Diagnóstico do uso dos recursos naturais da comunidade de Maracajá, Paramoti, Ceará

Abstract

The environmental diagnosis is an essential task to understand the environment and to provide the elaboration of measures for the preservation and / or conservation of natural resources. The conservation of the quantity and quality of water resources depends on the natural and anthropogenic conditions in the river basins. In this sense, to observe the consequences of the occupation of the soil by the man, associating to the water bodies pollution due to the domestic sewage, soil erosion, the use of agricultural pesticides, besides the waterproofing of large areas of the watersheds is essential to understand the dynamics of the changes man to the environment and seek alternatives for recovery of these areas. Therefore, it was aimed to make a diagnosis of the current natural resources of the community of Maracajá in Paramoti in the hydrographic basin of Curu, in order to contribute to the proper management of their water resources. The research was based on a bibliographical review about the subject, questionnaire applications, tabulation, graphing and interpretation of the results. 80% of the residents have only incomplete elementary education. About 80% of the residents live on agriculture. The production of food is for consumption itself indicating that the production system is familiar. 90% of the residents have piped water at home. As regards basic sanitation, 90% use the dry sump as a way of draining the sewage and 90% burn the waste. Residents still find it difficult to accurately assess issues involving the use and management of the soil, not knowing for sure what damages are caused by the practices adopted by them.