Ordenamento pesqueiro da manjuba em ??rea de preserva????o ambiental

??rea de Prote????o Ambiental (APA) ?? uma Unidade de Conserva????o de uso direto, onde a estrat??gia de gerenciamento visa compatibilizar as atividades humanas com a preserva????o da vida silvestre, a prote????o dos recursos naturais, e a estabilidade e a melhoria da qualidade de vida das popula????es envolvidas. A APA Federal Canan??ia/Iguape/Peru??be, na Regi??o do Vale do Ribeira, sudeste do Estado de S??o Paulo possui uma extens??o de 234.000 ha, abrangendo 7 munic??pios e 6 ilhas oce??nicas, com sede administrativa em Iguape. Foi criada com o objetivo de proteger o Complexo Estuarino-Lagunar de Iguape-Canan??ia-Paranagu??, um dos principais ecossistemas do planeta, por tratar-se de viveiro natural de organismos aqu??ticos. Este complexo ?? constitu??do pelo ecossistema Mata Atl??ntica, restingas e mangues, cost??es rochosos e lagunas. Se destaca a Bacia Hidrogr??fica do rio Ribeira de Iguape que nasce no Estado do Paran?? e desagua no Oceano Atl??ntico (Iguape, SP). A ??rea apresenta caracter??sticas de um reduzido desenvolvimento econ??mico regional. Nos munic??pios do litoral, o turismo e a pesca s??o relevantes. Em rela????o ?? pesca, o principal recurso ?? a manjuba (Anchoviella lepidentostole), esp??cie an??droma que migra do oceano para o rio, no ver??o, para a desova. Esta pesca ?? realizada por popula????es ribeirinhas e pescadores artesanais, constituindo-se na atividade econ??mica de maior rentabilidade. Devido ?? sobrepesca e explora????o na ??rea da foz do rio, conjugadas com problemas ambientais, o rendimento do recurso declinou nas d??cadas de 80 e 90, resultando em grandes preju??zos e gerando muitos conflitos sociais. At?? o ano de 1990, a pesca da manjuba, que ocorre em ??poca de Piracema, era autorizada pelo IBAMA durante todo o per??odo de safra (outubro a mar??o) atrav??s de portarias regionais. Foi institu??do o primeiro per??odo de defeso (dezembro-janeiro), para a safra 1990/1991; isto resultou em manifesta????es veementes de desagravo pela comunidade local, pelos industriais da pesca e pelo setor pol??tico. A atitude de rebeldia ?? medida tomada pelo ??rg??o ambiental era uma constante, resultando em confrontos entre os pescadores e os fiscais e um conseq??ente desgaste da institui????o. Al??m disto, a quest??o da pesca predat??ria na foz do rio tinha que ser, tamb??m, levada em considera????o

Proposta de zoneamento ambiental visando a proteção dos recursos hídricos de uma bacia hidrográfica

One of the most important natural resources for sustaining human life, water, has been losing the basic requirements of quality and quantity sufficient enough to attend the population due to water contamination'problems, often caused by human beings themselves. Because of this, the sources of this resource are often located in remote places of the natural environment to ensure the quality of the water. However, when urban expansion began to occupy these areas, which were once regarded as distant, environmental pollution problems began to occur due to occupation of the land without planning. Based on this occurrence, this study aims to propose environmental zoning for the Maxaranguape river watershed in order to protect its water resources. This is important because this river can serve as a source of supply for the metropolitan area of Natal, the capital of Rio Grande do Norte. In accordance to this proposition, the model of natural soil loss vulnerability (CREPANI et al., 2001), the model of aquifer pollution vulnerability (FOSTER et al., 2006), and the legal incompatibility map (CREPANI et al., 2001) were used to delimit the zones. All this was done with Geographic Information System (GIS) and also created a geographic database update of the basin. The results of the first model mentioned indicated that 63.67% of the basin was classified as moderately stable / vulnerable, 35.66% as moderately vulnerable, and 0.67% as vulnerable. The areas with high vulnerability degree correspond with sand dunes and river channels areas. The second model indicated that 2.84% of the basin has low vulnerability, 70.27%) has median vulnerability, and 26.76% and 0.13% has high vulnerability and extreme vulnerability, respectively. The areas with the highest vulnerability values also refer to part of the sand dunes and river channels besides other areas such as Pureza urban area. The legal incompatibility map indicated that the basin has 85.02 km2 of Permanent Protection Area (PPA) and 14.62% of this area has some incongruity of use. Based on these results it was possible to draw three main zones: Protection and Sustainable Use Zone (PSUZ), Protection and Environmental Restoration Zone (PERZ) and Environmental Control Zone, which are divided into A, B and C. The PSUZ refer to the coastal areas of the basin, where the sand dunes are located. These sites should be areas of environmental protection and of sustainable urban expansion. The ZPRA refer to river channels, which are in high need of rehabilitation. The third zone corresponds to the rest of the basin which should have, in general, the mapping of possible sources of contamination for further control on the use and occupation of the river

