PoliticalHumanEcologyinBrazil,

TheRecognitionforfightbetweenlandlesspeasantsinbacklands(Serto)ofBrazil
environmental conflict as land policy possession examines the environmental
conflicts as a political category of land claims from the experiences of MST
settlementsonthehighbackcountry(Serto)ofAlagoas,inDelmiroGouveia.We
tried to relate this environmental interaction mode with the literature on
environmental conflicts (BURSZTYN, 2001, 2008 Little, 2001 Zhouri, 2006,
2008), held perspective of land, conflicts of views and practice on the land as
environment of subsistence, material production, culture and other senses. We
interviewed some actors among rural workers and made a survey through
questionnaireswithaportionofthecompanynotinvolvedintheMSTinorderto
drawapictureaboutwhatisthelandasenvironmentalmeansandthestrugglefor
landaspolicyecological(Little,2006)initsaspectsofsocialandenvironmental
policy.

WellingtonAmancioDaSilva(Org.)

PoliticalHumanEcologyin
Brazil

Publisheddozensofarticlesandadozenbooks.Postcolonialismresearchand
AfricancultureinBrazilsearchHumanEcologyintheBraziliansemiaridregion.
ItislinkedtotheHumanEcologyResearchGroup,andSocialandEnvironmental
Actions,andtheResearchGrouponSocioEconomicsofSustainable
DevelopmentintheBahiaStateofUniversity.

DaSilva(Org.)

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