Percepção dos moradores da microbacia Mirassolzinho quanto aos danos causados aos recursos hídricos por ação antrópica no município de Jauru-MT

Abstract

Environmental resources are essential for the maintenance of life on the land, however, the current conservation picture has accused serious failures in the management. The present work sought to diagnose the current situation of conservation of natural resources and to evaluate the perception and understanding the role of the local population in the current problems of the Mirassolzinho micro-basin, at the Headwater of the Hydrographic Region of Paraguay. The results indicated that the vast majority of respondents are aware of the importance natural resources, the increase in the recurrence of extreme events and the recent changes in their availability. In addition to the levels of interaction with their economic activities, in contrast, the results indicated few significant attitudes that could characterize a concern with the possibility of finitude of these resources.