Reservas extrativistas na Amazônia: Uma visão dos atores por meio do discurso do sujeito coletivo

Abstract

Current study analyzes how a team of social protagonists interpret the institutionalization of the Extractivist Reserves (RESEX) foregrounded on the public policy of the conservation of biodiversity. This implied government and non-government extractivists and organization representatives interested in RESEX. The institutional approach and organizational sociology were the theoretical referential and the Discourse of the Collective Subject was the method used for the understanding of the discourse of the two groups on extractivism, development and sustainability. Results reveal highly different discourses. Whereas extractivists relate their activities as survival means with low environmental connotation, the representatives of the government organizations had a politically correct discourse, with low efficiency in management or support for RESEX. On the other hand, the non-governmental organizations had an intermediate stance, sometimes tending towards the opinion of the extractivist and sometimes tending towards that of public organizations. Results show that this difference is a negative stance in the management of Conservation Units and that sustainability is not thoroughly effective in the area. In fact, low profits oblige extractivists to adopt forest management with great frequency.