EVOLUTION OF THE CONSERVATIONIST POLICIES AND THE CREATION OF THE CONSERVATIONAL UNITS IN THE ITAJAI VALLEY, SANTA CATARINA STATE, BRAZIL

In Brazil the process of the occupation and the use of the soil has caused a drastic reduction of the Atlantic Forest Biome. The main conservation policy was the creation of the conservational units. The research analyzed the process of creation in the Itajai Valley, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, where were identified 27 conservational units, being 3 federal, 3 state and 21 in the municipality spheres. Of these 5 were created before ECO 92. The conservational units were created with specific objectives according to the local questions, as in the case of the Biologic Reserve of Canela Preta (1980) and the Sassafras (1977), to protect the exploited and endangered species, and the National Forest of Ibirama (1965) to the production and distribution of native and exotic seedlings in order to restore the exploited forests. Of the 27 conservational units in the Itajai Valley, 22 were created after ECO 92, converging with the national policies of conservation.