SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCED BY THE DROUGHT IN THE CONSERVATION OF CAATINGA

The caatinga covers most of Brazil's semi-arid region, found exclusively in the Brazilian territory and by its extension is among the most important the world's dry forests. Recurrent droughts and the years of environmental degradation have made the region underdeveloped and with socioeconomic problems accented. The purpose of this study was to present a socioeconomic and political synthesis about the dry Northeastern semi-arid biome in the region emphasizing. For both were considered criteria related to the conservation of the caatinga and contextualized education, allied to coexistence with the semi-arid, necessary factors to promote substantial changes in social structure. The adopted methodology was a bibliographical analysis on drought and conservation of biome in a matter with focus for education and sustainable development. Identified the need for incentives for agriculture and improvement of social indicators, for a greater use of the productive potential of the Brazilian semi-arid region.