SOCIOBIODIVERSITY OF FOREST PRODUCTS NOT WOODWORKS IN FREE TRADE FAIRS IN THE RIO MACHADO, RONDÔNIA TERRITORY
KEYWORDS: Amazonia, Ethnoecology, Sustainability, Extractivism, Family Farming; Food Safety
The Amazon Forest is represented not only by high biological diversity, but also by cultural variety, appropriation, exploration and ways of using natural resources, and it is extremely necessary to understand the interactions between society and the environment. Among the various possibilities of use of natural resources are Non-timber forest products (NTFPs). In this context, the objective of the research was to evaluate the socioeconomic aspects and diversity of NTFPs marketed in street market in the Rio Machado Territory, Rondônia. The research was carried out in four municipalities: Cacoal (CAC), Espigão do Oeste (EOE), Pimenta Bueno (PB) and Primavera de Rondônia (PRO). Data collection was done through interviews using a semi-structured form, containing open and closed questions about the socioeconomic issues of the producers and the types of NTFPs commercialized. The choice of the interviewees was defined as randomly. Through the information, the social and economic characterization of the interviewees was carried out. The diversity of NTFP was defined by the Shanonn Index (H ') and Sorensen Similarity (S), and the Import Value (VI) was generated for the species. 41marketers were interviewed, ranging from 26 to 68 years old, most of them female (56.1%). Of these, 86.96% said they were working at the street market to help with family activities. Related to naturalness, 48.78% are migrants from other regions of the country. Regarding the level of schooling, 73.17% did not complete Elementary School. The labor force has a family predominance with 92.68%, where 78% of respondents said they have up to 4 members in the family. The average income obtained with the commercialization of NTFPs was (R$ 251,70) per farmer, where the municipality of PB presented the highest average income (R$ 369,00). Regarding the origin of NTFPs, 46.10% of the marketers said to grow their own products and 56.66% of the informants claimed to benefit from NTFPs. In relation to the marketing period, 85.35% responded between 1 and 10 years. Eleven forest species were marketed by farmers, with the botanical families Arecaceae and Fabaceae (63.63%) predominating, resulting in low species diversity (H ': 1.92) and high similarity of species traded among the municipalities EOE x PRO (S: 0.83): Chestnut (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.), Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) And cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. Ex Spreng.) K. Schum), presented higher (VI), indicating that commercialization of NTFPs is still concentrated in few species, which explains the low contribution of these products to the economy in the street market.