Percepções sobre a reserva legal um estudo com produtores da comunidade São João do Araçá, rio Arari, Itacoatiara-AM

Abstract



Environmental legislation regulated the protection of the environment through the Forest Code. The most recent version came into force in 2012 and was renamed the Native Vegetation Protection Law. The broad legal framework on which it is based, after intense disputes in the National Congress, managed to consolidate it as an instrument of environmental conservation. Currently, the percentage of native vegetation that must be maintained on rural properties to ensure the sustainable economic use of natural resources, helps in the renewal of ecological processes, promotes the conservation of biodiversity and protects native fauna and flora. This research aimed to verify the perception of producers in the community of São João do Araçá, a community belonging to the municipality of Itacoatiara - AM about the legal reserve area. Through qualitative research with a descriptive character, questionnaires were classified with ten owners of rural properties in the community. The interpretation of the results indicates that the proprietors have little knowledge about the legislation and that the vast majority (70%) of the interviewees argued that they already had knowledge about the legal reserve provision. Therefore, an active value and strengthening of this information is necessary, which deal solely and exclusively with the rights and duties of landowners and rural producers in the Rio Arari region, municipality of Itacoatiara-AM.