Reflorestamento, terra e trabalho: análise da ocupação fundiária e da força de trabalho no Alto Jequitinhonha, MG

Abstract

This dissertation has as an objective to discusses reforestation as a development project for the area of the high Jequitinhonha, taking as unit of analysis the Homogeneous Micro-region of Capelinha (MRH 31011), quantifying the generation of employment, income and product of the reforestation in the MRH, comparing it with other land uses in the micro-region (family agriculture, coffee growing and livestock); analyzing the influence of reforestation on land distribution in the micro-region; and knowing the position of the actors of local society on the impacts of reforestation in the area. From the analyses done it could be noticed that reforestation, in terms of generation of employment, income and product for the studied area, was shown quite inexpressive in relation to the area that it occupies, while the family agriculture was shown the most intensive activity in labor occupation and products for MRH of Capelinha. These results allow one to question the effectiveness of the large government projects, as is the case of the fiscal incentives to reforestation, as effective propellents of development, and to highlight the productive and occupational importance that family agriculture - an activity often considered to be of mere subsistence - has for the area of the AltoJequitinhonha, and the need to face this sector of the rural Brazil as a sector of high potential for the generation of wealth, and not just as a weakened sector that needs financial resources not to succumb.