Recuperação de área degradada: experiência com implementação do projeto de Nucleação

Abstract

It is certain that every day the subject of environmental degradation is being addressed and debated more frequently within the community, due to its constant worsening. Whether by human action or by the cycles that nature provides, such as topographic changes, river erosion, soil sealing, and environmental imbalance, among others. During my internship at the Pontes Indústria de Cera company, an area located at Fazenda Domingos Pontes, where I did my internship, was found to have a strong active degradation process. Thus, the opportunity arose to carry out a recovery project in this degraded area. In this area the nucleation method was applied, being a low cost method of implementation and maintenance, so that it could easily be replicated to small producers in the region. In this way, different nucleation techniques were implemented, including Anderson's nucleus with native seedlings, nucleus of seeds of native plants from the caatinga, nucleus of burlap, branches, artificial perches and soil transposition. Maintenance and initial data for the work were collected at date zero, then at 30 days, and finally at 90 days after the implementation of the cores in the field. There was an increase in the development of some seedlings implemented in the area, but it was not possible to identify conclusive results in the other cores.