Desmatamento na Amazônia paraense: prática ilícita vinculada à atividade pecuária

Abstract

This Course Completion Work deals with deforestation in the Paraense Amazon: illicit practice linked to livestock activity and has the general objective to explain the main motivations for deforestation in the Paraense Amazon. The Paraense Amazon is a part of the Legal Amazon, whose land extension is approximately 1,245,000 Km2. The special occupation was greatly encouraged by the Military Regime (1964-1985) with donations of public land, who benefited from the donation had the mission to occupy fires, the latter to clear the residual debris. The study was developed, in the light of exploratory bibliographical research. In final considerations, it is emphasized that the advantages of livestock farming consist of boosting the economy of the municipality where it is present, generating direct and indirect employment, generating and contributing to an increase in the gross domestic product ( GDP) of the city, state and Brazil. The disadvantages of livestock are the deforestation of the forest and the environmental impacts due to its polluting effects; another disadvantage is that often, almost always, the development of the local population is not prioritized.