Produtos florestais não madeireiros em área manejada: análise de uma comunidade na região de influência da BR 163, Santarém, Estado do Pará

Abstract

The rural settlements areas are seen as potential causes of deforestation in the Amazon region. In the region of BR 163, West of Pará state, is located the Settlement Moju I and II. The alternative practices in forest areas that occurred logging can minimize severe environmental damage on the forest ecosystems structure. At St. Anthony Community, occurred demand for studies that would subsidize participatory planning, especially in the choice of species of interest as non-timber potential. Were studied the stock of forest products in the adjacent areas to the community, the market potential and ethnobotanical knowledge about vegetal species. To meet this demand, there was a forest inventory sample in the logged forest, in spite of holding inventory of species introduced for multiple use, as Bertholletia excelsa, Carapa guianensis, Caryocar villosum, Brosimum parinarioides, Brosimum acutifolium, Aniba canellila, Bowdichia virgilioides and Andira surinamensis. The ethnobotanical showed a significative knowledge of use of plant species in Santo Antônio Comunnity. There is similarity between the ethnospecies and scientific studies, and 51.4% of the native species used by the community are found in logged forest. The market study showed there are market niches in rural communities of the Santarém region, can insert themselves, since they are organized, such as adding value to NTFPs. However, improvements are still needed for handling and storage of medicinal products and, from a technical standpoint, the market needs to overcome the shortcomings in management practices and marketing those products. Is necessary to improve communities about market aspects. Is too recommended that a policy for NTFPs in small- scale be implemented. For the St. Antonio Community, the NTFPs management has shown activity as highly potential to promote generating income to the community, beyond subsistence, defined as the initial hypothesis of this study. The results make this research is important kwoed the exoressive number of logged areas in the Amazon region.