Presença humana em unidades de conservação de proteção integral em área rural e urbana: uma análise principiológica

O Sistema Nacional de Unidades de Conservação (SNUC), instituído pela Lei 9985/00, prevê a criação de cinco categorias de unidades de conservação de proteção integral (UCPI) e de sete de uso sustentável. Dentre as categorias do grupo de proteção integral encontra-se a categoria Parque, podendo ser Nacional, Estadual ou Natural Municipal, conforme o ente instituidor. Esta categoria pode ser criada tanto em área rural como em área urbana, indistintamente. É muito comum se deparar com a presença humana nos limites dos Parques, seja por populações tradicionais, em áreas rurais, ou ocupações desordenadas, em áreas urbanas. A lei não faz a distinção rural/urbana, mas prevê o realocamento das populações tradicionais, cuja presença não se revela prejudicial à área protegida. De forma oposta, as concentrações humanas residentes em Parques localizados em áreas urbanas tornam-se prejudiciais à proteção da área especialmente protegida, visto que apresentam elevado grau de impactação ambiental, não se preocupando com a preservação ou conservação como as populações tradicionais, estas extremamente dependentes dos recursos naturais para sua subsistência. A partir da hipótese de que a mesma categoria de UCPI, em especial os Parques, pode abrigar grupamentos humanos diferenciados (populações tradicionais, em área rural, e pessoas invasoras, em área urbana), buscou-se analisar os princípios colidentes que permeiam a situação, no sentido de ponderá-los, aplicando o que tiver maior peso. Diante da dimensão axiológica no tratamento das populações tradicionais, conclui-se que seja razoável sua permanência em UCPI localizadas em áreas rurais, porém, inadmissível a presença humana nas situadas em regiões urbanas.

AVALIAÇÃO AMBIENTAL DA APA CORUMBATAI SEGUNDO CRITÉRIOS DE ERODIBILIDADE DO SOLO E COBERTURA VEGETAL

O objetivo do presente foi avaliar a Vulnerabilidade Ambiental da APA Corumbataí, segundo uma análise multicritério, em ambiente SIG, visando o ordenamento do uso e cobertura vegetal. Os fatores definidos foram: distância dos recursos hídricos, erodibilidade do solo, declividade, geologia, geomorfologia e cobertura vegetal. Segundo a influência que cada um dos fatores apresenta no processo de avaliação da vulnerabilidade, eles foram ponderados por meio do interpolador Media Ponderada, no SIG. Esse procedimento culminou em duas propostas de mapas de Vulnerabilidades Ambiental: tendo como fator determinante a cobertura vegetal, no primeiro caso, e a erodibilidade do solo, no segundo. A avaliação comparativa dos dois modelos evidenciou situações bastante homogêneas, embora a ponderação tenda a uma análise subjetiva. Em ambas as propostas, a ocorrência das classes se apresentou na seguinte ordem, de maior a menor freqüência: Alta, Média, Muito Alta e Baixa vulnerabilidade; a classe Muito Baixa foi inexpressiva. A segunda proposta apresentou valores mais representativos das classes alta e muito alta, e por ser uma propriedade intrínseca dos solos e estática quando comparada com a dinâmica de uso e cobertura vegetal, entende-se como a melhor opção quanto a escolha dos modelos trabalhados para a área estudada. Palavras-chave: Vulnerabilidade Ambiental, APA Corumbataí, SIG, Análise Multicritério.

