Sociedades camponesas e recursos naturais: o caso dessa relação na comunidade de Ponte Vila, Oeste Mineiro

Abstract

Among the main problems mankind has been facing at this moment, there are those referring to natural resources. The way societies relate themselves to nature indicates aspects of their social, economic, and cultural conjucture. Then, it is important to understand the basis of that relationship, seeking the understanding of thepráxis, the corpus, and the association between both and sustainability. As a ground theory, we nave worked with the concepts of Brazilian development, the relationship between development and sustainability, etnoecology and agroecology, as approaches that operate the themes ofsustainability and the peasantry. The late is applied to the studied case - Ponte Vila Community - in function of its characterization as a family farm area with a peasant style. The dissertation indicated that the relationship between the community members' práxis and corpus suggests a proper conception of sustainability as a result of the sequence: existence, perception, knowledge, usefulness, utilization, and conservation.