História ambiental da fauna do riacho das piabas, Campina Grande - PB, no período de 1965 a 2015: uma contribuição á gestão de recursos naturais.

Abstract

The history of the city of Campina Grande contains records that tell the importance of Riacho das Piabas, which gave support to the Açude Velho water in dry periods, and was essential for economic and social development of the city over the years. The objective of this research was to build the environmental history of the native fauna that lived in Creek Watershed of Piabas, based on oral reports from residents of the area in question, between the years 1965 to 2015. The reports were collected through free interviews techniques of oral history as well as with the application of semi-structured form. Data were collected and analyzed carefully, in order to identify the species of native wild animals that respondents knew at the study area. A total of 28 respondents. Interviews were broader, also reaping the reports of five people who are not residents of the locality, but they could contribute with their knowledge about the area in focus: two religious, one officer of the Environmental Police, one Promotor of Environment Justice and one former mayor. All these interviews allowed to infer a possible relationship between the history of each person and their relationship to the biodiversity of fauna of the study area. Among possible causes of extinction of some animals of the wild fauna, one can point deforestation and hunting. This research realized that Creek Watershed of Piabas is severely degraded due to encroachment and illegal constructions, as well as due to pollution, compromising water sources and the fauna and flora of the region. It is also realized that the fauna is protected by the Constitution, federal laws, the Constitution of the State of Paraíba and Campina Grande laws. It was still found the absence of public policies and Government inactivity, which should ensure the effective enforcement of environmental standards for permanent protection of Campina Grande, in collaboration with civil society, in order to ensure the maintenance of ecosystems. It concludes that more than 255 wild animals lived in spring stretches of Riacho das Piabas.