Gestão local de implementação de empreendimentos na microrregião de Gouveia, Serra do Espinhaço/MG

Abstract

The present work aims at demonstrating how the local management entrepreneurship implementation occurs in the micro-region of Gouveia, located in central Minas Gerais, Brazil. In this way, it seeks an analysis of the main practices initiated in the micro-region at the beginning and during its municipalization with the objective of income generation and economic return. As a micro-region, mining and agriculture are the main enterprises, the theoretical framework of evidence of impacts and benefits, as well as sustainability and integrated management of the territory. Through an exploratory qualitative research a qualitative study was conducted using three focus groups in the municipality of Juscelino Kubistchek in August 26th and 27th of 2016 it was possible to analyze the local enterprises, the same manner in which the Territory Integrated Management seeks solutions for eradicating environmental devastation, demonstrating culture as a strong means of obtaining better results. A partnership between the Universidade Federal de Lavras and the Instituto do Espinhaço was formed and, by means of the Planting the Future – Sowing Forests, harvesting Waters Project at the Serra do Espinhaço, it was possible to reach the main results of lack of water in the analyzed territory, as well as the strong cultural and historic presence of territory formation by means of the use of earth as the main agent for generating economic income.