Novas Fronteiras no Oeste: Relação entre sociedade e natureza na microrregião de Ceres em Goiás (1940-2013)

Abstract

Esta nota científica visa apresentar o projeto de pesquisa em andamento resultante da parceria e cooperação interinstitucional dos docentes dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Geografia, da Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio Mesquita Filho” – Campus Presidente Prudente (PPGG/UNESP); em Sociedade, Tecnologia e Meio Ambiente do Centro Universitário de Anápolis (PPSTMA/UniEVANGÉLICA); e em Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Universidade de Brasília (CDS/UnB) de acordo com os objetivos do Programa Nacional de Cooperação Acadêmica (PROCAD), Edital Capes Nº 71/2013. A nota apresenta os principais objetivos e as orientações metodológicas para o estudo da microrregião de Ceres, Goiás, a partir da investigação dos efeitos socioambientais decorrentes da expansão agrícola a partir das décadas de 1940...Palavras chave: Microrregião de Ceres; Fronteira; Meio Ambiente; Recursos Naturais

Permanent preservation, coverage area and use of the land in the hydrographic basin of the Almas River, microregion de Ceres, Goiás, Brazil

“…For the 1,182.22 km2 of APPs delimited by watercourses and tops of hills and slopes, 795.61 km2 have native vegetation and 386.61 km2 are in an inadequate situation, that is, they are mainly using livestock (276, 11 km2), followed by sugar cane (88.08 km2) and agriculture (65.32 km2). Similar results were found by Ferreira (2015), in a study carried out in the municipality of Carmo do Rio Verde, revealing that pasture occupies the largest area of APPs in the area of the Rio das Almas watershed. Garcia et al (2015) observed the same situation in the Barra Seca stream watershed (Pedreiras / SP) and Soares et al (2011) in the São Bartolomeu river basin (MG).…”

Geographic reconstruction of a Central-West Brazilian landscape devastated during the first half of the 20th century: Mato Grosso de Goiás

“…The first record referring to MGG in official documents was a request to the King [D. José] by Bento Colaço de Morais, dated February 28, 1769, requesting confirmation of the land title for a site identified as "Edge of Mato Grosso, old village road that begins, on the Northern band, with D. Margarida da Silva,captainship of Goiás". 1 The deforestation of the MGG region resulted from several territorial occupations and land use policies in Goiás during the first half of the 20th century, in association with the historic deforestation of the Brazilian tropical forest for agricultural use (JAMES, 1953;DEAN, 1995LEAL et al, 2015). In the MGG region, deforestation was accompanied by the expansion of coffee production into the western region of São Paulo during the initial decades of the 20th century and the search for forested areas for expansion of agricultural activities.…”

“…Studies of the historical geography and environmental history of the MGG reveal that the criteria for the choice and construction of Brasília, the new Brazilian capital, favoured areas with considerable forest density that could serve as an agricultural reserve for the population that would migrate into the region. Among the tropical forest areas, the largest area (approximately 20,000 km2) with appropriately fertile soil was the MGG, which in 1947-at the time of the expedition for the selection of the new federal capital-was experiencing intense migration (JAMES and FAISSOL, 1960;DUTRA E SILVA et. al, 2015; DUTRA E SILVA, 2017).…”