Delimitação e diagnóstico das Áreas de Preservação Permanente e da cobertura florestal no município de Cruz das Almas – Ba

Abstract

The objective this study was to delimit permanent preservation areas and to evaluate the existent conflict between the environmental legislation and the presence or absence of forest covering. The local of this study was realized in the city of Cruz das Almas, in state of Bahia - Brazil. In addition, were used vectored letters, satellite images and aerial photos to reach the goals in this study. In order that helped to generate data of forest cover, areas of permanent preservation of the drainage network, the rivers springs, and areas with slopes above 45 degrees. These data were crossed to determine if permanent preservation areas are indeed protected or in conflict. The city has 0.2 % of forest cover. The permanent preservation areas found of the springs and rivers occupying 6.7% of the territory and 97.4 % of these APPs are in conflict. The use of class and occupation of land is predominantly clean pasture with 37.3 % of the municipal area.