INTEGRATED FARM ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: A CASE STUDY IN THE CARATINGA BIOLOGICAL STATION (MINAS GERAIS STATE, BRAZIL) GESTÃO AMBIENTAL DE ESTABELECIMENTOS RURAIS E CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE: UM ESTUDO DE CASO NO ENTORNO DA ESTAÇÃO BIOLÓGICA DE CARATINGA (MG)

Abstract

<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; text-decoration: none;" lang="pt-BR" align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Caratinga Biological Station (CBS) is an important preserve of the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest, defined as a national priority for the conservation of this highly fragmented biome and shelter to the largest existing population of the northern muriqui, the critically threatened largest monkey species of the Americas. Extensive research on the demography of this population has indicated favorable conditions for growth, pointing out the importance of promoting expansion of the locally available habitat. In the present study, rural establishments neighboring the CBS were involved in a participatory program for wildlife corridor restoration, by means of the application of a &lsquo;System for Weighted Environmental Impact Assessment of Rural Activities&rsquo; (APOIA-NovoRural), which consists of 62 indicators integrated in five sustainability dimensions: i) Landscape ecology; ii) Environmental quality; iii) Socio-cultural values; iv) Economic values; and v) Management and administration. Results regarding the Landscape ecology indicators (those most related with fauna protection) attested to the adequate performance of productive activities in the studied establishments, while pointed out the need for improvements in natural habitats conservation. The Environmental Management Reports issued to the farmers included mapped recommendations for forest restoration and wildlife corridors implementation, favoring the connection of the main preserved area of CBS with the second largest forest fragment in the region.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; text-decoration: none;" lang="en-US" align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">KEY-WORDS: Environmental Impact Assessment; rural development; wildlife corridors; APOIA-NovoRural.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; text-decoration: none;" lang="pt-BR" align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="nl-NL">A Esta&ccedil;&atilde;o Biol&oacute;gica de Caratinga &eacute; uma importante reserva da Mata Atl&acirc;ntica, prioridade nacional para conserva&ccedil;&atilde;o do bioma, por abrigar uma das maiores popula&ccedil;&otilde;es do muriqui-do-norte, a maior esp&eacute;cie de primatas criticamente amea&ccedil;ada das Am&eacute;ricas. </span><span lang="fr-FR">Estudos sobre a demografia desta popula&ccedil;&atilde;o indicam condi&ccedil;&otilde;es favor&aacute;veis a um r&aacute;pido crescimento, enfatizando a import&acirc;ncia de se promover a expans&atilde;o dos habitats localmente dispon&iacute;veis. No presente estudo, estabelecimentos rurais vizinhos &agrave; reserva foram envolvidos em um programa participativo de recomposi&ccedil;&atilde;o de corredores de fauna, via gest&atilde;o ambiental, com o sistema APOIA-NovoRural, que consiste de 62 indicadores integrados, em cinco dimens&otilde;es de sustentabilidade: i) Ecologia da paisagem; ii) Qualidade ambiental; iii) Valores socioculturais; iv) Valores econ&ocirc;micos; e v) Gest&atilde;o e administra&ccedil;&atilde;o. </span>Os resultados relativos aos indicadores de Ecologia da paisagem (aqueles mais relacionados com a prote&ccedil;&atilde;o da biodiversidade) demonstraram um adequado desempenho ambiental para as atividades produtivas, nos estabelecimentos estudados, enquanto, por outro lado, apontaram necessidade de melhorias na conserva&ccedil;&atilde;o dos habitats naturais. <span lang="fr-FR">Relat&oacute;rios de Gest&atilde;o Ambiental produzidos nas avalia&ccedil;&otilde;es e oferecidos aos produtores envolvidos inclu&iacute;ram mapeamento de recomenda&ccedil;&otilde;es para recomposi&ccedil;&atilde;o florestal e implementa&ccedil;&atilde;o de corredores de fauna, favorecendo a conex&atilde;o da &aacute;rea principal da reserva com o segundo maior fragmento florestal existente na regi&atilde;o.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 120%; text-decoration: none;" lang="pt-BR" align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Avalia&ccedil;&atilde;o de impacto ambiental; desenvolvimento rural; corredores de fauna; APOIA-NovoRural.</span></span></span></p>

Keywords

• Avaliação de impacto ambiental
• desenvolvimento rural
• corredores de fauna
• APOIA-NovoRural