O Processo de Criação da Reserva Biológica do Tinguá: conflitos na constituição de uma Unidade de Conservação, Nova Iguaçu RJ (1987 1989)

Abstract

In 1989 , after substantial organized and led by environmentalists and local residents, with the support of universities as UFRRJ and UFRJ , and civil society organizations in the Baixada Fluminense , the government of José Sarney , through a federal decree dated social mobilization May 23, 1989 , transformed the Tinguá in Biological Reserve , whose goal is the protection of a representative sample of the Atlantic Forest and other natural resources contained therein , with special attention to water resources , and provide the development of scientific research and environmental education . Until then, these forests were regarded as "Protecting Forests Watershed" due to there existing water potential. The issues posed by the actors, and that would have motivated the association, according to the account of residents participating in the movement, revolve around primarily the protection of biological diversity, the conservation repression of harmful actions , the punishment of environmental crimes , but above all run in the absence of the primary government in the region to provide basic services of water supply and sanitation. It is also observed in the speech of residents Tinguá's complaint precarious financial, material and human resources to implement actions for the management and activity of residents with agricultural practices whose perception of protected forest seems to be the restriction of the use. This work aims to understand the relationship between environmental history and conflict from the participation of the residents in Tinguá debates and mobilization that contributed to the institutionalization process Tinguá Biological Reserve, seeking to uncover the motivations for participation through the analysis of published materials Two local newspapers New Delhi: the Courier Crop and Newspaper Today, the first being a weekly diary and other outstanding at Baixada . In addition, it is used as a source of the story lived, the testimonies produced by selected local residents assessed using the methodology of oral history as important for reading comprehension developed by these marginalized social actors via.