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devast<strong>at</strong>ion has not yet reached a advanced degener<strong>at</strong>ive degree for <strong>the</strong> locally remainingbiodiversityes.RECA is one of <strong>the</strong> most succeful agricultural forestal system known – SAF(syndic<strong>at</strong>ed production of regional species <strong>with</strong> economic value). Even though it has notbeen much explored and studied by academic research, RECA be presents environmental,social – organiz<strong>at</strong>ional and income – sharing indic<strong>at</strong>ors extremely comp<strong>at</strong>ible <strong>with</strong> <strong>the</strong>objectives of integr<strong>at</strong>ed sustainability toge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>with</strong> proved decrease of impact in <strong>the</strong> use ofsoil and <strong>the</strong> ocoup<strong>at</strong>ion of space, causing improvement of <strong>the</strong> quality of living for <strong>the</strong>popul<strong>at</strong>ion concerned. RECA has contributed for over a decade to <strong>the</strong> settlement of <strong>the</strong>popul<strong>at</strong>ion, <strong>with</strong> gre<strong>at</strong>ly increasing r<strong>at</strong>e of aggreg<strong>at</strong>ed families.The methodology adopted was:We collected, coll<strong>at</strong>ed and analyzes d<strong>at</strong>a, like official reports rel<strong>at</strong>ed to <strong>the</strong> projectfield, random interviews <strong>with</strong> local community represent<strong>at</strong>ives, governamental bureausofficers, no governmental organis<strong>at</strong>ion, represent<strong>at</strong>ives of commercial companies and ofresearch centers wich are (or have been) involved <strong>with</strong> <strong>the</strong> project. It is aimed to draw ahistorical portrait of <strong>the</strong> activities of distributes <strong>the</strong> RECA project.Specific questionnares in <strong>the</strong> community, to take into account <strong>the</strong> social – cultural,economic and environmental caracteristics, locally and regionally considered, <strong>with</strong> <strong>the</strong>purpose of having specific indic<strong>at</strong>orsThe economic d<strong>at</strong>a (in large and small scale) available in o<strong>the</strong>r projects, institutions,governmental departments, etc., which are directly or indirectly rel<strong>at</strong>ed to <strong>the</strong> areaconcerned, were also included to chance <strong>the</strong> understanding of <strong>the</strong> factors th<strong>at</strong> affect <strong>the</strong>local situ<strong>at</strong>ion.Finally, <strong>the</strong> study is intended to contribute additional inform<strong>at</strong>ion necessary for amore consistent set of public policy, designed for local, regional or macroregional subsectorsof <strong>the</strong> Brazilian <strong>Amazon</strong>.

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