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Abstract:
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"Understanding socio-environmental systems in a holistic way has been a challenge for
Environmental Accounting. In this sense, the understanding of human organizations as a social
metabolism proposes lenses capable of covering these scopes. One way to promote metabolism
analysis is the MuSIASEM methodology. In Brazil, the Amazonian biome, as one of the most
diverse and complex metabolisms, stands out in this context the historical exploration of the
Brazilian Chestnut, also known nationally as Brazil nut. Thus, the objective of the study was to
analyze the socio-environmental metabolism of the Amazon nut production chain in the northwest
of the State of Mato Grosso through the MuSIASEM approach. The MuSIASEM methodology
was proposed for this study by European researchers in order to be tested in micronarrative
analyzes. The study is characterized as exploratory with a qualitative approach, using a case study
strategy. It was established for the narrative the construction of a human activity and income fund,
besides an energy and production flows. The analyzes showed that the narrative presents a
balanced state. However, it was verified the inefficient use of energy, domestic work overload in
the settled women, besides the interference of the figure of the middlemen who influenced some
indicators."
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