摘要：In the constant struggle for land, a segregated population parcel finds in social movements, a way to seek conditions for individual and collective survival. Nevertheless, land ownership alone does not allow, in a short term, the establishment of productive units that will create opportunities for dignity restoration and impose some life quality. Thus, aiming to characterize the settled individuals and analyze the perception of the ways of land parcels appropriation and planning nowadays and, in a projected future as well as to identify the importance given to the arboreal component as part of the properties, this study was carried out at Itaguaçú Settlement in the city of São Gabriel, RS. The used methodology defines the study as a qualitative and quantitative research. The data collecting was performed through interviews based on a semi-structured instrument. The study allowed the reading of a social and productive image for the future. It was found that the struggle of these individuals is to establish a dignified place for living, producing and socially relate with each other. However, barriers like the lack of adequate infrastructure, technical assistance and financial credit are obstacles for the betterment of the productive practices and, an inaccessible instrument to obtain their purposes in political struggles.
