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Os atingidos por barragens do rio Tocantins: perdas simbólicas e materiais dos afetados pela UHE Peixe Angical

2019; Servicios Academicos Intercontinentales; Volume: 12; Issue: 34 Linguagem: Português

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Kiara Lubick Silva Maldaner, Alberto Akama,

Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact

EnglishThe Brazilian energy matrix stands out in a worldwide level due to the prepoderance of renewable sources, mainly by the generation ensured by the hydroelectric plants. Nevertheless, the implementation of those enterprises result in irreversible socio-environmental impacts, affecting mostly the traditional populations, reparian communities and small farmers, with the compulsory displacement from the areas where they live, near or on the banks of the rivers, where the hydroelectric plants are going to be built. This article analyses the process of material and symbolic losses endured by the families who are affected by the Peixe-Angical -UHE – Hydroelectrical Plant and transferred to the Piabanha I and Piabanha II settlements, located in the town of Sao Salvador do Tocantins, in the state of Tocantins, in the north region of Brazil. The data were obtained through interviews with the ones who were impacted, what made it possible to identify the difficulties on the maintenance of the subsistence; the breaking of affectional bonds, besides the variances on the relationship with nature environment and the daily practices of the affected people. portuguesA matriz energetica brasileira destaca-se em nivel mundial pelo predominio de fontes renovaveis, especialmente pela geracao garantida pelas usinas hidreletricas. No entanto, a implantacao destes empreendimentos resulta em impactos socioambientais irreversiveis, afetando especialmente populacoes tradicionais, ribeirinhos e pequenos agricultores com o deslocamento compulsorio das areas onde vivem nas margens ou proximidades dos rios onde serao construidas as hidreletricas. Este artigo analisa o processo de perdas materiais e simbolicas sofridas por familias atingidas pela Usina Hidreletrica-UHE-Peixe Angical e transferidas para os assentamentos Piabanha I e Piabanha II, localizados no municipio de Sao Salvador do Tocantins, no Estado do Tocantins, na regiao norte do Brasil. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de entrevistas com os impactados, o que permitiu identificar dificuldades na manutencao dos meios de subsistencia, quebras de vinculos afetivos, alem de alteracoes na relacao com a natureza e das praticas cotidianas dos povos afetados.