The paper discusses the emergence of socio-environmental conflicts and the limits of
shared territory management in Brazilian Amazonian coastal zone. Particularly, the article
debates socio-environmental conflicts and the limits of shared management in 3 (three)
Conservation Units (UC) in the coastal zone of Pará state, precisely: RESEX Mãe Grande de
Curuçá, RESEX Mestre Lucindo and APA Algodoal- Maiandeua. Theoretically, the paper is
based on the concepts of socio-environmental conflict and shared management, the latter
within the analytical field of social management. Methodologically, it is a study based on
action research supported by method of participant observation and techniques of semi structured interviews. For data examination, it was used the method of network analysis.
The article demonstrates the existence of four categories of conflicts: (1) first, conflicts
related to economic enterprises, (2) second, those related to the degradation of the
environment and natural resources, (3) third, conflicts that arise from local economic and
occupational practices and (4) fourth, those resulting of legal and social inferences. The
different categories and types of conflict demonstrate the complexity that management
councils face in the shared management process. The research shows that shared
management has limitations, however it is, so far, the best pattern for UC management.
The article concludes that shared management is a process and practice and that it
becomes more potent as the actors involved gain experience and increasingly promote
dialogue and well-understood interest based on social participation.
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