Diagnóstico ambiental da área de influência do complexo sucroalcooleiro Usina Vale do São Simão Ltda

One of the most widespread renewable energy sources in Brazil is ethanol, from sugarcane, therefore, the sugar and alcohol sector is expanding, with positive impacts for the economy of the country. Sugar cane was introduced in Brazil as a crop during its colonization, for the production of sugar, and put the country in the global scenario. The expansion of this crop occurred in the seventies, to reduce the reliance in fossil energy sources and to stimulate the development of the agricultural activity. Thus, the federal government has promoted the sugar cane crop and the production of ethanol as a fuel. However, it is important to minimize possible impacts that the crop may cause to the environment. Sugar cane has expanded in the frontiers of the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaíba-MG, and, in this perspective, the agroindustrial complex known as Companhia Energética Vale do São Simão Ltda., with the Mill located in the county of Santa Vitória, Minas Gerais, was adopted to evaluate the environmental impacts caused by the sugarcane in the area of influence of the mill. The mill has a polygonal area corresponding to 53,525.20 hectares, and for its establishment a Study and Report of Environmental Impacts (EIA/RIMA) was presented, as required as an environment protection instrument by the Environment National Policy (Law nº 6.938/81), and detailed by the Resolution CONAMA nº 01/1986. These studies pointed that native vegetation fragments in the Area of Influence of the Mill, before its implantation, corresponded to approximately 20.7% of the area. Therefore, this study evaluated the impacts of the installation of Usina Vale do São Simão, between 2007 and 2012, determining its reflex on the environmental regularization of the farms, and the vegetation fragments existing in the area, in the recovery and recomposition of areas defined as Legal Reserve and Permanent Preservation. Previous studies of the area were analyzed, soil use and occupation was mapped for the years 2007 and 2012, and the areas of permanent preservation and native vegetation fragments were marked. In general, there was a decline in native vegetation coverage in the period, although it cannot be stated that such reduction was a direct effect of the milling activity. Therefore, the legal requirement of preserving such areas was not capable of bringing the positive effects of protection and recovery as demanded by the Law, highlighting that the current legislation was not enough to protect such areas.

Há politica ambiental para a indústria brasileira?

Existe "política ambiental" na indústria brasileira? Uma possível resposta é aqui explorada. Houve as seguintes constatações a partir de entrevistas com 48 organizações industriais: baixa integração das ações de controle com as de higiene e segurança; forte presença coatora do Estado como determinante para a modernização da área; forte internalização das ações de controle como atividade meio subordinada à engenharia produtiva; baixo impacto das ações sobre o formato organizacional das empresas; impacto reduzido sobre melhorias no ambiente interno de trabalho e baixa inovação de produto final visando à proteção ambiental ou do consumidor.

Governança ambiental e unidades de conservação do meio ambiente: uma abordagem institucionalista

Os esforços de conservação ambiental têm enfrentado muitos desafios, dentre os quais a dificuldade para implementar áreas protegidas. As evidências sugerem que a criação legal de uma área protegida não é condição suficiente para sua efetiva implementação. O presente trabalho adota uma abordagem institucionalista para entender as condições que poderiam levar ao sucesso ou ao fracasso de tais áreas. O arcabouço teórico é composto por trabalhos de Direito Ambiental, Biologia da Conservação e, principalmente, da Nova Economia Institucional. Inicialmente, busca-se reunir estes diversos campos do conhecimento sob um mesmo corpo de conhecimento, a Governança ambiental. Em seguida, formula-se uma hipótese de complementaridade institucional, i.e., a possibilidade de que exista sinergia na interação entre determinadas instituições. Esta discussão é utilizada para analisar a legislação brasileira referente às Unidades de Conservação. E, por fim, as hipóteses teóricas são examinadas em um estudo de caso da região de Mata Atlântica no Vale do Ribeira, São Paulo.

