FORMS AND STRATEGIES OF QUILOMBOLA ADAPTATION IN LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION IN THE TURVO RIVER/SP WATERSHED

Abstract

The traditions and customs of quilombola communities are fundamental for understanding the concept of human adaptability and landscape conservation.  Thus, this study aims to investigate the landscape changes in the Turvo River Basin, in the municipality of Barra do Turvo/SP, investigating the forms and adaptation strategies created or adopted by the quilombola communities Cedro, Ribeirão Grande-Terra Seca and Pedra Preta-Paraíso in the period from 1990 to 2020, in order to generate information that will assist in the conservation of the natural components of the landscape, and in municipal environmental planning and management. For this, we used bibliographical research and life history in order to verify the quilombola trajectory and its relationship with the place of experience. Geotechnological tools were used to measure the Anthropogenic Transformation Index through vegetation cover and land uses. For the understanding of the society-nature duality, the study of the place and the quilombola way of life marked by the historical context of resistance and struggles for access to land and recognition are key points for diagnosis of the state in which the landscape is established. The state of the landscape of Little degraded, in the years analyzed implies the conservation measures developed by the quilombolas to maintain local diversity. Despite the oscillation of the index, without changing the state, it is necessary to develop mitigating measures with local society in order to conserve the landscape of the watershed, contributing to the maintenance of the biome in the Vale do Ribeira region.