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This paper presents a brief essay on the situation in which the environment of the dam of the Rio Verde Basin- Paraná, from the vision of environmental geomorphology. The area is located between the cities of Campo Magro and Campo Largo, Paraná plateau in the first part of the Alto Iguaçu basin. This study aims to raise the concepts relating to environmental geomorphology, to identify the anthropogenic impacts caused in the reservoir areas, identify the environmental compartments found around the dam and characterize the geologic and physiographic region. It was found that the area has intense anthropogenic influence, as urban growth is present in areas and wavy and rough terrain, subject to mass movements and floods. Besides these aspects, the use of land for agriculture contributes to fragility of the area.
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O presente artigo objetivou mostrar a distribuição dos acidentes com a lagarta Lonomia obliqua, Walker, 1855 no período de 1989-2001 no Estado do Paraná. Os dados foram obtidos junto a Secretaria de Saúde Ambiental do Paraná. As informações coletadas foram mapeadas utilizando-se o programa Arcview, sendo gerados mapas de ocorrência sazonal de acidentes. Esta sazonalidade foi correlacionada com o ciclo de vida do inseto, que indicou o período de verão como o de maior incidência de acidentes, e ocorrendo as maiores concentrações nas regiões centro-sul, sudeste e sudoeste do Estado.
The present article aimed to show the distribution of accidents involving the caterpillar Lonomia obliqua, Walker, 1855, in the State of Paraná between 1989 and 2001. The data were obtained from the Environmental Health Department of Paraná. The information collected was mapped using the Arcview program, and maps of the seasonal occurrence of accidents were generated. This seasonality was correlated with the insects life cycle and summer was shown to be the period with greatest incidence of accidents. The greatest concentrations occurred in the central-southern, southeastern and southwestern regions of the State.