Economy and Sustainability: an analysis of the impacts of illicit markets on the culture and social structure of the Kaxarari people
Kaxarari people; illegal markets; economy and sustainability.
This study proposes an investigation into the impacts of illicit trade on the culture and social structure of the Kaxarari people, on the border of the states of Rondônia, Acre and Amazonas, in the last decade, from the perspective of sustainability and economy, proposing to identify, analyze and to describe, if in fact, the economic expansion over the Amazon and the action of criminals that supply the illicit markets, have the capacity to influence culturally, even modifying the social structure, which invariably generates reflexes in the Amazon sustainability. The State of Rondônia has, according to data from Kanindé, 21 Indigenous Lands demarcated and ratified, 3 just demarcated, 4 under study for demarcation, with an estimated population of 16 thousand people. The problems faced by these populations, mainly related to environmental crimes, with the direct action of loggers and land grabbers, keep the Kaxarari people under constant pressure from external influences. Is there any relationship between the State's failure to take positive action to protect and the escalation of violence against indigenous peoples? Is there a possibility of sustainable actions in this scenario of criminal activity? These questions are part of a current perspective that needs to be studied and understood, considering the current situation in Brazil, where the State of Rondônia figures on the national scene as the stage of several conflicts involving Indigenous Lands and their peoples.