Trabalho e sustentabilidade: manejo de andiroba pela Coopfitos e Comunidade Canaã no município de Manaquiri-AM

Abstract

One of the main themes that are highlighted on the Amazonian issues, concerns the use of natural resources by traditional communities, the development work, the management forms, productive practices, and the way of life guided by sociocultural parameters that outline the day the day these companies. In this sense, the research that now presents itself aims to "examine how to work and sustainability practices in the processing of CoopfitosAndiroba oil, and barriers related to providing Andiroba in Canaan community in the Municipality of Manaquiri / AM". Regarding the academic-scientific relevance of the work, it is in urgent need for studies to identify ways of working in the context of rural Amazonian communities, the analysis of socio-environmental relations of the daily life of these populations, where the issues of the society / nature acquire a prominent role, and present themselves as challenges researchers to develop studies with results that can contribute to building subsidies in the formulation of public policies rural populations. For this, we used a survey of critical-analytical nature, from a qualitative diagnosis, obtained through participant observation and informal conversations during the consulting work with the cooperative. As the main results of the survey it was found that Coopfitos, cooperative Produtors and Processors of Medicinal Plants and FitoterábicosPhytocosmeticsManaquiri, through their production practices, contributes effectively to implement sustainable actions, both in their relationship with nature, as in its relationship with the Canaan community.