FORESTRY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROSÁRIO DO SUL: A CASE STUDY IN THE PAMPA SUL-RIOGRANDENSE BIOME

Abstract

The advance of forestry in the Pampa biome has developed as a state political strategy neoliberalist, camouflaged in a proposal of economic development of the region of the Campanha Gaúcha. This article aims to present an overview of silvicultural activities in the municipality of Rosário do Suk, located in the southwest of Rio Grande do Sul. For this, a characterization of the forestry through thematic maps was elaborated. The construction of land use maps and their respective analyzes occurred from the use of LANDSAT 5 TM satellite images for the year of 1996 and LANDSAT 8 OLI for 2016. The image classification process was carried out using the software ENVI ® 4.8, where samples were collected referring to water bodies, arboreal-shrub vegetation, sand banks,fields, crops, forestry and urban. During the field works it was observed that the areas where are the cultivation of exotic species, are used predominantly for commercial purposes such as the manufacture of cellulose, being few cases that are being used as "windbreaks" and for the protection of livestock small properties. Based on the presented scenario, can be concluded that unlike municipalities Rio Grande do Sul, in Rosario do Sul, eucalyptus plantations occurred in areas where was destined for agriculture, and there was no need for the appropriation of new areas with native vegetal cover, thus maintaining the fields used for livestock which is a traditional practice in the area of study.