LAND USE SUITABILITY MAP AS SUBSIDY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN SETTLEMENT PROJECTS, CASE STUDY OF AMERICAN PA IN MUNICIPALITY OF GRÃO MOGOL - MG

Abstract

The evaluation of land expropriation for agrarian reform is carried out from the Land Use Capacity map which is commonly done by INCRA in the acquisition phase of the rural property. Another way of assessing the land can be made from the landuse adequacy map. Thus, the aim of this work is to elaborate the landuse adequacy map from cross tabulation of the Capacity map and land cover land use (LCLU) map to identify areas of misuse. The study area selected was the Settlement Americana Project in the Grão Mogol county, MG, predominantly covered by a forest formation-type of savanna. The resulting map shows that 16% of the Settlement areas provide appropriate landuse, 7% of the area above the use capacity and 77% below. The area below the use capacity shows that the areas available for use are still preserved. It has also prepared the permanent preservation and legal reserve map, revealing that only 113 hectares of the productive areas (agricultural fields and pastures) are in areas of permanent preservation and legal reserve, which must be recovered.