Gestão integrada do território e os objetivos do desenvolvimento sustentável: cultura como dimensão de sustentabilidade na microrregião de Presidente Kubitschek na Serra do Espinhaço/MG

Abstract

The Serra do Espinhaço, located in the state of Minas Gerais, was recently recognized as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. The constant transformations suffered in the planet over the decades, in a matter of concern for the reform of actions that optimize the search for allied growth, a conservation of the environment, mainly in areas such as Serra do Espinhaço. The present study focuses on Integrated Territory Management (GIT), jointly with the actions of the Planting the Future Project, coordinated by the Instituto Espinhaço with the help of local partnerships. This study aimed to characterize a GIT through a historical rescue of how it is being worked on the sustainability of the region. The research followed an exploratory and as a method, where it was tried to recognize the economic, social and environmental aspects, through oral history and focus groups realized with local representations of the region. . The results were obtained through content analysis of the collected material, where it was verified that the rescue of the cultural aspect of the GIT in the region is something important for the development and strengthening of the territory, because, historically, an overshadowed vision regarding the preservation Cultural by residents, resulted in the incorrect use of its raw materials, which generated an unbalanced economic growth to the detriment of the welfare of societies and environmental preservation. In addition, it is possible to watch a GIT is capable of generating transformations in the cultural identity of the residents of this place, where this rescue will guide new forms of growth, which meet new habits for socioeconomic development combined with the good use of natural resources in the Serra do Espinhaço.