SOCIAL CARTOGRAPHY OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IN CHAPADA DO APODI, CEARÁ

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2024.e23018

Keywords:

Social cartography, Environmental injustice, Agribusiness, Chapada do Apodi

Abstract

Chapada do Apodi, in the state of Ceará, is an expansion area for cotton agribusiness, producing environmental injustice against peasant communities. The study reveals the potential of social maps created through participatory mapping to expose environmental injustice caused by agribusiness. The research aims to demonstrate the environmental injustice triggered by the territorialization of agribusiness in the region through social cartography. A qualitative approach, participatory research, and social cartography are the core procedures for the investigation. The results show that it was possible to demonstrate increased deforestation, areas with a "smell of poison," the incorporation of former goat breeding areas, the deactivation of apiaries and bee deaths, the destruction of social technologies, and the possible contamination of storage tanks for household water. Furthermore, it is evident that environmental injustice can be revealed through participatory mapping processes based on social cartography.

Keywords: Social cartography; Environmental injustice; Agribusiness; Chapada do Apodi.

Author Biographies

  • Jackson Araujo de Sousa, Ceara State University, Fortaleza (CE), Brazil

    PhD student in Geography (PropGeo/UECE). Member of the Research Group on Semiarid Territories (Semiar/UFRN) and the Research and Articulation Group on Field, Land and Territory (Naterra/UECE). He works on research on the paradigm of coexistence with the Semiarid, expansion and impacts of neo-extractivism, peasant territoriality and neo-extractivist territoriality, seeking to understand processes of environmental injustice.

  • Leandro Vieira Cavalcante, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal (RN), Brazil

    PhD in Geography from the State University of Ceará (UECE). Professor at the Department of Geography of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (DGC/UFRN). Coordinator of the Research Group on Semiarid Territories (SEMIAR - registered with CNPq). In the context of management, at UFRN he works as coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Geography, deputy head of the Department of Geography and deputy director of the Museu do Seridó. It carries out teaching, research and extension activities in the areas of Agrarian Geography, Geography of the Semi-arid Region and Geography Teaching, with emphasis on the following themes: agrarian issue; territorialization of capital; environmental injustice; agroecology and peasant agriculture; coexistence with the semi-arid region; public policies and social technologies; struggles and resistance in the countryside; contextualized education and rural education.

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Published

2024-10-06

Issue

Vol. 23 (2024)

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