Avaliação social do ciclo de vida: uma análise do mercado de trabalho da extração vegetal na região norte do Brasil

Abstract

The extraction of non-timber products can be used as a strategy for the recovery and preservation of environmental areas. This activity configures in many places the main employment and income of the family. That way, the study aimed to analyze the evolution of the socioeconomic indicators in the labor market of the vegetal extraction in the North region of Brazil using as basis the methodology of Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) for the period from 2002 to 2012. The data used to construct the indicators come from the PNAD. A Social Life Cycle Inventory was constructed and analyzed the stakeholder "worker". In the studied period, there is a presence of child labor in the sector, with a downward trend from the year 2009. There is little female participation in the composition of the labor force and they receive an average of five times less than men in this sector. Most workers receive at most two minimum wages, and in 2012, 95% were in this income bracket. There is low union participation on average only 9% of workers are associated. The man performs a longer working day as a vegetable extractivist, on average 40 hours and the woman 27 hours. There is little adherence and a downward trend in the use of social benefits. On average 11% of workers contribute to social security, with a tendency to increase this percentage.