The implementation of the Açu Port: a case study about the Environmental Conflicts of the 5th District of São João da Barra (Brazil) based on the statements of those affected

Authors

  • Natalia Machado Vilaça Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
  • Alexandre Ferreira Lopes Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19180/2177-4560.v12n22018p335-360

Keywords:

Environmental conflicts, Açu Industrial and Port Logistics Complex, Oral history, São João da Barra

Abstract

In the last decades great infrastructure projects were resumed in Brazil, with the objective of achieving economic growth. The main argument to legitimize these enterprises was the great employment offer and income generation for the population. However, the projects did not correspond to expectations and the reality is a low job offer, intense environmental degradation and increase of environmental conflicts. This paper analyzes the Industrial and Logistic Port Complex of Açu (CLIPA), a great development project initially conceived by entrepreneur Eike Batista, located in the municipality of São João da Barra, in the northern region of the state of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). It was fully accepted by public and private institutions and also by the different spheres of government (municipal, state and federal). The implementation of this project has generated environmental conflicts of various natures. In this sense, this research analyzed that the environmental conflicts that arose from the implementation / performance of CLIPA are related to the expropriation of small farmers' lands, to the handicap of artisanal fishermen in practicing their economic activity in areas near the Port of Açu and the creation of Units of Conservation. This study also aimed to give visibility to the environmental and social issue that specifically affects those who are less able to make themselves heard in the public spaces of discussion.    

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Author Biographies

  • Natalia Machado Vilaça, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
    Mestranda do Programa de Pós- Graduação em Práticas em Desenvolvimento Sustentável.Graduada em Geografia pela Universidade Federal Fluminense.  Atua nas áreas de conflitos socioambientais, Unidades de Conservação, Educação Ambiental, Meio Ambiente, Educação no Campo, Desenvolvimento Rural 
  • Alexandre Ferreira Lopes, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
    Licenciado em Ciências Biológicas (2002), Mestre em Ecologia (2004) e Doutor em Ecologia (2009) pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Atuou como professor de Ciências Biológicas na Educação Básica. Atuou entre 2005 e 2006 como professor substituto do Departamento de Ecologia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro e como professor assistente do Departamento de Biologia da Universidade Federal do Ceará entre 2009 e 2010. Atua nas áreas de: Educação Ambiental, Educação no Processo de Gestão Ambiental Pública e Etnociências. Tem experiência também, na área de Ensino de Ecologia, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: mediação didática, extensão universitária, e material didático. Atualmente é professor no Instituto Três Rios da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro onde ministra as disciplinas Ecologia Geral, Educação Ambiental e Ecologia de Campo no curso de Gestão Ambiental e é professor vinculado ao Programa de Pós-graduação em Práticas em Desenvolvimento Sustentável - PPGPDS/UFRRJ.

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Published

31-12-2018

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Original articles

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The implementation of the Açu Port: a case study about the Environmental Conflicts of the 5th District of São João da Barra (Brazil) based on the statements of those affected. Boletim do Observatório Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 2, p. 335–360, 2018. DOI: 10.19180/2177-4560.v12n22018p335-360. Disponível em: https://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/boletim/article/view/11376.. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.