Uso do fogo ao longo da BR 230, mesorregião do sertão paraibano.

Abstract

The are can be a real ecological disaster, caused by the nature or by the human activities. The impossibility of controlling the nature of the tire, the diagnc:ls can help in píe\'cntion measures. Teus, to work the issue of the ares from íaising 3nd diag=o:is from the oíeas of greatest risk of occurrence is prerequisite for píc-.'cntion a=d ccntrcl to thls phcnomenon. Based on this scenery, this present study had as objectiva to realize a dlagnostic of use of the are along the BR 230. on the :p=:c bcH-'ccn the cltics of São l\.qamede and Cajazeiras, state of Paraíba, with the intuit of to '7crify thc prcblcm of ares with bases on this diagnosis. This study was f:3li=c.J in a total of 194 1<m of high'ivay. Were used for the study of burned áreas the =:crdinatcs o5t:incd using GPS cquipment, and computer programa (software) for ;rc:c::ing of knc\'.ín elcmcnts cbtained (IDRISI). The highest number of points of tiros -.'/3s cb:crved h-ch'.'c8n Patos/Condado with 26.8% (27 focus), followed by São :.'la=ede/Patos '.vith 23.89/o (24 fccus) and Condado/Pombas with 18.8% (19 focus). In r lation to the área, fere observed the followers values: Patos/Condado {877.SeOm2), Condado/Pcmbal(708.680m2). Pombal/Sousa(363.720m'), :cusdCaia=:iras (321.335mz) and Sõo f'lamede/Patos (254.920m2) of área burned.