ELEMENTOS PARTICIPATIVOS PARA UM PLANO DE GESTÃO AMBIENTAL DO CAMPO EXPERIMENTAL DA EMBRAPA ACRE

Abstract

For proper exploitation of natural resources, it is necessary, besides the use of tools that assist in the planning of environmental activities and detailed knowledge of the region, an accurate environmental perception of those who inhabit this environment. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to propose a methodology for environmental management that helps in the understanding of processes related to conservation of natural resources with emphasis on its employees and neighboring communities. The study was carried out at Embrapa Acre with the use of direct and indirect research techniques (questionnaires), and also tools necessary for the utility of a geographic information system (GIS). To enhance the environmental perception of the communities involved two kinds of questionnaires were applied with closed and choice multiple questions. These were applied in the employees and neighboring communities levels, which resulted in a better understanding of the existing potentiality for development and the socioeconomic factors of the locality. We observed evident possibilities for the increase of the use of natural resources in the experimental field. The questionnaire results pointed and suggested practical unit developments, such as the reforestation of permanent preservation areas. These facts were corroborated by studies in the evaluation of field data collected and integrated in remote sensing. We highlighted the photointerpretation and as a result the suggestion of the adoption of a GIS by the company. Besides the theoretical emphasis, the compatibility between the use of aerial photographs and data mining was supported by softwares such as ArcGIS and made it possible the development of a database, which included the creation and development of spatial structures recognized and measured in field with the use of geographic position system (GPS). Thus, by means of experimental results obtained, the method of photointerpretation presented effective classification of the experimental field of Embrapa Acre, with elaboration of thematic maps of the area and a GIS. Allied to these techniques, the study infers the global perception of the community and employees as essential and confirms that environmental care has acquire more social and ecological sensitivity, in search of a better quality of life and sustainable development.