Estudo da problemática ambiental em área de mata ciliar no município de São Sepé/RS

Abstract

The objective was to identify the riparian forest and the situation in relation to the environmental preservation of properties located along the creek Santa Barbara, bordering the municipalities of Sao Sepe and Cachoeira do Sul, located in the Central Depression of Rio Grande do Sul, a stretch of 20 km. Surveys were conducted on the properties, both in areas near the river, and in homes to facilitate contact and communication with the owners. Informal conversations have been established, measurements of the forests, surveys, assessment details to identify possible problems related to riparian vegetation and permanent preservation areas, mainly in response to environmental legislation, specifically the Forest Code. Several factors analyzed as an extension of the riparian forest, tree species that make up the forest in local animal species benefit from the maintenance of the forest area (mainly mammals), the points of greatest problem with the lack of forests, erosion and loss of ravines along the river, stratification and quantification of the properties involved and also the regularization of properties on the environmental permit for the activities they perform. The data obtained are of paramount importance to the process of environmental education of the community involved, where a possible change of conduct or behavior may generate attitudes that accrue in solutions to improve the local environmental issue.