THE TRANSFORMATION OF CERRADO OF GOIÁS INTO A GLOBAL EXTRACTIVE PERIPHERY

Abstract

The transformation of the Cerrado of Goiás into an export territory of agricultural, livestock, and mineral commodities is related to the expansion of global extractive borders. Land, water, seeds, carbon stock, and minerals are appropriated and surrounded by national and international corporations. In this sense, this research aims to show how the Cerrado of Goiás, as an export territory of commodities, turned into a global extractive periphery. The methodology includes a literature review and data and information collection in sources such as the Mauro Borges Institute (IMB), Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), and Brazilian National Mining Agency (ANM). The results indicate that the Cerrado territories became specialized to produce grains, meat, and ores, which are the main items in the export agenda of Goiás. Moreover, given the deepening of the predatory extractivist model, the export of primary and semi-finished products highlights the unequal integration of Goiás into the capitalist world-systems as an extractive periphery.