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A MULHER E A EXTRAÇÃO CLANDESTINA DE INERTES EM CABO VERDE (woman and the illegal extraction of inert materials in Cape Verde)

2012; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ; Volume: 11; Issue: 25 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4215/rm.v11i25.873

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Ermelinda Lopes, Lúcio Cunha,

Environmental Sustainability and Education

Com o presente trabalho pretendemos avaliar a importância social das mulheres no processo extrativo clandestino de areias e cascalhos em Cabo Verde e explicar como e que as mulheres podem participar e contribuir para uma extracao sustentavel e para a consequente reducao de impactes do processo extrativo clandestino. Com base na observacao direta e participativa no terreno realizaram-se inqueritos e conversas informais com as trabalhadoras que extraem os inertes, fez-se o registo dos impactes ambientais em fotografia e a sua avaliacao atraves das matrizes de interacao de Leopold, em funcao do local da exploracao, no caso, as ribeiras de Flamengos e Principal, no concelho de S. Miguel e a de Cuba, no concelho de Tarrafal. Palavras-chave : Mulher, Extracao Clandestina de Inertes (Areia e Cascalho), Impactes Ambientais, S. Miguel, Tarrafal e Ilha de Santiago, Cabo Verde. ABSTRACT This study aims to assess the social importance of women in the illegal extraction of sand and gravel in Cape Verde and explain how women can participate and contribute to a sustainable extraction and the consequent reduction in illegal extraction process. Based on direct observation on the field, there were realized surveys and informal conversations with the workers who extract the inert material, it was held the record of environmental impacts in photography and the environmental impacts assessment through the interaction matrices of Leopold, depending on the site of operation in the case, in the rivers of Flanders and Principal, in the municipality of S. Miguel, and Cuba, in the municipality of Tarrafal. Key words : Women, Clandestine extraction of sand and gravel, Environmental Impacts, S. Miguel, Tarrafal and Santiago Island, Cape Verde. RESUME Cette etude vise a evaluer l’importance sociale des femmes dans l’extraction illegale de sable et de gravier dans le Cap-Vert et expliquer comment les femmes puissent participer et contribuer a l’extraction durable et la reduction des impactes des processus d’extraction illegale. Bases sur l’observation directe sur le terrain, nous avons mene des enquetes realisees et les conversations informelles avec les travailleurs qui extraient la matiere inerte. Les impacts environnementaux ont ete enregistres dans la photographie et son evaluation a travers les matrices d’interaction de Leopold, en fonction sur le site de fonctionnement dans le cas, dans les rivieres de la Flandre et principal, dans la municipalite de S. Miguel, et a Cuba, dans la municipalite de Tarrafal. Mots-cles : Femmes, Extraction clandestine de sable et de gravier; Impacts environnementaux, S. Miguel, Tarrafal et l’ile de Santiago, Cap-Vert. DOI : 10.4215/RM2012.1125.0006