DIAGNÓSTICO PARTICIPATIVO DO SISTEMA SOCIOECOLÓGICO DA BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA DO RIO MARAPANIM, NO PARÁ

Abstract

The objective of this article is to produce a participative diagnosis of the socio-ecological system of the Marapanim River Basin (BHRM), based on the analysis of the implementation of water resources management by a river basin committee in the Amazon of Pará and the creation and performance of the Marapanim River Basin Committee (CBHRM). The analysis was guided by the interdisciplinary epistemological approach, with theoretical support from the commons, socio-ecological systems (SES) and the concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The methodological procedures of the case study and content analysis were used, with the aid of IRAMUTEQ. The results demonstrated the emergence of 6 classes of words, which were grouped into four categories: ecological, symbolizing the Marapanim River basin; actors, relating to the interests of the public authorities, water users and civil entities; governance system, represented by the creation of the CBHRM; and interactions and results, which demonstrated the performance of CBHRM as a new institution of participation in water management. The diagnosis demonstrated that the collective construction of BHRM as a socio-ecological system involves the sharing of common thinking about the needs of water resources management, aiming at local development. It was concluded that the social actors of the BHRM self-organized with the interest of favoring the creation of the CBHRM, which has limited decision-making power, reduced scope, results restricted to institutional formalization, the need to mature the understanding of its competencies and expand its knowledge about the variables of the socio-ecological system of the BHRM, involving public actors.