Banca de DEFESA: JOÃO PAULO BORGES DE LOUREIRO

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : JOÃO PAULO BORGES DE LOUREIRO
DATE: 29/07/2022
TIME: 08:30
LOCAL: https://meet.google.com/xqu-zbwe-qvn
TITLE:

Mining, agriculture and society: the case of Parauapebas, Brazilian Amazon

KEY WORDS:

Mineral resources, Agriculture, Social capital, Local development, Amazon

PAGES: 120
BIG AREA: Ciências Agrárias
AREA: Agronomia
SUMMARY:

Mining is one of the most important economic activities for Brazil and the state of Pará, contributing significant amounts to the balance of trade, as well as the resources of financial compensation for mineral exploration (CFEM). Despite this abundance of resources, socio-environmental impacts occur, especially in cities where mineral activity is developed. The municipality of Parauapebas is the largest national producer of iron ore and, consequently, a territory with great socioeconomic impacts ranging from the great migratory flow, thus reflecting the need to increase the availability of products and services related to food, health, education, urbanization among others; even problems related to the awareness of the population about the receipt and correct use of cfem, adding to this the problem of the lack of an alternative economic matrix to ore depletion. The objective of the thesis was to evaluate the impacts of mining on the competitiveness of other economic activities of Parauapebas, especially agriculture and the degree of awareness of the population of the municipality about the impacts of mining, mainly evaluating whether the inhabitants of the city can feel the conversion of economic wealth into human well-being through satisfaction with public services. The results showed that agriculture receives positive and negative impacts from mining, since it receives great financial support from both the government and mining companies through private social investments, but the activity can make little progress in modernization and productivity, due to the negative impacts generated by mining, such as the loss of younger labor and consequently aging of the population of the field,  thus losing the opportunities to explore a consumer market that moves more than one billion reais per year. Another negative impact found both in the urban area and in the rural area was the low territorial belonging, with the population having low interest in establishing residence and participating in the management processes of the municipality as public hearings, sessions of the city council and even in voting to elect the representatives of the public power. Finally, a low rate of social efficiency of public services was found, evidencing the difficulty in transforming mineral income resources into quality of life for the population, and the low capacity of satisfaction for residents even of basic services such as health, education and transportation stands out. The municipality needs a joint effort of public power, private initiative and civil society to become a sustainable territory in the long term so that the life of the city is not restricted only to the useful life of the mines of its territory.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Interna - 1646423 - CYNTIA MEIRELES MARTINS
Externo à Instituição - JACQUES DEMAJOROVIC - FEI
Externo à Instituição - JORGE MANUEL FILIPE DOS SANTOS - ITV
Presidente - 1743866 - MARCOS ANTONIO SOUZA DOS SANTOS
Externa à Instituição - MARIA LUCIA BAHIA LOPES - Unama