Distribuição espacial do superpastejo de ovinos e caprinos no Brasil

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the spatial distribution of the Brazilian states super grazing as the sheep and goats. For this we used secondary data on indicators of cattle density, effective of herd and the actual growth rate. The indicators cited were collet in an index of Pressure Animal (IPA) which allowed the ranking of states. From an analysis of clustering by the method of k-means was the formation of three groups of states as to super grazing. The results showed the states of northern region as the least susceptible to damage by super grazing while northeastern states have higher levels of super grazing of sheep and goats and thus more prone to the negative consequences of inadequate management of the activity, in particular the degradation environment. Local development politics should be directed to enable producers to undertake a northeastern management of the effective of herd and minimize the environmental damage caused by sheep and goats raising.