Avanços e desafios para arborização do município de Recife-PE

Abstract

The modification of the natural landscape by urbanization, when associated with the absence of territorial planning, can cause negative impacts to the environment and to the population as a whole, such as soil erosion, silting up of water bodies, vegetation suppression - thus reducing the green areas of the municipality, atmospheric, noise and water pollution, among others. In the context of afforestation, vegetation presents some functions to improve the quality of life for the population, being very important to minimize the negative effects of urbanization on the environment. The planning of afforestation in the urban environment is not simple, there are a series of conflicts that surround the relationship between vegetation and other urban components. Therefore, this research was conducted in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, with the general objective of analyzing the implementation of the Urban Afforestation Plan in the city. The work was conducted through technical visits, document analysis and obtaining secondary data from official bodies. After analyzing the data obtained from the implementation of the afforestation plan, it was identified that there is a concentration of plantations, the vast majority of which are destined for the Administrative Political Regions (RPA) designated as priorities. However, the planting plan for the city of Recife has not met its goals, neither with respect to seedling production. It is believed that seedling nurseries should be unified to obtain a better result. Regarding the evaluation of the seedlings production goal it was possible to observe that in a period of 3 (three) years (2017, 2018 and 2019) 13,721 seedlings were planted, corresponding to 22.87% of the goal stipulated by the plan.