This research aims at analyzing the economic impact of Permanent Preservation Areas (PPA, as well as their clash with current practices on farms dedicated to banana cultivation farms located in Luís Alves, SC- Brazil, considering the enforcement of the Brazilian Forest Act (Law 4.771/65). The methodology used for this work is based on agricultural economics, crop management techniques, environmental management, remote sensing, and geographical information systems. It was considered 15 farms, whose main activity was dedicated to banana production. A spreadsheet was used for collecting data as well as localizing and defining of activities areas on the farms. From those pieces of information associated to pieces of information of satellite images, it was created maps of land use, farm boundaries and permanent preservation areas. Pieces of information were organized in the Geographical Information System by using the ARCVIEW 9.1 software. Farms were analyzed in three groups (I, II and III) according to the banana crop area and investments in facilities, machines and implements. An analysis of the economic impact on the farms in function of implementation of PPA was carried out. By this work, it was realized that there will be a reduction on the net income of the farms by 38.58%, 27.65% and 40.21%, for the groups I, II and III, respectively, with adequation of the PPAs for the average of the banana cultivation farms analyzed.
Brazilian Brazilian Forest Act; Economic impact; Luís Alves-SC; Permanent protected
