Análise preliminar da paisagem para a conectividade do Refúgio da Vida Silvestre Estadual entre os rios Tijuco e Prata, no município de Ituiutaba-MG

Abstract

In addition to climate change, land use changes stand out as the main driver of global biodiversity loss. In this sense, habitat fragmentation represents the greatest threat to the planet's biodiversity. The main consequences are: it leads to the isolation of forest formations and remaining populations, promotes changes in gene flows, intensifies competition, alters the structure and quality of habitats, and extinguishes species of fauna, flora and associated ecological processes. One of the fundamental structures for maintaining connectivity in the landscape are ecological corridors. Therefore, the objective of this study is to analyze the landscape connectivity of forest fragments located between the Tijuco and Prata Rivers Wildlife Reserve (RVSETP), with the aim of connecting the two "corridors" of the Refuge, favoring the maintenance of local biodiversity. This research seeks solutions in landscape ecology, which offers subsidies and tools to understand the entire landscape and mitigate the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation. The methodology used is a sophisticated theoretical framework associated with the analysis of information obtained through Remote Sensing mapping. As a result, a highly fragmented landscape mosaic was observed, with land use conflicts in APPs and RLs, indicating the inefficiency of control and inspection instruments. The area itself favors landscape connectivity. As a suggestion, supervision and compliance with the Forest Code in APPs and RLs of private rural areas is recommended; and as for the RVSETP, compliance with the SNUC is recommended, with the implementation of the Management Plan, which will indicate diagnoses, delimit its buffer zone, and will, thus, propose guidelines for the management and effective use that is environmentally appropriate for the UC.