Proposta de recuperação de área degradada pela retirada de solo massame no Sítio Espinheiro – Cuité - PB.

Abstract

The History of Brazil has a close relationship with the search and exploitation of its resources, which always contributed important inputs to the national economy. Of all the methods of mining, the region Espinheiro site chosen for study, has a large deposit of sand/massame formed by the decomposition of granite, predominant in these areas. The site Espinheiro located about 12 km from Cuité-PB suffers with indiscriminate extraction of this material for use in construction of cities like Cuité, Picuí and Nova Floresta and others. The residents of the site Espinheiro whose main source of income, social programs of the Federal Government and the sale of honey, besides the extraction of sand/massame that, according to research in the region, a truck containing 6 mt ³ sand is sold in site for until R$ 15,00 and resold for R$ 150,00. Since subsistence crops such as maize, beans and cassava are compromised by years of drought, the sale of sand has been an addition to the family income. The present study aimed to formulate a proposal for a recovery of part of the area where the removal of sand/massame has been devastating. The methodology following models of other authors were: replacement of soil layer, seed transport and building shelters for small animals. Of which have already been observed: termites, embuás, ants, spiders, beetles, among others, especially on rainy days. Thus, attempts to improve soil conditions for other communities there are established. However it should be emphasized that, because it is a survey to be carried out in a short time and without financial resources beyond aggravating climate, because two years ago that the rainfall was below average, the recovery model for environmental extraction a mineral, in our case the sand/massame proposed is actually an initial draft that needs more detail and possibly adjustments, but it makes room for a wide range of research related to the recovery of these areas.