THE PRODUCTION OF NATURE AS ACCUMULATION STRATEGY

Abstract

Aims to understand the production of nature as accumulation strategy analyzing the acquisition of biotech company FuturaGene by Suzano Pulp and Paper. It starts with the hypothesis that such acquisition has the mark of the production of nature as an accumulation strategy, as supports us the Marxist geographer Neil Smith. It proposes a geographical reading of this movement of capital in order to establish a critical reflection about how Suzano has used new mechanisms of accumulation, as the development of biotechnology, to enlarge their profits and convert the discourse of sustainability in commodification of nature. The text is divided into four parts, plus the introduction: the first part is promoted a historical overview of Suzano; then it is analyzed critically the acquisition of FuturaGene; the third part explores the concept of production of nature as a response to the need to understand the case studied, as well as it presents the geographical reading of the production of nature as accumulation strategy in order to show how the acquisition of FuturaGene is in line with the current Suzano growth strategy; Finally, in the conclusions, it promotes a summary of the observations considered pointing out that the raised elements allows the assumption that the acquisition of FuturaGene by Suzano Papel e Celulose indicates for new capitalist accumulation mechanisms.