APPs hídricas em Belo Horizonte: recomendações para regulamentação

Abstract

This study identifies the main gaps and conflicts of interpretation of the current Brazilian Forest Code, outlined by Federal Law 12.651/12, and presents the repercussion of these gaps in law enforcement in urban areas of Brazilian cities, especially in the city of Belo Horizonte, with focus on the impacts on the riparian areas and headsprings. Based on a literature review and researches on databases and systems of the municipality of Belo Horizonte, this term paper discusses the impacts of riparian usage and settlements, presenting examples of actions implemented in Brazilian cities and in other countries, which seek adaptive solutions and mitigation of the degradation conditions. Considering the trend towards decentralization of responsibility for the regulation of riparian areas, which gives municipalities the power to dimension protection bands along headsprings and streams and to define conservation measures for these areas, this study makes recommendations about building codes and strategies to protect this zones in the city of Belo Horizonte.