Desenvolvimento sustentável e a comercialização clandestina de madeira no Canal das Pedrinhas

Abstract

This paper aims to describe and analyze the dynamics of expansion and the importance of logging in the Amazon, with the primary object of study is the timber trade made on the dyke of Pedrinhas, an important commercial timber capital of Amapá, and their reflections, natural resources, labor relations and the impact of these in contemporary society. Fostering and foremost a debate about the value of nature, based on literature, analysis of statistical data, interviews conducted with entrepreneurs and workers in the lumber and field work conducted in the city of Para Breves. The consequential impact of the relationship between humanity and nature, as deforestation and the few potential benefits that this practice brought to the Amazonians, became an object of study of global. Most work is centered on analysis of the dynamics of migration to the region and its occupation, especially from the development policies implemented by the Brazilian government, and the effects of this relationship on ecosystems. However, few studies were concerned with the timber industry, due to deforestation in most part, be attributed to the advancement of livestock and agriculture. However, logging has expanded considerably in recent decades, particularly in the State of Pará So, as in Breves, the mills have become a main source of income, and the local economy now, then, to turn around this practice extractive and its maintenance has become essential to solidify the dignified survival of the people of this region. Keywords: