Sustainable development is development capable of meeting the needs of the present
generation without compromising the ability to meet the needs of future generations. It
is progress that does not deplete resources for the future, seeking to maintain a
balance between social, environmental and economic aspects. Local Productive
Arrangements (APLs) are a set of economic, political and social agents located in the
same territory, developing related economic activities and that present expressive links
of production, interaction, cooperation and learning. Mining is considered by many to
be one of the basic sectors of the economy, both for its decisive contribution to the
well-being and improvement of the quality of life of present and future generations, and
for the contribution it makes to the development of a just and balanced society. to the
extent that it requires concrete actions aimed at sustainability from its members. The
cooperative network project of the opal productive arrangement in the Pedro II-PI
region, aims to increase productivity from mining and consolidate the opal productive
chain through a comprehensive and cooperative approach. The general objective of
this study is to analyze the factors that hinder the operation of the opal APL as an
instrument of sustainable development in Pedro II - PI. The methodology to be used in
this research will be of an interpretative qualitative nature and will be based on the
methodology of case studies involving the triangulation of data obtained through
observation, documentary research and field research that will be interpreted through
content analysis.
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