SILVA, Joalis Dutra da.
Abstract:
The semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil has suffered serious environmental
degradation processes, which in turn have great repercussions on the socioeconomic
aspects and changes in the aspects of the natural environment. The proposal of this
monographic work is to identify the processes of environmental degradation that occur
in the municipality of Paulista-PB, in the period 2018 to 2020. The methodology of this
work was based on the bibliographic research, for the theoretical basis, and on the field
research, used with the objective of obtaining records of land use and management,
identification of the processes and measurement of these areas for analysis of the level
of degradation and probable formation of desertification nuclei in the municipality.
High environmental degradation processes were observed in the study area, especially
erosions and small desertification centers distributed by the municipality. The impacts
identified were caused by the use of rudimentary techniques, mainly, deforestation,
burning for soil management, for the performance of livestock and agricultural
activities. Some suggestions to decrease the impacts of these degraded areas are the use
of conservation practices for soil management, such as: crop rotation, reforestation in
springs, terracing, to decrease erosion, crop level curve among others.
In this way it will be possible to reverse the environmental degradation framework and
conserve environmental quality for all citizens.