O Turismo na área Antártica especialmente gerenciada Baía do Almirantado

Este trabalho analisa a atividade turística na Área Antártica Especialmente Gerenciada baía do Almirantado (AAEG), ilha Rei George, arquipélago Shetlands do Sul, através de levantamento realizado com turistas, guias e pessoal das estações científicas. A dissertação revisa o turismo no Ártico e na Antártica e, apesar das diferenças geográficas, a preocupação com a regulamentação, a proteção ambiental e o gerenciamento do espaço transnacional são preocupações presentes nas duas regiões. Os dados foram coletados por entrevistas e questionários. Aplicaram-se 144 questionários aos visitantes da estação polonesa Henryck Arctowski (62°10’S, 58°28’W) na temporada 2003/2004, a qual recebeu todos os turistas que entraram na AAEG naquele verão. Doze guias foram entrevistados e o pessoal da estação polonesa e da Estação Antártica Comandante Ferraz (Brasil, 62°05’S, 58°24’W) responderam 9 e 26 questionários, respectivamente. Desse levantamento foi possível obter o perfil, as expectativas e motivações do turista antártico. Nas entrevistas com guias observou-se que há preocupação com o rápido crescimento do turismo a partir da década de 1990. Além disso, as respostas do pessoal das duas estações demonstram que nem sempre as visitas são bem vindas, já que elas modificam a rotina e o trabalho dos pesquisadores. A AAEG, por estar na rota dos navios que deixam os portos do sul da América do Sul, principal ponto de partida para os que desejam visitar o continente, por ser de fácil acesso, por permitir ancoragens seguras e pela beleza paisagística, recebe aproximadamente 90% dos turistas antárticos. O levantamento revelou o predomínio de cidadãos norte americanos e alemães, entre esses um grande número de aposentados. A vida selvagem é a principal motivação para visitar a Antártica, revelando expectativas e motivações semelhantes a outros estudos já realizados no próprio continente e no arquipélago de Svalbard no Ártico. Os possíveis impactos da atividade turística que mais preocupam os especialistas são a ameaça à vida selvagem e os distúrbios causados às atividades dos pesquisadores nas estações científicas. A preocupação com o crescente número de turistas nessa que é uma das áreas mais remotas do planeta, aponta para a necessidade de aplicação de metodologias avaliadoras de impacto e de restrição ao turismo como a Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC), empregada juntamente com Recreational Opportunity Spectrum (ROS), já há muito tempo utilizada em parques nacionais dos EUA e Austrália.

Contribuição da avifauna como indicador da integridade ambiental na estação experimental de Holambra - SP

Os agricultores têm o importante papel de alimentar uma população crescente, fornecer matéria prima para inúmeras indústrias e para a geração de energia, tudo de forma saudável e sustentável. Também está nas mãos dos agricultores a grande responsabilidade de manter uma área de preservação em suas propriedades para garantir a qualidade do solo e água e conservação da flora e fauna. O novo código florestal - Lei nº. 12.651 de 25 de maio de 2012 - estabelece que todas as propriedades rurais devem manter áreas de reserva legal e de preservação permanente. A Estação Experimental de Holambra, estudada nesta dissertação, segue a Lei vigente. Esta Estação Experimental é uma pequena propriedade da multinacional Syngenta, localizada no município de Holambra, onde são testados agrotóxicos e sementes para fins de registro e pesquisa. Nesta propriedade são seguidas as boas práticas agrícolas, de tal forma que não ocorram contaminações de solo e água ou erosão. As áreas de preservação são de mata nativa e reflorestamento e são mantidas sem perturbações antrópicas. Foram feitos levantamentos da avifauna nas áreas de preservação permanente e de reserva legal nos anos de 2003, 2005, 2010 e 2013. Os dados de levantamento da avifauna indicaram uma tendência de aumento de diversidade e riqueza específica no decorrer dos anos. Além disso, foi visto um aumento de aves florestais, de cerrado e aquáticas, assim como aves com um perfil menos oportunista e de média sensibilidade às alterações antrópicas. Estes dados indicam uma evolução no índice ambiental da área. Apesar do uso intenso de insumos agrícolas na Estação Experimental, não foram encontradas aves mortas ou com sinais de intoxicação. Além disso, foram encontradas diversas aves de topo da cadeia alimentar, que poderiam estar acumulando toxinas, mas que cresceram em riqueza específica durante os levantamentos. Estes dados demonstram que as atividades da estação experimental não estão impactando a avifauna e que a manutenção e cuidado criterioso da área de preservação e seus arredores podem contribuir para a conservação da biodiversidade local.

