GEOPROCESSAMENTO APLICADO AO ESTUDO DA QUALIDADE AMBIENTAL DO MUNICÍPIO DE PIRES DO RIO - GO E SUB-BACIA DO RIBEIRÃO MARATÁ SOB A ÓTICA DO NOVO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL

Abstract

Brazil is considered as one of the countries with the greatest biological diversity in the world, possessing a vast natural wealth throughout the territory, including the Cerrado, which faces a process of degradation of the areas protected by the current environmental law (AGUIAR et al., 2004). In this context, the new forestry law instituted the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) with the main goal of assisting in the planning and recovery of degraded areas, also allowing the registered rural property to receive the condition of environmentally regulated (Brasil, 2014) through a simplified procedure for small rural properties, especially one that has an area of up to four fiscal modules (Brasil, 2012), but for that, they must be provided with accurate geographical information and environmental data, which, sometimes, they are best obtained through remote sensing techniques and geoprocessing tools. Thus, this work aimed to diagnose and evaluate the environmental quality of the areas protected by law of rural properties in the municipality of Pires do Rio. As a result, it was observed that 39.86% of the area of that municipality is still preserved, and that in in relation to permanent preservation areas, these have 25.28% degradation.