Da produção de carvão à proteção ambiental: mudanças de paradigmas em comunidades rurais da Serra do Gandarela, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, MG

Abstract

We reinforce that extractivism practices and production of charcoal of a native forest made by André do Mato Dentro residents, community from Serra do Gandarela. We try to understand if has a interrelationshipson between the conservation activities of the local forest, investigating relations between experiences, knowledge, practice, and the maintenance of the local ecosystem diversity. We would like to know, how was made the extraction of wood and the production of charcoal at the place, with the purpose of clarifying part of the local history through the narrative of the residents from this place. To justify this study the rescue of the histories from this area could contribute to making a bigger discussion about the practice association and local knowledge, nature management, and protection of biodiversity. Beyond other qualitative tools for investigation, we adopted interviews semi-structured and informal talks based on principles of phenomenology. We notice a possible correlation between the production of charcoal and the history of André’s occupation and surroundings. André’s charcoal is still a present practice associated with knowledge, vestiges, and memories from the past.