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This study aims to analyze the conflicts that occur regarding the use and occupation of the territory in areas of protection and conservation of nature in the Chapada dos Veadeiros Microregion, a mosaic composed of human occupations with diversified interests: environmental protection, represented by environmentalists; agribusiness, under the domain of “ruralists”; mining, with strong presence of small prospectors and mining companies; tourism, which is growing, but worrying environmentalists; small landowners, who need to survive, but are confined to small areas surrounded by agricultural companies; and by ancestry, with the presence of African Brazilians, the Kalunga Quilombola Community, in addition to the non-governmental organizations (NGOs), having a strong presence in the area. In geographic terms, this Microregion is a true patchwork, where the limits of the cities that compose it are interlaced with the limits of the Pouso Alto Area of Environmental Protection, with the Reserve of the Brazilian Savanna Biosphere and with the Historical and Cultural Heritage Site of the Kalunga, all with their specific legislations. Within this web, conflicts are a reality, and the actors diverge in their interests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Man and the biosphere program, promoted by United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - UNESCO, which has as its main goals the creation of Biosphere Reserves - BR in different biomes. Although of the importance (strategic and biodiversity position), Cerrado's Biosphere Reserve still has modest dissemination in media / academic community and few Conservation Units that to show biome preservation. In order to contribute to this discussion, the present work aims the period a multitemporal analysis of the Cerrado Biosphere Reserve, regarding the issue of land use and occupation, realized due data from the MapBiomas program, during the period from 2001 to 2016. Analysis has showed that over the years there was a strong conversion of natural areas, which has damaged the central mains of the reserves - preservation of diversity. In total, there were about 15.000 km² of converted areas for anthropic use, 8.000 km² only between 2004 to 2008, which has presenting a variation rate of 14% in that time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]