O CERRADO, COMUNIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS PARA UMA MAIOR SUSTENTABILIDADE - THE CERRADO, COMMUNITIES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR GREATER SUSTAINABILITY

Abstract

It is common knowledge that the Cerrado biome is internationally valued due to its high biodiversity and the numerous ecological services that are maintained due to its existence, being considered a global biodiversity hotspot due to its high abundance of endemic species as well as an exceptional loss of habitat over the years. However, it is still somewhat unknown by a large part of Brazilian society and its conservation remains reduced when we compare it with other biomes, since the Cerrado has a phytophysiognomy without many large trees typical of tropical forests such as the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, which causes a false understanding that the biome is less valuable than others, validating its use for other purposes such as mining and agricultural activities, and, to this end, the occurrence of impactful practices such as burning, deforestation and pollution of all kinds. Given this scenario, it is necessary to analyze the extent to which the use of new technologies in the agricultural sector minimizes or contributes to activities that impact the biome, since they represent a significant gain in financial revenue, mainly through commodities (products that function as raw materials ) and that generate exorbitant profits for a small portion of society, a restricted group of which the traditional Cerrado Communities are not part. This work aims to provide greater visibility to the Cerrado and to all the characters who live anonymously in the biome, through their wisdom built through generations closely linked to the existing biodiversity and who, like the Cerrado, resist transformations put into practice by large landowners, producers, builders and various characters linked to the capitalist system, which has profit as its main goal to be achieved at any cost. The losses are enormous and last for generations. A legacy of these communities is the conservation of existing biodiversity, as well as the historical and sociocultural heritage resulting from the coexistence of these people with the different environments that form the biome. The resistance of these characters who historically fight every day for the conservation of their territories, their culture, covering their own ways of life, territorial relations, preservation of memory, history, material and immaterial cultural heritage, in addition to traditional knowledge in the use of natural resources available. We aim to make society aware of the impacts caused, expose the activities that generate these impacts and highlight the technologies currently available to minimize them, as well as provide greater awareness about the history, biodiversity and Traditional Communities of the Cerrado, through of their sustainable practices and of all the sociocultural heritage produced by these people over generations in the Cerrado biome.