THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL GROUPS WITHIN THE SERRA DA BODOQUENA NATIONAL PARK

Abstract

The area to be studied is the Serra da Bodoquena National Park, created in the year of 2000, with an area of 76.481 hectares, located in the Planalto da Bodoquena, within the borderline Brazil/Paraguay, and it was idealized by means of technical studies performed by the IBAMA and by the universities of the region that have founded the decision to protect this region. Besides, there have also been public audiences in order to listen to the local community. During the research, two interesting points have been highlighted: on one hand, the communities in the area with special attention to the Canaã Settlement in the beginning of the eighties, which was implanted in a Forest reserve since the area was covered by grasslands in that time; on the other hand, the PNSB, created in the beginning of the year 2000 followed by contradiction and disputes. This impasse lasts until now, i.e., approximately a decade of creation and it is intended to find the separation of the settlement people in their plot. In their words, this is the fragmentation mankind-nature, and it is believed that the Park will be safe by doing this.