O povo do Cerrado: relações entre população e ambiente no estado de Goiás

Abstract

The relations between the Cerrado´s population and environment in the State of Goiás (Brazil) are presented for discussion in this article. Although the references to the Cerrado are becoming more prevalent in the marketing of private companies as well as in advertisements from public agencies, the Cerrado-area inhabitants are showing an increased unfamiliarity with the natural environment due to rampant and haphazard urbanization. There is also a remarkable contrast between the Cerrado´s images produced for tourism and the landscapes that are being transformed by a fastpaced agro-pasture expansion.