Percepção ambiental e uso do solo em assentamento rural no bioma mata atlântica, região do Caparaó, ES

Abstract

In this work we test the hypothesis that the ethnopedological knowledge of the rural settlement Florestan Fernandes presents a potential for pedoenviromental stratification for its use and management. For that, the present study aimed to evaluate such knowledge and its form of perception in the environment, quantifying them by the multivariate analysis using soil attributes, relief and type of use of the Florestam Fernandes. The settlers divided five ethnopedological classes: Aréola, Terra de lavoura, Terra Pedra Arruana, Terra Poenta, Massapé and Terra de Mata. Assisted by multivariate statistics, we found better relationship between chemical attributes and some ethnopedological classes and the organic matter attributes had better relationship to land use. Soils under coffee plants (agroecological and conventional) we observed higher levels of carbon contrasting with the lower levels in pastures. Terra Pedra Arruna and Areóla have a better relationship with the soil morphology (color and texture), the Areóla classes is better related to relief. The ethnopedological classes Aréola, Terra Pedra Arruana and Terra Poenta are consolidated and the settlers have better environmental perception of this class as observed by multivariate statistics.