Banca de DEFESA: MERIELY OLIVEIRA DE JESUS

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STUDENT : MERIELY OLIVEIRA DE JESUS
DATE: 26/06/2025
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: Online
TITLE:

Characterization and Monitoring of Forest Restoration in Settlements in the Extreme South of Bahia: An Experience of the Popular School of Agroecology and Agroforestry Egídio Brunetto

KEY WORDS:

Recovery of degraded areas; Atlantic Forest; Participatory Method.

PAGES: 89
BIG AREA: Ciências Agrárias
AREA: Recursos Florestais e Engenharia Florestal
SUBÁREA: Conservação da Natureza
SPECIALTY: Recuperação de Areas Degradadas
SUMMARY:

Historically, the Atlantic Forest biome has been impacted by different human activities, such
as deforestation for agricultural production or for the creation of pastures, causing a high level
of environmental degradation. It is estimated that there is an environmental liability of
approximately 1.4 million hectares in the biome. Based on this scenario, the Egídio Brunetto
Popular School of Agroecology and Agroforestry (EPAAEB) has been developing actions in
the far south of Bahia that promote awareness-raising and recovery processes for degraded
areas with landless families, using the principles of agroecology. The general objective of this
study is to characterize and monitor the recovery process of degraded areas by planting
seedlings of native species of the Atlantic Forest and cocoa in permanent preservation areas in
two agrarian reform settlements in the far south of Bahia, aiming at their environmental
recovery. The settlements monitored were Bela Manhã, in the municipality of Teixeira de
Freitas, and Merival Ferreira, in the municipality of Medeiros Neto. Among the techniques
used to recover degraded areas, agroforestry systems were implemented, with cocoa seedlings
and seedlings of native species of the Atlantic Forest biome planted, with 42.92 ha in the Bela
Manhã agroecological settlement and 5 ha in the Merival Ferreira settlement. Among the
activities developed, there were two monitoring sessions of the planted native species, at 182
and 365 days, evaluating the mortality rate, coverage by exotic grasses, total height and
diameter of the stem, based on fixed plots of 100 m² each. In the Bela Manhã settlement, the
species Annona muricata L., Sparattanthelium botocudorum Mart., Joannesia princeps Vell.,
Inga edulis Mart. stood out in terms of average height and diameter of the stem. In the
Merival Ferreira settlement, the same native species stood out in terms of height and diameter
of the stem, namely: Senna alata (L.) Roxb., Joannesia princeps Vell., Spondias venulosa
(Mart. ex Engl.) Engl., Citharexylum myrianthum Cham. and Inga edulis Mart. And in both
study areas, the boleira and the ingá de metro stood out. The species described above that
developed well can be recommended for planting in degraded areas, under the conditions of
this study. With a view to transforming the project for the recovery of degraded areas into a
process of raising awareness about agroecology and the conservation of natural commons, a
training activity was carried out in each settlement, addressing the importance of the recovery
of degraded areas and sustainable management in permanent preservation areas, considering
the legislation that governs and directs actions in the Atlantic Forest biome. The EPAAEB
forest restoration project is considered promising for the recovery of degraded areas.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - ***.675.197-** - EDUARDO FRANCIA CARNEIRO CAMPELLO - EMBRAPA
Externo ao Programa - ***.427.058-** - LUIZ FERNANDO DUARTE DE MORAES - EMBRAPA
Externa à Instituição - KLÉCIA GILI MASSI - UNESP