Unidades de conservação e soberania alimentar: análise da comunidade vazanteira Ilha de Pau de Légua, no entorno do Parque Estadual da Mata Seca, Norte de Minas Gerais

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze how the institution of the Dry Forest State Park, agri food influences the strategies of local people and the guarantee of food sovereignty. Focused on territorial dynamics of the traditional community vazanteira Ilha de Pau de Légua, Matias Cardoso. In the north of Minas Gerais, a new design territory has been formed due to the creation of conservation units. These protected areas have been created due to environmental compensation of the processes of farming enterprisesecodestrutivos installed. It happens that, due to the specificities of the traditional communities of the region, the logic of appropriation of natural resources conservationin perspective, has come into conflict with the practices carried out by communities of place. Among the factors impacted by the differentiation of these rationales, we chose to analyze what influences this reality can have on food sovereignty of the study group. The methodological procedures in the study had four interconnected dimensions: bibliographic research, documentary research, direct observation and semistructured interviews. Performed these steps, combining theoretical discussions of fieldwork, we observed that the restrictions on use and access to natural resources in the area of Dry Forest State Park has limited the effectiveness of the strategies of traditional agrifood vazanteiros Ilha de Pau de Légua, the that has prevented the guarantee of food sovereignty group, subjecting them to other logic for obtaining food, that differ from thetraditional way vazanteiro.