Potential of rural settlement areas in the process of building sustainable landscapes

Abstract

Most of areas intended to settlements of agrarian reform have a history of degradation due to
indiscriminate use of natural resources. In this context, settlements and households have an
important role in restoring and conserving local agrobiodiversity. The present study had the
objective of analyzing the agrobiodiversity in two former camp sites, which nowadays make up
the Fábio Henrique settlement (Prado / BA), as well as evaluating how the historical occupation
process of the area collaborated for floristic recomposition and local environment conservation.
In the analysis of spatial-temporal dynamics, we observed an intense and positive change
in the landscape, caused by anthropic actions. The obtained data shows that both areas, in
joint analysis, represent 3690 plants of 142 different species with a height superior to 1,5m,
and 18 of the 20 most frequent species of them are cultivated for feeding, contributing for food
safety and local biodiversity preservation.