Trabalho de conclusão de curso tema: definição de medidas prioritárias de recuperação através do conceito de serviços ecossistêmicos: o caso da foz do Rio Seixo de Pedra (Santiago do Iguape)

Abstract

The Seixo de Pedra River, located in the community of Santiago do Iguape (municipality of Cachoeira/BA), has been suffering over the years with intense process of environmental degradation in the stretch that crosses the urbanized territory of Santiago do Iguape, near its mouth. It is observed today decreased flow of the river, channel reduction due to siltation, water quality deterioration, growth of mangroves in its mouth and on the shores nearby. Due to these factors it is possible to observe a loss of quality of life of the community residing in this county, since in large portion of community economic, social and cultural activities is based on the resources offered by nature and in direct relation with it. For this reason, this study sought to characterize the environmental problems that is occurring in this community, more precisely at the mouth of the Seixo de Pedra River, having as main objective to propose recovery actions, in accordance with the priorities of local people, so the river could returns to offer at least some of the benefits that the community of Santiago do Iguape used to enjoy. To this purpose, it has been integrated the concept of ecosystem services to the traditional study of recovery of degraded areas (RDA) and, through this method, it was possible to identify the main factors of degradation that affects Seixo de Pedra River, relating these factors to the loss of ecosystem services on the part of the community and, later, to propose a range of priority measures aimed at reintegration of this lost services.