Nunes da Silva, Anderson

Oliveira, Vanessa Avalo

Siqueira Maia, Jaqueline Pinheiro

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Integration of the South Mato Grosso Indigenous Peoples 98 
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade Biodiversidade Brasileira, 10(1): 98, 2020 
 
 
Integration of the South Mato Grosso Indigenous Peoples in the Policy 
of Fire Control and Prevention and Territorial Mismanagement 
 
 
 
SILVA, Anderson Nunes da¹. OLIVEIRA, Vanessa Avalo². MAIA, Jaqueline Pinheiro Siqueira³. 
 
 
 
Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul (UEMS), Dourados, Brasil. 
E-mail para contato: andjur@outlook.com¹; vanessa.avalo@outlook.com²; 
jaquelinepsmaiaadv@gmail.com³ 
 
 
 
 
ABSTRACT – The research aims to collect data on fire indices in the Indigenous Lands 
of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in order to conclude that the culture of fire still persists 
in the indigenous environment, making it possible to foster policies of integration of fire 
management by these peoples in order to reduce the impacts of fires on the biomes. In the 
state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in the municipalities of Dourados and Caarapó, there is a 
predominant formation of Cerrado ecosystems and traces of Atlantic Forest. The dry 
winter climate combined with poor territorial management makes the cerrado biome 
propitious to fires. This research was carried out based on the analysis of the INPE 
Burning Database, in the Dourados and Caarapó Indigenous Lands in the state of Mato 
Grosso do Sul, on the dates from March 29, 2018 to March 30, 2019. In the period of one 
year, an intense cluster of fire outbreaks was observed in the areas of Indigenous Lands, 
located in both municipalities. The research resulted in the finding that in these 
indigenous areas there was a higher concentration of fire outbreaks, noting that the use of 
fire by these peoples offers more advantages to the environment than risk and 
degradation. Fire has been used by indigenous peoples for a long time for a variety of 
ecological, social and spiritual purposes. But the indiscriminate use of fires has been 
attributed to the Indians, who, by the way, are longest on Brazilian soil. In fact, the "white 
man" takes advantage of the indigenous peoples' technique of fire to blame them for the 
fires, in order to cover up the fact that the biggest problem is the territorial 
mismanagement of the ecosystems. The municipalities of Dourados and Caarapó are 
examples that the urban advance on the environment has indiscriminately driven the fires. 
From this point on, the public authorities must promote firefighting programs integrating 
the indigenous peoples who have traditional knowledge of fire management, in order to 
increase safety and minimize the socio-environmental damage caused by the growing 
urban advance on the environment. 
 
Keywords: indigenous lands, urban advancement over ecosystems, fire fighting program, 
fire management techniques, territorial management. 
 


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