DINÂMICA DO DESMATAMENTO EM ÁREA DE ASSENTAMENTO DE REFORMA AGRÁRIA NO SUDESTE PARAENSE

Abstract

Southeast Paraense is a region that was the target of measures to integrate the Amazon into the country's economic and political nucleus and among these measures is land reform, carried out based on the creation of settlements in expropriated areas. However, the neglect and lack of planning with this colonization process resulted in high rates of deforestation over time, placing the settlements at the center of current discussions on deforestation in the Amazon. In this sense, the objective of this work was to evaluate the dynamics of deforestation and its relations with the historical and agrarian context in the Settlement Project 26 de Março, in a time universe between 1990 to 2019. To consolidate the objectives, data from sensing were used remote and Geographic Information Systems - GIS for data processing and making cartographic products. The results showed that the settlement's forest area was suppressed by 50%, giving rise, above all, to agricultural activities, representing in 2019 more than 65% of the total study area. Thus, the need to strengthen public policies appropriate to the reality of the settlement is highlighted, as well as the generation, dissemination and access to sustainable production alternatives.