Utilização do geoprocessamento na prevenção e estratégias de combate a incêndios florestais no município de Cabrália Paulista-SP

Abstract

The objective of this research was to map areas of the municipal district of Cabrália Paulista under risk of wildfires, especially in regard of ground use and occupation, aiming to aid the establishment of Forest Defense Base Camps. The studied area is located in the central west region of São Paulo state, approximately at coordinates 22º 37' and 22º 56'S (latitude) and 49º 31' and 49º 45' W (longitude), and average altitude of 511m. Cabrália Paulista has a surface area of 236km² and is at the upper section of Alambari river basin, the main watercourse that drains the area. To do so, Geoprocessing was used to elaborate various cartographic products, including the Ground Use and Occupation, Hypsometry and Slope Maps. These products were fed to a data bank and created the Wildfire Risk Assessment and the Future Forest Defense Base Camps Location Map. These cartographic products may aid local and regional work developed by Civil Defense, given that the studied area has logging and forestry-based activities as its basic economic income. The area is also seen as strategic from a national viewpoint in regard to environmental preservation. This dissertation will also contribute to research happening in other neighboring districts which still do not have this type of geographic survey.