Avaliação do projeto de readequação ambiental "cultivando Água Boa": um estudo de caso no município de Ouro Verde do Oeste-PR

Abstract

This research had as objective to carry out a study on the planned and executed actions, as well as to analyze the results obtained with the project of environmental adjustment of the Program Cultivating Good Water, in the rural properties of the Sanga Mandaguari microbasin, municipality of Ouro Verde do Oeste - PR. The present study was carried out through bibliographical and field research. Field research was carried out from February to March 2016. Two environmental managers were interviewed and a questionnaire was applied to 43 rural owners that compose the Sanga Mandaguari microbasin, in the municipality of Ouro Verde do Oeste - PR. The data collected were analyzed and interpreted with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences - SPSS. The results indicated that 39.5% of the owners live in the microbasin, 67.4% are between 35 and 55 years of age, 53.5% did not complete Primary School, 97.7% of the rural properties are considered small and in 90 , 7% of the properties are used only the family labor. Among the activities performed, agriculture predominates in 74.4% of the properties and the income generated in 49% of the properties is above two minimum wages. The microbasin has an area of 19.4% of forests and up to the research period 62.8% had carried out the Rural Environmental Cadastre. The majority of owners, or 85.4% adhered to the Good Water Cultivation Program, justifying their adherence due to the legal requirement. Landowners, when asked about the costs of rehabilitating riparian forest on their farms, 56% reported that if they had to pay for all the expenses they might not be able to do the environmental recovery. In addition, 90.2% consider that it should receive some type of financial benefit for the provision of environmental services. The different views of the needs and benefits of riparian forest recovery may indicate the need to deepen an environmental education process for rural landowners. In 87.8% of the properties some rural activity was developed in the area that was recovered. However most affirm that the actions of the program increased the amount of water and improved the apparent aspects of the water, as well as, they brought benefits to the flora fauna and the evolution in the process of natural regeneration.