Environmental Management of Conservation Units: Analysis on City Park of Mucugê - Bahia

Authors

  • Kezia Andrade dos Santos Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  • Israel de Oliveira Junior Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  • Philipe Damasceno Pedreira Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  • Nerivaldo Afonso Santos Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/rdg.v0ispe.132761

Keywords:

Environmental Policies, Landascape, Biodiversity, Sustainability.

Abstract

The process of relation between society and nature on rationality of Western economics materializes the environmental deterioration on different geographic scales. Those problems are observed in different ways and contents, expressing the need of scientific work on sustainable policies. The conservation units are designed as a way to make sustainability effective, by creating discussions on conservationist and preservationist ideals. As a result, this reasearch aimed to approach the spatial functions of conservation units and enviromental management, focused on a dialog with sustainability ideals. The spatial context of knowledge aplicability corresponded to Parque Municipal de Mucugê (Mucugê City Park), located in the city of Mucugê, Bahia, near Chapada Diamantina National Park. The results of this study were obtained from a review of literature specialized on conservation units and environmental management, and also from fieldwork, in which it was intended to understand the environmental conditions, associated with the policies of implementation of The City Park. It has been verified that the City Park has fulfilled with all legal procedures of preserving unit’s installation. Furthermore, the environmental management has promoted sustainability policies, that have won national awards and recovered areas deriorated by gold-digging and removal of Comanthera mucugensis.

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Author Biographies

  • Kezia Andrade dos Santos, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Departamento de Ciências Humanas e Filosofia (DCHF), Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Email: keziapeniel@gmail.com

  • Israel de Oliveira Junior, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
    Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Docente do Departamento de Ciências Humanas e Filosofia (DCHF); Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Geociências, doutorando em Geografia
  • Philipe Damasceno Pedreira, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
    Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Ciências Humanas e Filosofia (DCHF), graduando em Geografia
  • Nerivaldo Afonso Santos, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
    Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Ciências Humanas e Filosofia (DCHF), graduando em Geografia

Published

2017-06-27

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How to Cite

Santos, K. A. dos, Oliveira Junior, I. de, Pedreira, P. D., & Santos, N. A. (2017). Environmental Management of Conservation Units: Analysis on City Park of Mucugê - Bahia. Revista Do Departamento De Geografia, spe, 29-37. https://doi.org/10.11606/rdg.v0ispe.132761