Production of nature and socio-ecological dilemmas in extreme south of Bahia: considerations on global climate change and the pulp and paper industry

Abstract

Given the positioning of Brazilin international discussions about climate change and the policies that the government has adopted internally, this paper analyzes the ways in which these policies unfold territorially. From a critical perspective, this research analyzes the relationship between national policies on climate change and agribusiness, especially the pulp and paper sector and its implications for the Brazilian countryside. As a strategy to particularize these relationships, it is taken as case study the initiatives of Suzano Group in the extreme south of Bahia and its activities related to the international market to offset greenhouse gases.