Productive diversity in Extractive Reserves in the Amazon: between invisibility and multifunctionality

Authors

  • Thaís Helena Teixeira Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3056-3309
  • Mara Carvalho Nottingham Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio)
  • José Ambrósio Ferreira Neto Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)
  • Lílian Mércia Benevenuto Estrela Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio)
  • Bruna de Vita Silva Santos Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio)
  • Natália Aragão de Figueredo Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v48i0.58805

Keywords:

protected areas, Extractive Reserves, multifunctionality, traditional populations, sustainable use

Abstract

This paper analyses the agricultural and extractive production in 28 Federal Extractive Reserves (Resex) in the Brazilian Amazon. The Resex represents a modality of access to the territory by the extractive populations that guarantees their livelihood and environmental conservation. Primary data was obtained through questionnaires applied by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) in partnership with the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), to the families that live and use the resources of these territories. The information presented refers to the sample data collected, corresponding to 3,236 questionnaires, in a universe of 14,960. The analysis focused on the elements related to the diversity of the productive agenda in these Extractive Reserves and to the amount produced by the extractivism of açaí and Brazil nuts and the production of cassava flour. The work emphasizes that the productive diversity, the multifunctionality and the specificities of socio-productive activities and family-based and community-based arrangements are fundamental elements of the social, economic and environmental organization of the beneficiary populations of Extractive Reserves, especially in this Biome.

Author Biography

Natália Aragão de Figueredo, Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC)

Mestre e Doutora em Solos e Nutrição de Plantas pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Professora no Instituto Federal do Ceará.

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Published

2018-11-30

How to Cite

Teixeira, T. H., Nottingham, M. C., Ferreira Neto, J. A., Estrela, L. M. B., Santos, B. de V. S., & Figueredo, N. A. de. (2018). Productive diversity in Extractive Reserves in the Amazon: between invisibility and multifunctionality. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 48. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v48i0.58805

Issue

Vol. 48 (2018): 30 Years of the Legacy of Chico Mendes

Section

30 Years of the Legacy of Chico Mendes

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