Ventos que mobilizam a luta e a resistência: mulheres, eólicas e o conflito socioambiental em Pocinhos – PB

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of wind farms in the Northeast of Brazil, with a focus on the struggle of the women from the March for Women's Lives and Agroecology against the installation of the Serra da Borborema Wind Complex. The research examines the socio-environmental consequences of this installation for local communities through the lens of socio-environmental conflicts and political ecology, drawing on the theoretical approaches of authors such as Enrique Leff, Henri Acselrad, Vandana Shiva, Maria Mies, Marcelo Lopes de Souza, and Joan Martínez-Alier. The methodology employed in this study consisted of a bibliographic and investigative research, complemented by semi-structured interviews with representatives from Sudema, specialists in the field, and the coordinator of the March for Women's Lives and Agroecology. The analysis reveals the tensions between the development of renewable energy and its socio-environmental impacts in the Global South, highlighting the resistance of the women from the March for Women's Lives and Agroecology, who confront large wind energy corporations. The research shows that, instead of promoting a just and inclusive energy transition, the expansion of wind energy in the region reflects a process of energy neocolonialism, in which companies from the Global North exploit territories in the Northeast, leaving local communities vulnerable to the negative socio-environmental impacts. Therefore, this study contributes to understanding the socio-environmental conflicts generated by renewable energy development projects in the Global South context, as well as the relevance of political ecology in analyzing these issues