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0069/2021 - MIRROR WITHOUT REFLECTIONS: SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS AND VULNERABILITIES IN A SUGARCANE PRODUCING REGION
ESPELHO SEM REFLEXOS: CONFLITOS E VULNERABILIDADES SOCIOAMBIENTAIS EM UMA REGIÃO PRODUTORA DE CANA-DE-AÇÚCAR

Author:

• Aline do Monte Gurgel - Gurgel, A. M. - <alinemgurgel@hotmail.com, aline.gurgel@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5981-3597

Co-author(s):

• Aline de Souza Souto - Souto, A. de S. - <aline.s.souto@hotmail.com>Orcid:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3821-1084
• Clenio Azevedo Guedes - Guedes, C. A. - <clenioag@hotmail.com>Orcid:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6989-4805
• Geovanna Hachyra Facundo Guedes - Guedes, G. H. F. - <geovannafacundo@gmail.com>Orcid:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6185-2958
• João Antonio dos Santos Pereira - Pereira, J. A. dos S. - <antoniopereira.278@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4426-4924
• Virgínia Carmem Rocha Bezerra - Bezerra, V. C. R. - <virginiarochaa@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2267-9512


Abstract:

Objective: This study aims to analyze the socio-environmental and health effects of sugarcane crops in a county in the Zona da Mata of Pernambuco state, Brazil. Methodology: A collective mapping was carried out with use of social cartography. The issues investigated were plotted on maps, whose final versions were elaborated by ArcGIS 10.2 software. The study was carried out in the district of Tejucupapo, located in the municipality of Goiana, ed for its proximity to the sugarcane fields. Results: In the environment there was an increase in deforestation, mangrove degradation, silting of rivers, reduction of fish and contamination of water and other crops by pesticides and sewage. For health, respiratory problems were pointed out by sugarcane burning, pesticide poisoning and the precariousness of the governmental health care. In the socio-cultural dimension, conflicts related to the use and occupation of land were identified, with loss, expropriation and destruction of objects and historical symbols of the community, reflecting the loss of cultural identity. Conclusions: the problems related to the sugarcane production severely affect human health and destroy the territory both in its environmental aspects and the very identity construction of the community, threatening traditional livelihoods.

Keywords:

sugarcane; health vulnerability; environmental impacts; pesticides.

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Gurgel, A. M., Souto, A. de S., Guedes, C. A., Guedes, G. H. F., Pereira, J. A. dos S., Bezerra, V. C. R.. MIRROR WITHOUT REFLECTIONS: SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS AND VULNERABILITIES IN A SUGARCANE PRODUCING REGION. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/Feb). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/mirror-without-reflections-social-and-environmental-conflicts-and-vulnerabilities-in-a-sugarcane-producing-region/17968?id=17968



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