Transformações espaciais e conflitos de uso no entorno do Parque Estadual do Lajeado, Palmas - Tocantins

Abstract

The practices advocated by conservationists or preservationist converge towards the same point, that is, an urgent need to become actions that guarantee a natural resource existence for present and future generations. In this sense, the creation of protected spaces has been presented as a plausible solution to the environmental degradation triggered throughout the historical process of humanity. Brazilian environmental legislation, strictly speaking, is reflected in the policies defined by Western countries, participating in agreements and treaties of an environmental nature that encompass several countries. In Brazil, Conservation Units, such as the Parks, face problems of various kinds, which puts the preservation and / or conservation of these spaces in check; Among these problems the use of the soil in its surroundings stands out. In the state of Tocantins, the State Park of Lajeado, object of this research, located in the municipality of Palmas, is overlapped with the Area of Environmental Preservation - APA Serra do Lajeado, this in turn, should guarantee the protection of its surroundings, however , Due to the legal nature of the APAs, As well as the inefficiency and ineffectiveness of the supervisory bodies; Have been observed the dilapidation of the natural patrimony of the surroundings of the State Park of Lajeado. In this context, the present research sought to elucidate how the spatial transformations, the subjects and their different forms of land use in the surroundings of Lajeado State Park, have caused interference in the environmental conservation and management of this unit. This fact was evidenced through the methodology adopted, mainly with the use of satellite images, in the mapping of the land use in the period from 2000 to 2015 and field surveys, where it was observed that the main pressure in the area of research refers Urban sprawl and large-scale agriculture. Based on the use of the soil and the application of mathematical models, it was possible to carry out a projection of different future scenarios for the surroundings of the State Park of Lajeado, with emphasis on the environmental issue.