Sustentabilidade e práticas ecológicas: alternativas de preservação da caatinga em comunidade rurais do semi-árido paraibano.

Abstract

The Caating biome, also known as savanna has a covering area of approximately 800.000 km², that includes several states, among them Paraíba. The Caatinga presents an extremely heterogeneous diversity and it represents an important biodiversity center. The use this bioma, mainly of its fitocenose by the rural communities trough many improper ways such as successive burnings or non planned wood extraction may cause countless damages for the local species and environment. The objective of this article is to think over about the alternatives in the use of these resources in a maintainable way in order to prevent an environmental collapse. Our purpose is to show that is possible to engage ecological practices and of Consciousness-raising among the rural communities of the Paraiba’s semi-arid in such way that they can use the available resources on this bioma in a maintainable way preserving the environment.