ASSESSMENT OF SANTO ANTONIO RIVER PERMANENT PRESERVATION AREA AT SANTO ANTONIO COLONY IN GUIA LOPES DA LAGUNA – MATO GROSSO DO SUL STATE: APPLICATION OF THE NEW FORESTRY CODE - DOI 10.5216/bgg.v36i2.42795

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the Permanent Preservation Area (PPA) of Santo Antonio River, at Santo Antonio Colony settlement according to the implemented changes in the forestry code. Three rural areas were analyzed in this settlement, they are considered of small and medium size. The study area, as well as studied rural areas and PPA, were delimited from the online images database of Quantum GIS software with free use license. Among available images in this database it was chosen the one from satellite GeoEye 1 of high spatial resolution (1.65 m), obtained from Google Earth open layers plugin. The results show that there are serious problems for compliance with the forestry legislation. It was identified ranges of PPA with lack of riparian vegetation and therefore erosive problems or being used as pasture and as animal water supply. At the end, it was proposed recovery of these places with restoration and isolation techniques through planting native arboreal vegetation or natural regeneration, as well as implementing projects with the assistance of rural producers through Agroforestry Systems (SAFs).
keywords: PPA, Forestry Code, Deforestation, Recovering.