Monocultivos de dendezeiros, capital transnacional e concentração de terras na Amazônia Paraense

Making Sustainable Palm Oil? Developmentalist And Environmental Assemblages In The Brazilian Amazon

“…While many of these traditional territories are in the process of being recognized by the state, they do not appear on official maps. The ZAE no longer recognizes 111 specially protected areas, including indigenous lands and remaining Quilombo communities, 45 federal settlement projects and sustainable state settlements (PEAS) (Silva, 2015) (see figure 1). Therefore, traditional communities and peoples have strongly contested palm oil expansion in the region and questioned ZAE’s environmental aims (Acevedo, 2010).…”

“…National and transnational agribusiness quickly accumulated large tracts of land, forming a new agrarian landscape in the territory. The effects of this transformation are witnessed in the changing ratio of palm oil plantations to subsistence crops (Silva, 2015), a rapid urbanization of surrounding areas and the ‘proletarianization’ or depeasantization of family farmers (Nahum & Malcher, 2014). Palm oil companies deploy three complementary strategies for land use appropriation: (a) the acquisition of rural properties, especially farms and family farming areas, although SPOPP expressly prohibits purchasing lots from farmers; (b) leasing of rural properties, mainly farms with abandoned pastures; and (c) contracting family farming (Silva, 2015; Interviews 369, 370).…”

Impactos socioambientales del cultivo de la palma africana: los casos mexicano y brasileño

“…Por último, al ser la palma africana una estrategia del Estado, las empresas logran un dominio territorial agroindustrial formando un "latifundio verde", una concentración agraria (Silva & Navegantes-Alves, 2017, p. 17); además de ser esto, en realidad, una violación de la legislación vigente por medio de la incorporación de algunas áreas al agronegocio de la palma (Silva, Magalhães, & Farias, 2016).…”