Dinâmica da estrutura produtiva do agronegócio florestal na região de Curvelo

Abstract

The sector of planted forest have been gaining ground in Brazilian economy and already represents 5,5% of industrial GPD. Even though, in face of its territorial extension, Brazil still presents a planting area that is considered far lower than its potential, holding the seventh position on the world stage. Some factors have ensured the highlight of Brazilian reforestation, such as the advantages provided by its climate and soil conditions, favorable to the planting of exotic species like eucalyptus and pine, and, essentially, research and technology high investments that assures elevated productivity. Among the states that own the highest areas of planted forest, Minas Gerais holds the first position. The importance of this state in the sector has always been related to ferrous metallurgy, the main industrial segment of Minas Gerais, which uses charcoal obtained from wood carbonization to stoke up its furnaces. Thus, some regions of this state have specialized in the production of forests in order to supply the demand of this ferrous metallurgy input, such as the microregion of Curvelo. Therefore, there is a territorial division of the work in which the microregion takes place of a “moment” in production or productive stage of a superior chain which articulates with other subspaces in order to be accomplished. The objective of this work is to analyze the regional dynamics of forestry production in microregion of Curvelo, considering that, among the defining elements of the region in contemporaneity, functional coherence and its capacity to monetize investments are highlighted.