Gestão de recursos naturais e ações para revitalização da bacia do Rio dos Cochos no alto/médio do São Francisco - MG

Abstract

In rural societies, water and natural resources are essential for maintaining life of families living in communities. In the mining semiarid, some factors contribute to the decline in these resources: land concentration that favors the big capital at the expense of family farming production and dry weather and water shortages. Given this, this thesis aims to analyze the results of programs, actions and projects that seek to increase the supply of water and natural resources while providing income generation and environmental conservation in order to increase the quality of life for residents of six communities in the rural municipality of Januária-MG. The central element of this research converges to the process of revitalizing the Troughs River, a tributary of the São Francisco River, which supplies the communities studied. The methodology used was a case study, and a study of qualititativo field. Data collection was done from script interviews with farmers and representatives of these bodies, documentary analysis and non-participant observation. The analysis concluded that these actions support and intermediation, a total of eleven organizations, including government agencies and civil society organizations have joined the residents of these communities. It was observed that the action in partnership of all these bodies contributed to the process still underway to revitalize the river and, consequently, for local development through the regulation of water supply. The results of these actions should not be considered individually, as isolated are not sufficient to meet all the demands of ommunities. The analysis shows that actions are complementary.