SISTEMA INTEGRADO DE MONITORAMENTO DE FRONTEIRA – SISFRON E OS DESDOBRAMENTOS NOS TERRITÓRIOS DE CORUMBÁ E PONTA PORÃ - MS

Abstract

The Brazilian State has continental dimensions with great biodiversity and vast mineral resources, bounded by more than 16,000 kilometers of natural borders or not, which integrate it with 10 countries. Much of this border strip is lacking of the presence of the State, reason why the Federal Government has made efforts and invested resources (human and financial) to increase monitoring and territorial protection through the implementation of the Integrated Border Monitoring System (SISFRON) project. Due to that, this work had the objective to do a brief analysis of the impact of SISFRON in the municipalities of Corumbá-MS and Ponta Porã-MS. Based on the calculated population by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics-IBGE on these municipalities, As a methodological procedure based on 140 and 110 people, respectively, were interviewed. Based on the research carried out, the possibility of direct benefits of SISFRON an increased presence of the State in the border region, through surveillance, monitoring, Control of flows under constant conditions, decrease in the crime and trafficking rates at the borders, as well as contributing to income generation and employment.