Oportunidades e constrangimentos no maneio comunitário dos recursos florestais em Zitundo-Sede 1

Abstract

The main objective of this work is to describe the organization of the population of Zitundo-Sede in the exploitation of local forest resources in order to identify opportunities and constraints for community management. In this context, it was necessary to identify the forest resources exploited in Zitundo-sede, the local practices of access to forest resources, and the main associative forms developed in the activities of exploitation of forest resources. To achieve the objectives proposed in the work, the gathering of the necessary information was based on a literature review in the first phase of the work. For the survey of information in the field, semi-interviews were carried out, which were submitted to 13 key informants and to 39 families from Zitundo-sede that were constituted as a sample of the local population. The results of the work show that the potential of the local vegetation allows the local community to exploit wood fuels, precarious building materials, wild food products, medicinal plants, palm wine (sura), material for their subsistence or commercialization. prime for the domestic crafts manufactures. The vegetation also has potential for the development of tourism around Lagoa Sotiva. Among the exploited forest resources, sura is the most traded in Zitundo-sede. The Phuza trade fair, 20km south of Zitundo-sede, is the main market for local products. The study reached the conclusion that the exploration of palm wine (sura) and the development of fishing in Lagoa Sotiva are activities where organized groups are formed. The identified groups have characteristics similar to the local organizations mentioned by FAO (1985 to 1992). These groups in Zitundo-sede were formed on the initiative of the members of the local population who carry out these activities. These two activities present better opportunities to establish a community management program, as the groups formed aim to defend common interests.