Chapada das Mesas National Park (Maranhão/Brazil): socio-economic activities of dwellers and their reflexes
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.6008/CBPC2179-6858.2020.002.0035Keywords:
Traditional communities, Ecological awareness, Natural resources, SustainabilityAbstract
The research describes the socioeconomic activities of dwellers living in and around the Chapada das Mesas National Park, State of Maranhão, as well as management practices for the exploitation of natural resources. Thus, a descriptive research with quantitative and qualitative approach was performed. The data were collected in the second half of 2016 with application forms in 40 of the 130 households recognized by the Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade. Subsistence agriculture stood out with the cultivation of Phaseolus vulgaris, Oryza sativa, Manihot esculenta and Zea mays. In the practice of extractivism, Mauritia flexuosa, Platonia insignis, Caryocar brasiliense and Orbignya speciose. Are the most collected products; In livestock breeding, Gallus gallus domesticus and Bos taurus. It was noticed that subsistence agriculture and cattle breeding are the economic activities that most disturb the environment due to management. However, it was found that after the creation of the National Park, communities awoke to the use of sustainable practices for the exploitation of natural resources.
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