Árvores ÁHPICE: Mapeamento e Representação de Indivíduos Arbóreos de Importância para o Ambiente Urbano

Abstract

Research on urban forestry has been carried out over time with a focus on inventories, the importance of trees in the urban environment and the benefits of properly planning and managing urban and peri-urban forests. With the growth of urban areas on the planet, together with climate change and the clamor for environmental protection actions, the protection, management and restoration of forests have become vital in the scope of global actions to mitigate environmental impacts. This research proposes the use of the term AHPICE for trees of importance in several dimensions in the urban environment, together with mapping, monitoring and conservation actions, using aerial photogrammetric reconstruction technology and cartography with the support of street-level images and georeferencing of trees. These actions were applied on the Campus of the Federal University of Amazonas in Manaus - AM, within the scope of a campus mapping application - CampusMap UFAM - located in a large urban forest fragment. The methodology applied and the results are discussed from the perspective of tree conservation, the fragment, and the integration with the use of space by the community, in addition to the possibilities of use by professionals. It is expected that AHPICE individuals can be the object of special public policies for the conservation of a city heritage, specially to what trees mean to people living in urban environments, participating in the history, culture and local knowledge, together with the ecological and environmental importance of green spaces in urban and peri-urban areas.