Estudo sobre os impactos do Parque Estadual da Lapa Grande na Comunidade de Buriti do Campo Santo e escola local

Abstract

This Master's Dissertation, titled: Study on the Impacts of the Lapa Grande State Park on the Community of Buriti do Campo Santo and the Local School, in a multi-paper format, brings together three articles resulting from the research carried out. The first article aimed to reflect on the Historical Movement of Rural Education and the importance of building a Liberating and Significant Education for Rural Peoples. The second article aimed to present the community and school where the research was conducted, describing the way of life of the peasants and the local school, as well as the process of creation and expansion of the Lapa Grande State Park. The third and final chapter highlighted the impacts, challenges, and possible risks of closing the local school. This is a qualitative bibliographic research, based on Decree Laws, books, theses, scientific articles, and monographic work. It is grounded in Minayo (2002), Caldart (2004-2008), Fernandes (2001), Silva (2020), Paladim (2010), Rocha (2004-2012), Reis (2011), among other authors who address the subject. For data collection, instruments such as participant observation, field notebook, and informal conversations were used. It was proven that the Lapa Grande State Park is an important environmental agency for sustainability and society; however, the expansion of this Conservation Unit directly and negatively impacted the life of the Buriti do Campo Santo community. It is emphasized that this Dissertation is not a criticism of the Lapa Grande State Park, but rather a research that, based on social justice and environmental sustainability, analyzed the real need for expansion of this Conservation Unit, highlighted the negative impacts of the institutionalization of this Environmental Conservation Unit on a centenary community, which directly affects the culture, traditions, and life of the residents, resulting in an emptying of the community and a possible closure of the local school. Thus, instead of expanding the PELG and expropriating residents, it would be viable to develop public policies that value the school and community and, consequently, favor conservation, respecting and ensuring the rights of people who have lived in the community since before the arrival of the PELG conservation unit.