In the Brazilian Amazon region there have been investments in new port logistics projects in
recent decades, which have been consolidating important alternatives for the country's
agribusiness. The installation and operation of several bulk ports in the Miritituba District,
Itaituba region (PA), changed the social and environmental environment, which motivated the
central question of this research in seeking to answer the social and environmental commitment
of the Miritituba port companies to the community. where it is inserted, under the perception
of local residents. The general objective was to analyze the view of the residents of the
community around the ports, about the social and environmental changes that took place and
the social and environmental programs developed by the companies. The study methodology
followed a field research, using asinstrumentsthe application of questionnairesto 359 residents
and documentary research in reports provided by the Association of Ports and Transshipment
Charges of the Amazon Basin in Miritituba. By content analysis, according to Bardin. The
results obtained through the residents' perception and corroborated by the environmental studies
pointed as the main positive impact the increase of jobs and the improvement of the local
economy and as negative impact, the population growth that aggravated the problems of basic
sanitation and infrastructure of the locality, causing a pressure on services already offered to
the community, precarious infrastructure, weaknesses in public safety and health. The final
considerations of this work highlight that the installation and operation of port ventures led to
significant positive and negative changes for the local population. It is also pointed out that
companies have been seeking to comply with the minimum agenda set by the government but
it is necessary that in addition of the port companies in Miritituba, the government can also
assume the role of improving basic services to the population. Finally, the importance of the
practice of corporate social responsibility is emphasized in order to maintain and promote ev
more actions, projects and even interventions in the local infrastructure, which can increasingly
help improve the quality of life conditions of the population local.
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