Recomposição de área de reserva legal no estado de São Paulo com uso de sistemas agroflorestais

Abstract

Legal Reserve is an area located inside a property or rural property that can be used under a sustainable forest management regime, making it possible to selectively extract wood, fruits, oils, produce honey, etc. In the State of São Paulo, the area that must be allocated to the Legal Reserve is at least 20% of the total property. The restoration of the legal reserve is understood by the producer as a loss of area and consequently a loss of income and its restoration by itself becomes quite expensive which has no attraction for its adoption. The objective of this work was to analyze the Brazilian legislation regarding the implantation of the agroforestry system in the Legal Reserve. It is intended to publicize that the use of this crop consortium mechanism can generate a financial return to the producer, bringing sustainability to the rural property, mainly in the northwest of São Paulo, the main Brazilian region for rubber production. It is intended to identify that the possibility of using this crop consortium mechanism can bring a better use of the area, which would normally be forgotten within the property and which would not generate any kind of financial return to the producer. This system is provided for in the Forest Code, and provides for ways to recompose through the SAFs (Agroforestry System). A survey will also be carried out on the current situation regarding the number of rural landowners in the northwest region of São Paulo who are not aware of the possibility of managing native trees in a Legal Reserve area, their legislation and profitability, as well as their interest in this type of cultivation.