Title: Pluriactivity and polyvalence as territorial adaptation strategies in protected areas in Amazonas State, Brazil

Authors: Pedro Henrique Mariosa; Ricardo Devides Oliveira; Duarcides Ferreira Mariosa; Maria Olívia De Albuquerque Ribeiro Simão; Henrique Dos Santos Pereira

Addresses: Business Administration Department, Instituto de Natureza e Cultura, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Primeiro de Maio, 05, Benjamin Constant, Amazonas State, 69630-000, Brazil ' Geography Department, Izidoro Brás da Silva, 165. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, 88040-900, Brazil ' Social Sciences Department, Professor Dr. Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini, 1516, Campinas, São Paulo State, 13087-571, Brazil ' Biology Sciences Institute, Av Gal. Rodrigo O J Ramos 6200, setor sul, bloco T. Coroado, Manaus, Amazonas State, 69067-005, Brazil ' Agronomy Sciences College, Av Gal. Rodrigo O J Ramos 6200, setor sul, bloco T. Coroado, Manaus, Amazonas State, 69067-005, Brazil

Abstract: State intervention in the territories of indigenous people and communities of the Amazon seeks to promote sustainable local development by resolving the problems caused by the expansion of capitalist relations of production, through the adoption of strategies to guarantee populations rights to their territories and access to the natural resources. This research aimed to identify the local impacts of the processes of State intervention triggered by the creation of protected areas and to expand the concepts of polyvalence and pluriactivity as livelihood strategies for (re)adapting households to these interventions by the State. With a qualitative and empirical approach, the results point out that polyvalence of the Amazon peasants is their original strategy to deal with resources potential and ecosystem limitations while pluriactivity has become an adaptation strategy in response to limitations on access to resources imposed by State interventions and their impacts in economic and social dimensions of local livelihoods.

Keywords: pluriactivity; polyvalence; territorial adaptation strategies; protected areas; public policy; sustainability; amazon; conservation units; rural non-farm activities; state intervention.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKBD.2021.119050

International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development, 2021 Vol.12 No.1, pp.57 - 75

Received: 06 Nov 2020
Accepted: 17 Aug 2021
Published online: 18 Nov 2021 *

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