Exploração e utilização do potencial madeireiro da Caatinga no município de Aurora - CE.

Abstract

The exploitation of the Caatinga occurs in worrying scales causing loss of local biodiversity. The plant species in the Caatinga, they constitute an important regional logging and economic potential. The present paper aimed to know the extraction and use of Caatinga wood in the Aurora city – CE as well as the people‟s conceptions about the origin and the environmental impacts caused by the exploitation of this resource. The methodology was consisted of the three steps: Application of a semi-structured questionnaire to farmers, carpenters, artisan and luthier of the county to obtain.