Riacho Trapiá: impactos ambientais a partir do uso e ocupação do solo em São José da Lagoa Tapada-PB.

Abstract

Water resources have always played crucial roles in the development of life, whether in its economic or leisure aspect for the population. However, the anthropic actions put in these resources took paths harmful to the environment. Therefore, it becomes important to analyze the environmental impacts on these resources. With this, the research has as main objective, to identify the main environmental impacts present in the drainage basin of the Trapiá stream, in the municipality of São José da Lagoa Tapada-PB, from the use of its banks. For this, the methodology used was based on the descriptive line, with development in the following stages: bibliographic survey; cartographic survey; field stage from May to June 2022; and finally the final writing of the work. In this way, with the development of the monograph, it was possible to identify the economic activities along the river banks; environmental impacts such as: deforestation and erosion; soil compaction by livestock production; in addition to the pollution caused by the dumping of residential sewage into the river. In addition, it was possible to promote proposals for efficient mitigation measures for the identified impacts. In conclusion, the forms of use and occupation of the land on the banks of the river are the main factors of accelerating the environmental impacts in the area, causing damage not only to the environment, but also to the population.