The capital flexibilization, which is here reported even within Amazonian protected areas, specifically in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, is a productive paradigm that has strengthened during the globalization process. The nature of this flexiblization is analyzed and the impacts of this paradigm on the traditions and life conditions of communities from the Reserve and its buffer-zone are discussed.
Extractive Reserve; Traditional Population; Capitalism; Flexibilization; Amazon