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A former prospector from Minas Gerais, Seu Boaventura arrived at the São Pedro Settlement in 1999 to occupy, for the first time in his life, a land that he could call his own.
The name is registered with a registry office, for those who want to check: Dream Realized. For a former prospector who arrived at the São Pedro Settlement on the eve of Christmas, on December 22, 1999, to occupy for the first time in his life a land that he could call his own, there could be no more appropriate name.
Born in Água Boa (MG), Boaventura Alves Pereira saw in the fertile soil of the community of Santíssima Trindade a return to the fields of his homeland. But to plant and create pasture for cattle, he had to cut down native trees. And now it wants to show that the lack of information from the past has been transformed into environmental awareness. “I deforested, yes. But now I'm going to replant and serve as an example.”
Let no one doubt it, because your Bonaventure is a man of his word. He was one of the first settlers to open his land for the implementation of the Demonstration Unit, one of the actions of the PRASP Environmental Rights Guarantee Program. The idea is to demonstrate that it is possible to reconcile an agricultural production unit with a forest area. “That was a lack of knowledge here,” he says, looking at the pasture. “When we were settled, we came with that desire to work. But with no idea how to do it, we deforested, opening everything up. Today we are replanting and I gave up my pasture area so that other farmers in the settlement would be trained to do the same on their land”.
Born in Água Boa (MG), Boaventura Alves Pereira saw in the fertile soil of the community of Santíssima Trindade a return to the fields of his homeland. But to plant and create pasture for cattle, he had to cut down native trees. And now it wants to show that the lack of information from the past has been transformed into environmental awareness. “I deforested, yes. But now I'm going to replant and serve as an example.”
Let no one doubt it, because your Bonaventure is a man of his word. He was one of the first settlers to open his land for the implementation of the Demonstration Unit, one of the actions of the PRASP Environmental Rights Guarantee Program. The idea is to demonstrate that it is possible to reconcile an agricultural production unit with a forest area. “That was a lack of knowledge here,” he says, looking at the pasture. “When we were settled, we came with that desire to work. But with no idea how to do it, we deforested, opening everything up. Today we are replanting and I gave up my pasture area so that other farmers in the settlement would be trained to do the same on their land”.
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There are already four other Demonstration Units in the settlement. After an inventory of species, PRASP chose those that were most suitable for the revitalization of deforested areas. “In the area here in Seu Boaventura, we are using 50 seedlings of pioneering, fast-growing species, such as açaí and Cuiabano pine, which will provide the necessary shade for the development of another 50 seedlings of slower-growing species, such as chestnuts,” says forest engineer Samara de Souza, consultant on the project.
Formerly a farmer on other people's land, Boaventura began planting rice and coffee in Dream Realized. It took him six months to prepare a pasture area and bring in his six head of cattle. That's how he raised his children. Today he deals with dairy cattle. “I know I was wrong back there, I don't deny my mistake, but I'm paying with interest and monetary adjustment,” he says, who was a gold digger in Alta Floresta and lived his dream of being rich. “I bought my first six head of cattle with gold digging diamonds. I did everything in the mining industry, I just didn't steal and I didn't kill. I don't know if it's because of lack of opportunity or because of nature,” he laughs as he recalls. For those who know Boaventura and his frank smile, the second option is certain.