Características da População das Comunidades do Aurá: a População da Comunidade Porto da Ceasa

Abstract

To begin the diagnosis of the use of natural resources by the Ceasa community, we started with the Community Census, to obtain basic information that make up the profile of the community, which is essential to understanding the form of management used by the riverside dwellers. To carry out the Census, weekly visits were made, when families were interviewed, and the data was transferred to forms specially designed for this work. Seventeen residences were registered, where 98 people live, all of them owned by the occupants. Only two houses are made of masonry, the rest being built of wood. All have electricity and community water, benefits provided by CEASA. The community is 100% Catholic. The main food of the whole community is the açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart., Arecaceae), very abundant in the floodplain environment where it is located, on the banks of the Guamá River. Fishing for fish and shrimp is also done, but exclusively for consumption. In the community there is a slight predominance of women (57%) against 43% of men. The economy is based on the extraction of açaí, native and planted fruits like cacao (Theobroma cacao L., Sterculiaceae) and cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum (Will. Ex Spreng., Sterculiaceae), and fiber crafts, mainly paneer and baskets that are traded with Ceasa. Groves are not cultivated, because the environment is floodplain. The commercialization of the products is done at Ceasa, a supplying station in the city of Belém.