Análise do licenciamento ambiental como instrumento de política do meio ambiente no Rio Grande do Norte Período 1992-2003

This analysis on the ambient licensing is based on a research that identifies the fragilities and advances of the application of this instrument of politics of the environment in the ambient politics of the Rio Grande do Norte, in the period of 1992 the 2003. The isolated urban area of Búzios, situated in the City of Nísia Floresta/RN, situated in the eastern coast of the State, where concentrates the boarding of the ambient question as a matter in the Brazilian process of urbanization, over all the institutionalization and implementation of the ambient licensing. They are distinguished in the used methodology in consultation to the diverse involved social segments with the ambient subject in study, the example of the managers, technician and specialists, as well as the application of the legislation and norms techniques, the forms of appropriation of the common wealth and the procedures of ambient licensing of the competent agencies. The results of the research designate that the ambient licensing while instrument of the ambient politics is one of the alternatives more efficient as techniques in the process of sustainable development, since it is beyond the prerogatives to conciliate the activities and enterprises with the conservation of the environmental resources and natural benefits to the societies. In the RN one evidenced progress in the ambient legislation and the instructions techniques, and that the imperfections and limitations in the system of ambient licensing are not directly on to the instruments, but in the implementation of mechanisms of the ambient agencies. This because they do not make use of operational structure to apply in practical and established abilities, as an ambient management, institutional joint and deliberations of the State Counselor for Environment

Caracterização batimétrica e fisicooceanográfica do canal de acesso ao porto de Cabedelo/PB: uma análise ambiental ao derrame de óleo

The State of Paraíba is one of the most dynamic states of Brazil, strategically located in the northeast, is notable for the excellent potential for integration of different transportation modes forming the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco and Alagoas. The dynamic that occurs with port activity causes changes in the space where it is installed. And the elements of this space are always more than suffering direct or indirect influences as the flow in the port is expanded. Therefore, this region became subject to the accidental spillage of oil, because it presents a heavy traffic of ships of various sizes that can run aground or collide with oil causing accidental events. The study of geomorphological and sedimentological compositions of seafloor becomes important as more is known about the relationships between these parameters and associated fauna, and can identify their preferred habitats. The database background, acoustically collected along the proposed study area, is a wealth of information, which were duly examined, cataloged and made available. Such information can serve as an important tool, providing a geomorphological survey of the sedimentary area studied, and come to subsidize, in a flexible, future decision making. With the study area Port of Cabedelo, Paraíba - Brazil, this research aimed to evaluate the influence of the tidal surface and background in modeling the seabed, including the acquisition of information about the location of submerged rocky bodies and the depth of these bodies may turn out to be natural traps for the trapping of oil in case of leaks, and obtain the relationship between types of bed and the hydrodynamic conditions present in the region. In this context, for this study were collected bathymetric data (depth) and physical oceanographic (height of water column, water temperature, intensity and direction of currents, waves and turbidity), meteorological (rainfall, air temperature, humidity, winds and barometric pressure) of the access channel to the Port of Cabedelo / PB and its basin evolution (where the cruise ships dock), and includes tools of remote sensing (Landsat 7 ETM +, 2001), so that images and the results are integrated into Geographic Information Systems and used in the elaboration of measures aimed at environmental protection areas under the influence of this scale facilities, serving as a grant to prepare a contingency plan in case of oil spills in the region. The main findings highlight the techniques of using hydroacoustic data acquisition together bathymetric surveys of high and low frequency. From there, five were prepared in bathymetric pattern of Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation - DHN, with the depth in meters, on a scale of 1:2500 (Channel and Basin Evolution of Access to Port of Cabedelo), where there is a large extent possible beachrocks that hinder the movement of vessels in the port area, which can cause collisions, running aground and leaking oil. From the scatter diagram of the vectors of currents, it can be seen as the tidal stream and undergoes a channeling effect caused by the bidirectional effect of the tide (ebb and flood) in the basin of the Port of Cabedelo evolution in NW-direction SE and the highest speed of the currents occurs at low tide. The characterization weather for the period from 28/02 to 04/07/2010 values was within the expected average for the region of study. The multidisciplinary integration of products (digital maps and remote sensing images), proved to be efficient for the characterization of underwater geomorphological study area, reaching the aim to discriminate and enhance submerged structures, previously not visible in the images

Gestão ambiental na saúde pública: um estudo sobre a percepção ambiental em laboratórios de análises clínicas

