Conservation of natural resources in the Ilha do Mutum Agroextractive Settlement Project (PA, Brazil)

Abstract

The Agroextractive Settlement Projects (PAE's) aim to promote ecological agrarian reform, regularizing the land tenure of traditional extractivist populations, introducing the environmental dimension. Mutum Island went through several periods that reflect its trade relations and the conservation of natural resources. The objective of this study is to discuss the conservation of natural resources based on the production methods of rubber, wood, palm hearts, açaí and shrimp, analyzing the facts that took place before and after the island became a PAE. The settlers are aware that the rivers and the forest are the sources of livelihood for the families, likewise, they claim that this consumption needs to be guided by attitudes that will not deplete natural resources.