ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN A FARM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ITUPORANGA IN ALTO VALE DO ITAJAI - SC

The project had as objective to diagnosis in a farm aiming at to the implantation of a plan of environmental management. City of Ituporanga in the state of Santa Catarina was lead a work in the locality of Black Cerro. A Map of the area was elaborated with device GPS (Global Positioning System). One was overcome measured by the width of the rivers and corresponding forest. Comments and interview with the proprietor had been made to evaluate the different types of use of the area. The property to have 32 ha being: 14 ha destined for agriculture, 9 ha with pasture and 9 ha with native forest. The area it has two rivers and some springs. The river Itajai do Sul has approach width of 70 meters and is characterized for it has margin forest width interval the 0 up to 50 meters. The river affluent Indaia of the previous one possess width of 2.5 the 4 meters and it has only 10% of the necessary margin forest. In accordance with the Brazilian environmental legislation the implantation of approximately 10 ha of margin forest, what it would make impracticable the milk production mainly, one of the main sources of income of the farm would be necessary. It was observed that the property needs bigger areas of permanent preservation.