Análise da Compensação Financeira pela Exploração de Recursos Minerais – CFEM no município de Curionópolis/PA e proposta de um índice de satisfação social com a mineração

Abstract

Due to the difficulty of observing the application of Financial Compensation for the Exploitation of Mineral Resources - FCEM in the counties and the need to understand society and its view on mining, the objective of this work was to conduct a survey of the socioeconomic profile of Curionópolis, a county located In the interior of Pará state, point out the relationship of the municipality with mining, verify the importance of FCEM, propose and apply a social satisfaction index that evaluates mining from the point of view of the population of the miner county. For the development of the work, a bibliographical research was carried out about the city, FCEM and the definitions of sustainability and social indicators, especially. A social satisfaction index called “Social Satisfaction Index with Mining - SSIM” was proposed, composed of six social indicators (SI). The SSIM value can range from 0 to 1, extremely bad and excellent, respectively. Through the study it was possible to verify the importance of mining for the county, especially from the economic point of view. The mining in Curionópolis was classified as REGULAR, receiving a score of 0.584 according to the index applied in the city through a questionnaire answered by 150 (one hun dred and fifty) people. The population understands that mining is very important for the county (90.66%), however it was also possible to evaluate the dissatisfaction of the population regarding the generation of employment and development of the city through the mineral extraction industry, evidencing the difficulty to see the economic and social return.