Collective Córregos Da Tiririca- Restoration of Riparian Forest in a Stream Contributor of Itaipu Lagoon – Niterói- RJ- Brazil

Abstract

The lake system Itaipu-Piratininga in Niterói at north from the Guanabara Bay is drained by a set of streams. As a result of urban expansion at oceanic region of the city those streams became dirty and polluted. In a time-scale of twenty-five years after studies on water biodiversity, the lake system became eutrophized, with shallow waters. One way to recover the health of the ecossystem is to restore the freshwater rivers draining the system. The present study proposes to inform the experience of agroforestry restoration of the riparian forest in a tributary of Itaipu lake as well as bring an evaluation of local biodiversity – arboreal plants, terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates. After the inventory made, there followed the agroforestry planting of riparian forest by the organized civil society through the collective Córregos da Tiririca [streams at Tiririca mountains]. The technique employed for restoration is related, as corresponds to an adaptation of the principles of syntropic agriculture to the reality of an urban stream.