Boletim do Observatório Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego (Nov 2010)

The Domain of the Fluvial Islands and its environmental relevance to the lower-middle course of Paraíba do Sul River

  • Thiago Caetano da Silva Berriel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5935/2177-4560.20090012
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 51 – 60

Abstract

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The need for incorporating environmental component in daily life worries of the populations in order to promote ecosystem adequate use and conservation is notorious. In this way, the focus of this work is to enlarge the comprehension about the domain of the fluvial islands of the lower-middle course of Paraíba do Sul River, in terms of its environmental dynamics. Conservation of these environmental resources is a very important action, once the environmental services of the river are highly significant, not only for Rio de Janeiro State, but also for other Brazilian federation.

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