摘要：The Ribeirão João Leite watershed (BHRJL) was transformed into an Area of Environmental Protection (APA) due to the implementation of a water reservoir in its riverbed for the provision of the Great Goiânia in the year 2002. This paper discusses the impact of the environmental restriction of the new APA in the production of fruits and vegetables, which in 2010 represented 35% of the products offered by the Central Supply of Goiás (CEASAGO). Statistic data from CEASA, IBGE and satellite images from the satellite Thailand Earth Observation (THEOS) were used for the construction of graphs, thematic maps, and a map of land cover and land use (2011). It was observed that 27% of the cultivated areas in the seven municipalities of the BHRJ are covered by the APA, where the production of fruits and vegetables are predominant, and that the restrictions to the agricultural production of the BHRJL will bring technical and economic changes, which will influence in the quantity, quality and price of the products offered by the rural properties of the APA to the Great Goiânia.
