À Mata do Planato que se destine um único fim, ser, eternamente, a Mata do Planalto : formas de produção da localidade em torno de uma área verde na cidade de Belo Horizonte-MG

Abstract

This dissertation looks into the conflict associated with the preservation of Mata do Planalto (Planalto Forest), in Belo Horizonte. A very meaningful place for the surrounding population, this Atlantic Rainforest area has been threatened for over eight years by the construction of two residential building condominiums, planned by the construction companies Rossi, Direcional and Petiolare. The analysis is made based on the paths followed by the social movement Salve a Mata do Planalto (Save Planalto Forest), on the resistance to building activities expansion and the marketing oriented city, which gives rise to this and other environmental conflicts discussed in the present. Due to the political engagement with its cultural perspective, the Salve a Mata movement also interacts with municipal government agencies and with the construction companies, which question its forms of sociability. It is through the relation with these and other groups that the meanings attributed to the territory of the forest are asserted.