Associativismo como estratégia de governança para o desenvolvimento local: o caso da comunidade Jamaraquá, Floresta Nacional do Tapajós, Brasil.

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the role of the Association of Residents of Rural Extractivist Producers in Jamaraquá - ASMORJA and its governance strategies for local development in Tapajos National Forest, using a qualitative and quantitative approach, seeking to understand the organization's community governance experiences studied in a socio-environmental context. The case study was used as a research method in the field research, with a collective interview to the association's coordination and application of semi-structured questionnaires with the members, containing open and closed questions, in order to characterize the social, economic and cultural aspects of the associated members of ASMORJA in the light of environmental governance. The data were grouped and systematized with the support of the Excel for Windows 2010® program, for the purposes of statistical analysis. The Discursive Textual Analysis – DTA, was used to analyze the collected data. As a result, the realization that associativism potentiated the sustainable local development in the community is highlighted, based on ASMORJA's partnerships with public, private and third sector organizations, for the effective fulfillment of the Conservation Unit use rules and the role of community-based tourism, the main source of income for members, in addition to the collectivity in community actions. It is noticed, however, that there is a need for strategic planning, investments in management qualification for the acquisition of projects, strengthening of actions that increase the participation of youth and women, and strategies to effectively inhibit environmental degradation in tourist attractions