Uso de armadilhas fotográficas para avaliação preliminar da mastofauna da fazenda do Zoológico de São Paulo, em Araçoiaba da Serra/SP, como subsídio para a transição agroecológica e conservação da fauna
Abstract
About half of the Earth's land surface is focused on farming activities, showing its impact on
biodiversity conservation, with Atlantic Forest being one of the most devastated biomes, yet
presenting an index of diversity and endemism. Among several anthropogenic pressures,
agriculture and husbandry are considered the major causes of environmental degradation.
Before this scenario, it is necessary to improve policies and encourage a model of agricultural
development that maintains productivity, but in a sustainable way preserving the environment
and biodiversity, as is proposed by agroecology. Another aggravating threat from
conventional agriculture is the contamination by pesticides end it is in this context that
agroecology and conservation biology meet in common interests in order to preserve the
fauna present in these spaces. This work, in turn, presents a survey of mammals from the
Farm of São Paulo Zoo, located in Araçoiaba da Serra / SP, through camera traps. Were
sampled plots aimed at both agriculture and forest fragments. Between June and September
2016, two sample campaigns were carried out using 30 camera traps simultaneously. In total,
more than 17 thousand videos were analyzed and 13 species of mammals were registered,
especially the giant anteater, an animal considered vulnerable (VU) in the extinction risk
assessment for the State of São Paulo. Understanding the farm as a potential space for the
conservation of wild fauna, the data collected in this work aim to subsidize the proposal of the
agroecological transition, highlighting the Agroforestry Systems tool.