SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS: A CASE STUDY IN THE SERTÃO PERNAMBUCANO

Abstract

The present study seeks to analyze the causes and consequences of a socio-environmental conflict
in the Pernambuco backlands, more specifically in the Rural Settlement of Fazenda Malhada da
Pedra, in the municipality of Serra Talhada - PE, in which a voçorocamento process extends from the
banks of the river Pajeú inside the settlement. To achieve the objective, a bibliographic and
empirical research was carried out, with interviews and field visits, emphasizing the speeches of the
local leaders and the participants of the Farmers Association of Fazenda Malhada da Pedra, in
addition to information collected from NGOs ICCN and Dom Helder Câmara. The erosion process is a
problem identified and discussed by the community, which has already requested, together with the
authorities, technical assistance for planting native seedlings and studies on combating the problem.
Final considerations emphasize the need to preserve the environment, through environmental
education, in a region as punished by droughts as by the irregularity of the rains, which cause
erosion in the form of gullies and silting up of the most important local watercourse, the Pajeú River