CONSELHO GESTOR DA RESERVA EXTRATIVISTA TAUÁ-MIRIM (SÃO LUÍS- MA) E A LUTA POR UMA UNIDADE DE CONSERVAÇÃO

Abstract

With the support of Sant’ana Júnior, Horácio Antunes in his article Port Complex, Extractive Reserve and Development in Maranhão, published by the Center for Studies and Research in the Humanities (CRH), a complementary body of the School of Philosophy and Human Sciences of the Federal University of Bahia, in 2016, mentions on page 288 that the Tauá- Mirim Extractive Reserve (Resex) has been demanded by twelve communities in the rural area of São Luís since 2003, as a response to the threats posed by capitalist expansion. With the creation of its Management Council in 2015, the Reserve faces challenges related to environmental conservation and the rights of local communities. Participation and internal cohesion are essential points for effective management, but obstacles such as problems related to logistics, deficient information and external conflicts with capitalist enterprises that threaten their communities must be addressed. Thus, development projects must be carefully analyzed to recognize the environmental and social violence they cause. In these aspects, the objective here is to present the results of the study on the Management Council of the Tauá- Mirim Extractive Reserve and its performance throughout its self-creation, whose method used for this purpose was to carry out research through bibliographic review, participation in Council meetings, field work and interviews with leaders of the communities belonging to the Extractive Reserve.