Percepção dos moradores, quanto a responsabilidade socioambiental de empresas portuárias de Miritituba, município de Itaituba (PA)

Abstract

In the Brazilian Amazon region there have been investments in new port logistics projects in recent decades, which have been consolidating important alternatives for the country's agribusiness. The installation and operation of several bulk ports in the Miritituba District, Itaituba region (PA), changed the social and environmental environment, which motivated the central question of this research in seeking to answer the social and environmental commitment of the Miritituba port companies to the community. where it is inserted, under the perception of local residents. The general objective was to analyze the view of the residents of the community around the ports, about the social and environmental changes that took place and the social and environmental programs developed by the companies. The study methodology followed a field research, using asinstrumentsthe application of questionnairesto 359 residents and documentary research in reports provided by the Association of Ports and Transshipment Charges of the Amazon Basin in Miritituba. By content analysis, according to Bardin. The results obtained through the residents' perception and corroborated by the environmental studies pointed as the main positive impact the increase of jobs and the improvement of the local economy and as negative impact, the population growth that aggravated the problems of basic sanitation and infrastructure of the locality, causing a pressure on services already offered to the community, precarious infrastructure, weaknesses in public safety and health. The final considerations of this work highlight that the installation and operation of port ventures led to significant positive and negative changes for the local population. It is also pointed out that companies have been seeking to comply with the minimum agenda set by the government but it is necessary that in addition of the port companies in Miritituba, the government can also assume the role of improving basic services to the population. Finally, the importance of the practice of corporate social responsibility is emphasized in order to maintain and promote ev more actions, projects and even interventions in the local infrastructure, which can increasingly help improve the quality of life conditions of the population local.