2015) em Ambiente e Sociedade, Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais, do Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, da Universidade Estadual de Campinas. É atualmente docente do Centro Universitário Amparense. Desde 1989, atua na área socioambiental, participa, organiza e leciona em processos de formação de jovens e adultos discentes, educadores e técnicos de instituições para atuação em planejamento ambiental, gestão de áreas protegidas e terras indígenas na Amazônia e Mata Atlântica. Possui ampla experiência em levantamentos em campo socioeconômico, fundiário e ambiental, moderação em processos participativos e diálogo com movimentos sociais e de mediação entre agentes sociais nas regiões do Vale do Ribeira (SP) e Araguaia-Xingu (MT-PA).

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2019-04-30

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Sanches, R. A., & Futemma, C. R. T. (2019). Seeds network and collective action for the restoration and conservation of Xingu River’s springs (Mato Grosso, Brazil). Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 50. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v50i0.59435

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