O terceiro lado da fronteira. Processos e transformações dos espaços agrários no pantanal: dois estudos de caso em comunidades da Bolívia e Brasil

Abstract

This investigation was carried into effect in an area bordering Bolívia (SCZ) and Brasil (MS), centering in two comunities: rural and native respectivly. Being the Pantanal a living organism , it was imperative to discern the greater number of units belonging to that system, and this constributed to selecting two contrasting comunities. The ability to accept the introducttion of agrarian processes was the main reason of the selection. Furthermore, it was necessary also to see clearly all the intrincate processes in the comunity having the effect in the sucess or failure of the project, and how the natives or rural members of the comunity accept and apply processes. The outocme established that the most important element for using the programs were as well its contradictions as the ambiguities contained, since these programs do not understand development processes as the solve the problem of possesion territory. There is another additional obstacle related to the lack of uderstanding from the part of development projectists who esteem the region as an easy to win frontier similar to the highplateaus and cerrado. This region, although higly influenced for the humam being (cattle and cultivation selection, use of breeding and planting techniques), has a crucial importance pertainig to the physical, biological and cultural environment, representing an entity to be preserved.