ANALYSIS OF SITUATION IN PERMANENT PRESERVATION AREA OF THE PARNAÍBA RIVER, IN THE URBAN PERIMETER OF TIMON-MA, BASED ON IMAGES FROM CBERS-4A SATELLITE

Abstract

The present research sought analyze the situation the Permanent Preservation Area of ​​the Parnaíba River, in the stretch delimited by the urban perimeter Timon - MA, so to achieve the objective of this research which is to map the use and land cover of this area, was used an image of the CBERS-4A satellite. The main geoprocessing technique used was the supervised classification of images. With the mapping of the area, it was possible to verify that this protection area was altered by man, losing part of its natural wealth, which leads to the debate on the application of the Brazilian Forest Code.