This objective of this work was to investigate the enviromental perception of technician of clinical laboratories, in the city of the Natal/RN, focusing the generated environmental aspects and impacts in the activities, the strategical importance of the environmental management for the activity, as well as the knowledge about environmental norms and resolutions applied to the sector. A type survey exploratory and descriptive was carried through, using a questionnaire applied in 82 clinical laboratory, getting a return tax of 53,65%, or either, 44 laboratories. The results of the descriptive analyses point with respect to environmental conscience of the interviewed, therefore the majority (75%) described the activities of clinical analyses as great imapact on the environment. Although the interviewed present certain knowledge on the advantages of practical of envivonmental protection and the risks that the activities of clinical analyses offer, some important practical of environmental protection arer not develped by the majority of the iterviewed. The carried through statistical analyses had allowed to investigate the level of environmental knowledge of the professionals of the sector, being consisted themselves that they present little knowledge on practical ISO 14001 and of environmental protection in the health public sector. It can be conclude that, a program of environmental qualification for the sector becomes necessary, in order to improve the knowledge of the professionals of the area, and that the majority of the professionals would have a good recptivity therefore recognize the benefits of the practicadl of environmental protection for the competitiveness of the clinical analyses laboratories

Caracterização sócio-ambiental do bairro de Felipe Camarão- Natal/ RN

The rapid growth of the Brazilian cities in the latest years has brought a series of problems regarding housing policies and, therefore, the provision of dwellings for the low-income class people. Following the pattern of other capital cities, Natal has repeated the pattern of urbanization practiced in the country, which concentrates the low-income class inhabitants in specific zones of the city known as peripheries or even in a dwelling place for less-favored classes such as Felipe Camarão, which is one of ten boroughs belonging to the western administrative zone, a region which has historically received less attention from the public administrators towards infrastructure investments. Based on those aspects, the general objective of this work is to investigate which main social-environmental alterations have resulted from the processes of urbanization and field occupation in that area. The specific objectives are concerned with verifying 1) the process of urbanization and the process of dividing urban soil from the 1960s; 2) the current configuration of the public spaces in the borough; 3) the process of the deprivation of the original landscape characteristics of Environmental Protection Zones; 4) the dynamics of land occupation which are predominant in dune areas; 5) the dynamics of land occupation which are predominant in mangrove areas; 6) and the destruction of green covering on the land with its consequent alteration of the local floristic pattern. The methodology consisted of in-loco visits; the application of questionnaires as community research; a survey of bibliography published by the organisms and institutions in charge of carrying out the city hall s environmental and housing policies; and descriptive statistics of the collected data. Concerning the pattern of occupation which is predominant in the borough, the treatment of space dispensed by the local dwellers has culminated in the emergence and consolidation of environmental alterations which are clearly different from common occurrence in both the building area represented by housing complexes and in the green areas represented by dunes and mangroves. The data show that there was the predominance of the irregular land occupation process over the official housing policy during the population settlement which contributed with a series of frequent and foreseeable problems in the dynamics of urbanization of poverty such as invasions and appropriations of land parcels, the beginning of irregular arrangement of streets, the formation of villages and slums, which are full of self-constructed housing units, and the occupation and degradation of susceptibly fragile environmental areas such as the dune slopes and the mangroves

Avaliação de impacto ambiental e gestão dos recursos natuarias no estuário Apodi Mossoró, nordeste do Brasil

