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Esparsas explorations of the native checkmate and of claims starting
from 1.700, they provoked some migratory flows, without however they fasten the
exploiters. With the introduction of the cattle, in the middle of the century XVIII (the
first introduced cattle is of European origin and it came from Paraguay, in the beginning
of the century XVIII), it is that happened the more expressive and permanent economic
occupation of the area.
Cattle breeding
Beside the fishing, the extensive pecuária of court still today
represents the most important regional activity - with more than ten million heads - and
it has been showing compatible with the preservação/conservação of the Swampland. The
system of creation of free pasturing in native pastagens, without any selection, forged a
cattle type adapted to the adverse conditions of the area, denominated " Boi
Pantaneiro ". The enthusiasm wakened up by the cattle zebuíno, at the beginning of
the century, began the era of the zebú in the Swampland, which substituted gradativamente
" Bovine Pantaneiro " with prevalence of the nelore. The creation system
embraces the phases of it creates and it creates again in great properties and with little
divisions. The handling of the flock is limited, with high mortality rate of calves and
faulty labor. The feeding is almost that exclusively of natural pastagens of seasonal
offer, due to the full ones. The commercialization has been adverse for the pecuária
pantaneira. The pecuarista, forced by the climatic conditions of the area, transfers for
the invernista its production in the times in that the prices are low. In Cáceres and
Corumbá he/she meets the largest bovine flock of the Swampland. In Cáceres the main
economic function of the flock meets gone back to the meat production. The creation system
is the extensive, existing a predominância of the race Nelore. This court cattle is
exported mainly for the European Common Market. In Corumbá it is found the largest bovine
flock of the area. In that area he/she is practiced the extensive pecuária, being the
creation gone back to the court, seeking to provision the butcher shops of the West of
São Paulo (Araçatuba, Barretos, Presidente Prudente, etc.).
Tourism
The scenic beauty of its natural sceneries associated to the most several popularization
processes, and of the modernization and amplification of the systems infraestruturais they
mark economic new status to the Swampland. Dentre them, the Tourism blunts as the most
promising regional activity. Rich in cultural manifestations provoked by its several
etnias, the tradition pantaneira forms an alliance with a marvelous contemporary artistic
production, creating a vigorous culture broth, capable to seduce and to conquer visitors
of the most several origins. The limitless possibilities of the practice of amateur sports
- from the fishing to the safaris production - they are also attractive possibilities to
the incentive of the regional ecoturismo. The city of Beautiful is an ecoturismo example.
The city has several collisions: - Grottos historical pré; - waterfalls with falls of up
to 50 meters; - ponds; - bays; - nascent; - monuments; - archaeological ranches; -
folklore; and - craft. Beautiful it is one from the most beautiful positions of the
microrregião of the Mountain of Bodoquena. The diversity of natural beauties provides
walks and tourist routes in any time of the year. In the Pretty Bay the blue water gushes
as if it was a fountain. In the waterfalls of the river Mimoso the show of the piracema
(the migration river above for it spawns her of the fish) it is magnificent. The river
Aquidauana, descends for encostas of hills and grasslands, it forms falls of water and you
border natural pools. The visit to the grotto of the Blue Lake is a great show. In its
interior a deep and crystalline walled lake exists for landscapes milenares. In the
Priest's Island, by force of the nature it continues with waterfalls, forests and very
animals
Agriculture
The agriculture is incipient, winning prominence, just, the subsistence cultivations.
Zone of Processing of Exports
The Zone of Processing of Exports - ZPE of Cáceres is a Fiscal Incentive for a Program of
Regional Development (notedly in the industrial field), created by the Federal Government,
with the advantage of total exemption in the exports. They don't remain doubts that the
implantação of ZPE, in the municipal district of Cáceres, represents a great increment
for the economy of the Swampland. The excellent location of the municipal district, mainly
with relationship to the strategic positioning in exit terms for the European and Asian
markets, ally to the current government's from Mato Grosso comprometimento, he/she can do
with that Cáceres is transformed into the main center of business of MERCOSUL (Market of
the South Cone), and city " entroncamento of South America ". The Zone of
Processing of Cáceres takes advantage, on the others, in function of the use of the
hidrovia, of the ferrovia and of the highways linking Cáceres to Bolivia and Pacific.
Mineral exploration
One of the factors that more it limits the expansion of the mineral section in the
Swampland it is the energy deficiency and the great distances of the great urban centers.
The largest producing area is located in the municipal district of Corumbá. The great
distance of the developed centers of the country and lack of resources are factors that it
has been hindering the exploration of the lied with larger intensity
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