Territorial Development Public Policy in The Amazon: Agro-Extractivist Settlement Project on The Lower Amazon Floodplain

Abstract

Objective: To Analyse the advances and obstacles of the land regularization policy implementation based on agro-extractivist settlement projects on the Lower Amazon Floodplain, Santarém municipality, Pará state.   Method: The research has a quantitative and a qualitative approach, based on bibliographic and participant observation data collection. Qualitative and quantitative approaches were applied to understand the studied phenomenon in a depth-way. The bibliographic method contributed to a wider compréhension of the thematic analysis and to identifying relevant aspects of land regularization problems in the communities.   Result and conclusion: It was confirmed the models of agro-extractivist settlement projects and the public policy access on the Lower Amazon Floodplain.   Implications of the research: The study demonstrates the evolution of agro-extractivist settlement projects, their challenges and advances, in Brazil.   Originality/value: This study aimed to analyze the process of implementing the land regularization policy, pointing out the socio-environmental advances and obstacles of agro-extractivist settlements in the floodplain region of the municipality of Santarém, Pará.