Análise de ações antrópicas e medidas de conservação e manejo sustentável do bioma caatinga

Abstract

The Caatinga biome covers an area of approximately 800,000 km2 extending the nine Northeastern states and parts of Minas Gerais. This area, called the drought polygon, has a high degree of endemism and includes a wide selection of both the fauna species and in flora, which makes it a heterogeneous biome, rich in biodiversity. The aim of this work is to bring a reflection of the importance of Caatinga and what actions are being developed for the conservation and sustainable management of its resources in the region. Accordingly, we adopted the following methodology: a literature review of what already exists on the subject, survey data to better characterize the Caatinga and human actions that cause severe damage to this biome. According to the survey conducted, it can be observed that the misuse of natural resources and the indiscriminate deforestation have caused several changes, causing extinction of species, introduction of alien species, pollution and erosion of the physical environment and reductions in the areas of life species. Therefore, we need to adopt a series of measures in the political, economic and social areas so we can preserve the life of the species of this biome are concluded.