O novo código florestal e as áreas de preservação permanente (app) dos córregos urbanos

Abstract

The environmental impacts in urban areas occur in a different context from those found in rural areas and therefore require adequate legal provisions to the peculiarities of the case. In this sense, this research conducted in the city of Marechal Cândido Rondon, PR, aims to analyze the applicability of the Forest Code Law 12.651/12 in Permanent Preservation Areas of urban streams of water, although most people do not know the application and associate it only with rural areas. Based on the literature review, preparation and analysis of maps, field work and interviews it perceives that in practice the provisions of the Code relating to PPAs have been widely disobeyed, both due to the proliferation of informal settlements, and also the implementation of projects urban allotment. It can be observed still major contradictions in the rules governing the PPAs between environmental and planning legislation at both the federal and municipal levels. Therefore, the study aims to contribute to this controversial and topical issue, to analyze the changes introduced with the enactment of the new law, which directly affects the quality of life of the urban population.