Moraes, Jener Fernando 
  
4 CONCLUSIONS 
The methodology permissed us to indicate priority areas for decision-making intervention. Sugarcane production in 
those areas with high natural limitation, require careful practices to avoid high soil loss rates. In almost 34% of the area 
soil loss is higher than the tolerance value usually accepted. Furthemore the use of USLE through Geographical 
Information System confirm the potential of this technique in the process of planning, implementation and monitoring 
of sustainable land use. 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
This work was partially supported by CNPq (Proc. 300357/96-6) and FAPESP (Proc: 96/04481-6) 
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