A agroecologia e os serviços ecossistêmicos : um estudo de caso nos assentamentos do município de Iperó/SP
Resumen
The human being interacts constantly with ecosystems and uses various goods and
services from them. These goods and services are called "Ecosystem Services" (ES)
and the benefits from these services are called "constituents of well-being." The
agroecosystems are modified so that there is greater provision of certain ES, such as
food, raw materials and fuels. However, to provide these ES, the agroecosystems need
others ES to suits their needs, thus maintaining its production capacity. In
agroecosystems, farmers are the main managers of natural resources, influencing the
management directly. Therefore, understanding how farmers perceive and interact with
natural resources is of great importance. This study aims to evaluate the perception of
farmers on the ES, through semi-structured interviews. Analyzing ES perceived by
farmers, their relationship with the agricultural practices used, with the impacts caused
by agriculture and socioeconomic factors. The farmers interviewed were all in
agroecological transition process and belong to settlements Ipanema and Horto Bela
Vista, in the municipality of Iperó, near Ipanema National Forest. Within the results, it
was observed greater perception of the production ES in relation to regulatory and
cultural ES. As well the relevance of the educational level in the perception of ES.
Increased awareness of the ES by farmers is of great importance, since it may well
assist in agroecological transition.