Utilização e sustentabilidade de recursos biológicos na região das ilhas, baixo amazonas (Estado do Pará)

Abstract

The extractive activity in the Amazon is a traditional practice of exploitation of natural resources. Nowadays, with the growing importance of biodiversity, the Amazon stands out in the world scenario due to the high wealth of species, variability of organisms and habitats. The project proposes the identification, characterization and evaluation of extractive biological resources in the Islands region, Amazon estuary, State of Pará. As it is a wide-ranging project, the activities we are developing refer to Vegetal Extractive Resources, addressing timber resources. Among the activities are the inventory of timber resources under extractivism and sampling in managed and unmanaged areas and the ecological impact of logging activity. The aim is to gather a set of information that will help government agencies and civil society organizations to plan a program for the sustainable management of timber resources, aiming to reconcile conservation and economic activity. In addition, dissemination tools will be produced to inform and educate extractive workers and their leaders about the stocks in their resource base, improvements in traditional management techniques, and new opportunities and products.