The aim of this study is to investigate the eco-environmental vulnerability, its changes, and its causes to develop a management system for application of eco-environmental vulnerability and risk assessment in the Apodi-Mossory estuary, Northeast Brazil. This analysis is focused on the interference of the landscape conditions, and its changes, due to the following factors: the oil and natural gas industry, tropical fruits industry, shrimp farms, marine salt industry, occupation of the sensitive areas; demand for land, vegetation degradation, siltation in rivers, severe flooding, sea level rise (SLR), coastal dynamics, low and flat topography, high ecological value and tourism in the region and the rapid growth of urbanization. Conventional and remote sensing data were analyzed using modeling techniques based on ArcGIS, ER-Mapper, ERDAS Imagine and ENVI software. Digital images were initially processed by Principal Component Analysis and transformation of the maximum fraction of noise, and then all bands were normalized to reduce errors caused by bands of different sizes. They were integrated in a Geographic Information System analysis to detect changes, to generate digital elevation models, geomorphic indices and other variables of the study area. A three band color combination of multispectral bands was used to monitor changes of land and vegetation cover from 1986 to 2009. This task also included the analysis of various secondary data, such as field data, socioeconomic data, environmental data and prospects growth. The main objective of this study was to improve our understanding of eco-environmental vulnerability and risk assessment; it´s causes basically show the intensity, its distribution and human-environment effect on the ecosystem, and identify the high and low sensitive areas and area of inundation due to future SLR, and the loss of land due to coastal erosion in the Apodi-Mossoró estuary in order to establish a strategy for sustainable land use. The developed model includes some basic factors such as geology, geomorphology, soils, land use / land cover, vegetation cover, slope, topography and hydrology. The numerical results indicate that 9.86% of total study area was under very high vulnerability, 29.12% high vulnerability, 52.90% moderate vulnerability and 2.23% were in the category of very low vulnerability. The analysis indicates that 216.1 km² and 362.8 km² area flooded on 1m and 10m in sea levels respectively. The sectors most affected were residential, industrial and recreational areas, agricultural land, and ecosystems of high environmental sensitivity. The results showed that changes in eco-environmental vulnerability have a significant impact on the sustainable development of the RN state, since the indicator is a function of sensitivity, exposure and status in relation to a level of damage. The model were presented as a tool to assist in indexing vulnerability in order to optimize actions and assess the implications of decisions makers and policies regarding the management of coastal and estuarine areas. In this context aspects such as population growth, degradation of vegetation, land use / land cover, amount and type of industrialization, SLR and government policies for environmental protection were considered the main factors that affect the eco-environmental changes over the last three decades in the Apodi-Mossoró estuary.

Análise multitemporal dos elementos geoambientais da região da Ponta do Tubarão, área de influência dos campos petrolíferos de Macau e Serra, município de Macau/RN

The study area is inserted in Ponta do Tubarão region, Macau City, setentrional littoral of Rio Grande do Norte State, composed of Tertiary and Quatemary sedimentary rocks and sediments. This region is characterized for the intense action of the coastal processes, causing the morphologic instability in part of the area, beyond the interference of human activities, as the Petroliferous Industrial Polo, salt companies and shrimp farms. This justifies the integration of multidisciplinary and multitemporal detailed scientific studies dealing with the evaluation of the changing behavior of this coastal environment by geoenvironments elements characterization, identifying protected and recuperation areas, mainly those under socioeconomic intervention. The main objective was the coastal monitoring using geoprocessing techniques to prepare thematic maps useful for oil spilling environment risk areas survey. The methodology was based on multitemporal interpretation of remote sensing images and field checking, integrated in a Geographical Information System (GIS). The Geologic, Geomorphologic, Vegetation, Soil and Land Use maps were prepared, and later on they allowed the generation of the Natural Vulnerability and Environmental Vulnerability maps. These maps had been classified in accordance with vulnerability degrees: very low, low, medi um, high and very high. Beyond these maps the GIS allowed the analysis of the shoreline evolution for 10 distinct dates, using Landsat 5 TM and 7 ETM+ and SPOT-HRVIR images. This analysis made possible the attendance of the coastal morphodynamic evolution, where the results had been represented by areasof erosion and accretion (or deposition) of sediments, pointing critical areas under erosive process to the petroliferous industry (Macau and Serra fields). The GIS also provided to prepare the Environmental Sensitivity Maps of Oil Spill (SAO Maps) in operational scale (1: 10.000), according to the norms ofthe Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA 2002). The SAO Map in operational scale was based on IKONOS images mosaic where the ESI (Environmental Sensitivity Index) was represented according with two tides phases of theregion. Therewere recognizedfiveESI (3, 4,7,9, 1O) for the low tide; to the high tide the ESI number increased to seven (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10). All these information are necessary to the decisions making about oi! spill and its derivatives containment. These techniques application makes possible the optimization and implantation ofnew socioeconomics activities of low environmental impact, indicates areas for better productivity and security exploration, and benefits local communities with fauna and flora preservation. The development of these activities is inserted in the scope of Monitoramento Ambiental de Áreas de Risco a Derrames de Petróleo e Seus Derivados Cooperation Project (Rede 05/01 - PETRORISCO, FINEP/CTPETRO/PETROBRAS) of multidisciplinary and interinstitucional characteristics dealing with subjects involving the environmental monitoring and the petroliferous activity