Avaliação do potencial de restauração ambiental de matas ciliares em São Luis do Maranhão – especificamente na APA da baixada maranhense

Abstract

There is a great potential for environmental restoration of riparian forests and springs in Maranhão, this work aims to analyze this potential and describe the main preservation and maintenance techniques. The present study proposes a strategy of three restoration methods: the implementation of municipal nurseries for the production of seedlings, the protection and/or restoration of headwaters of microbasins in municipalities with water supply linked to springs and the Agroforestry Restoration of riparian forests. of the surroundings of the water mirror of the dams, transforming this surroundings into Environmental Protection Areas (APA's). Sources of data on the growth of the deforestation area, from the Terrabrasilies Portal, were used to exemplify current characteristics of Maranhão, using the Maranhão lowland in São Luís as the main example and data source.