Unidade de conservação no semiárido mineiro e seu papel na preservação ambiental

The monitoring of land use and occupation plays a key role in the management of Conservation Units. In this perspective, this paper presents a temporal analysis of land use and land cover for the years 1987, 1997, 2007, 2017 and 2022 in the area of the Caminho dos Gerais State Park (Parque Estadual Caminho dos Gerais – PECG) through geographic object-oriented image analysis (GEOBIA) using Landsat-TM/OLI images. The PECG is located in an ecotonal region in the semiarid north of Minas Gerais, between the municipalities of Mamonas, Monte Azul, Gameleiras, and Espinosa. In its history of occupation, this Park has presented territorial dynamics of different interests, including the impact of eucalyptus forests, until 2007, the year of its creation. The results show the effect of creating the PECG for the gradual recovery of vegetation cover in a water recharge area.