Use and perception of areas of permanent preservation in an environmentally differentiated land reform settlement in Anapu, Pará

Uso e percepção de áreas de preservação permanente em assentamento ambientalmente diferenciado em Anapu, Pará

Authors

  • Laís Victoria Ferreira de Sousa Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Brasil
  • Roberto Porro Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária – EMBRAPA Amazônia Oriental, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4133-0068

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36920/esa-v26n3-8

Abstract

This study assessed how residents of an environmentally-sound land reform settlement in Anapu, Pará, perceive and use forests and permanent preservation areas (PPAs). Quantitative methods (comparative areas from mapping) and qualitative (semi-structured interviews) evaluated the effect of tenurial situation, access to the plot and predominant economic activity in the conservation of PPAs and forests. Considering only the preservation of PPAs, the quantitative analysis showed no significant difference between groups compared. In relation to forests, greater preservation was associated with the activity carried out in the lot: prioritization of agriculture was associated with higher percentage of forests than prioritization of livestock, although no statistical relevance was observed for this association. The qualitative analysis indicated that land tenure regularity is not perceived as a factor for greater conservation of PPAs. Main differences in the use of PPA were also perceived regarding the economic activity prioritized in the lot.
Keywords: environmental conservation; Amazon deforestation; agriculture; cattleranching.

SOUSA, Laís Victoria Ferreira de; PORRO, Roberto.  Uso e percepção de áreas de preservação permanente em assentamento ambientalmente diferenciado em Anapu, Pará. Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura, v. 26, n. 3, p. 656-680, out. 2018.

Submitted in march 2018.
Accepted in august 2018.

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Author Biographies

  • Laís Victoria Ferreira de Sousa, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Brasil

    Doutoranda em Ciências Ambientais pela Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA/EMBRAPA/MPEG).
    E-mail: laisvicferreira@hotmail.com
    http://lattes.cnpq.br/4429755244161992

  • Roberto Porro, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária – EMBRAPA Amazônia Oriental, Brasil

    Doutorado em Antropologia Cultural pela Universidade da Flórida e pesquisador da Embrapa Amazônia Oriental.
    E-mail: roberto.porro@embrapa.br
    http://lattes.cnpq.br/2282097420081043

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Published

2018-10-01

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 3: Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura (october 2018 to january 2019)

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