Journal of Management and Sustainability; Vol. 12, No. 1; 2022 ISSN 1925-4725 E-ISSN 1925-4733 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education 83 Necessity of Productive Association with Technological Innovations for Sustainability of Extractive Reserves in the Amazon Josimar S. Freitas 1 , Alfredo K. O. Homma 2 , Milton C. Farias Filho 3 , Armin Mathis 1 , José Francisco C. Ferreira 4 , Milton A. P. Mariani 5 , Maria C. A. Rabelo 6 , José Júlio C. N. Araújo 7 , Kennedy M. Santos 6 1 Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil 2 Embrapa Eastern Amazon and State University of Pará, Belém, Brazil ³ University Center of Pará, Belém, Brazil 4 Federal University of Amapá, Macapá, Brazil 5 Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil 6 University Center Uninorte, Rio Branco, Brazil 7 Federal Institute of Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil Correspondence: Josimar S. Freitas, University Federal of Pará, Belém, Brazil. Received: March 1, 2022 Accepted: April 12, 2022 Online Published: April 19, 2022 doi:10.5539/jms.v12n1p83 URL: https://doi.org/10.5539/jms.v12n1p83 Abstract The first extractive reserves (RESEXs) have completed 32 years of foundation and still encounter environmental and socioeconomic problems. Hence, this study aims to evaluate whether integrating technologies to the productive activities of extractivism, agriculture, and animal husbandry improves the lives of local communities and reduces environmental resource impact. The study employs the association method because more than two variables in the set of environmental, economic, social, and institutional groups manifested a relationship of dependence. Hence, we conclude that the most suitable strategy associates plant extraction, agriculture, and animal husbandry with technological innovations indicated for this model. Keywords: productive association, technological innovations, environmental conservation, socioeconomic development 1. Introduction The Amazon is undergoing an intense transition and the emergence of new paradigms on both the use of its resources and its status as an ideal model for environmental and socioeconomic development (Spínola & Carneiro Filho, 2019). Establishing a sustainable economy has never been consolidated, leading to a situation wherein conservation and forest development remain dependent on external resources (Garrett et al., 2021). Biodiversity conservation and economic revenue can be balanced to responsibly manage ecological and economic compensation in biologically valuable regions (Ball et al., 2020). Local communities in the Amazon depend on logging and non-timber forest resources for food and other basic needs (Evangelista-Vale et al., 2021). Institutional decisions must be flexible in fulfilling the mission of conservation units (CUs) to guide a new research agenda on conservation and development (Bauch, Sills, & Pattanayk, 2014; Prado, Seixas, & Futemma, 2021). This concern is relevant as the number of CUs has been growing considerably in recent decades, with 10%, 18%, and 70% in the world, Brazil, and the Amazon, respectively (Vieira, Pressey, & Loyola, 2019). Specifically, extractive reserves (RESEXs) have emerged in response to the problems related to the struggle for land governance and unsustainability resulting from logging, extensive cattle raising, recognition of local communities, and forest conservation (Fernandes-Pinto, 2007; Maciel et al., 2018). RESEXs are located in lowland areas, firm land, and marine ecosystems. Moreover, these are rich in biodiversity and the historical culture of local communities (Gomes et al., 2018). Hence, initiatives based on local communities have become effective social control tools for the protection of ecosystems, the preventive process of orientation for using the territory, and the possibility of socio-environmental development (Franco et al., 2021). These measures increase the chances of success of