Federal conservation units in Rondônia: history, management and socio-environmental importance

Maria Cristina Da Costa Marques ,Dany Roberta Marques Caldeira

doi:10.21438/rbgas.040721

Abstract

Protected areas are legally established geographic portions to promote the protection of ecosystems. Law No. 9,985/2000, which established the National System of Nature Conservation Units (SNUC), introduced legal instruments and practical requirements for the creation and management of this type of protected area. This work investigated federal conservation units, which has its limits, albeit partially, in the State of Rondônia, Northern Brazil, regarding aspects of management and application of legal instruments. The items investigated include the mosaic management and implementation plan, gathering data to facilitate access to information, both for the academic community and for the population in general. Rondônia has 14 CUs of five categories, seven of the sustainable use group and seven of the integral protection group, managed by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Protection (ICMBio). Of the 14 CUs, five have no management plan; on the other hand, despite the proximity of some units, 53.84% do not compose official mosaics or integrated management. The lack of adequate human, financial, and management resources are among the scores that lead to poor effectiveness in these areas.

Highlights

Development policy adopted for the Brazilian Amazon has always been grounded on allowances, tax incentives and other benefits for stakeholders willing to work in the region
This study investigated the history of federal CUs and their respective acts of creation in the State of Rondônia, Northern Brazil, drawing a profile of the current situation in terms of their social and environmental importance for biodiversity protection and the compliance with legal requirements, gathering data to facilitate access to information
The State of Rondônia contains fourteen nature conservation units created by the Union

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Development policy adopted for the Brazilian Amazon has always been grounded on allowances, tax incentives and other benefits for stakeholders willing to work in the region. This model has generated serious distortions in the economic, social, political and environmental areas, resulting in agricultural, mining and infrastructure enterprises incompatible with the social and environmental characteristics of the region (MMA, 2002). According to MMA (2002), a recommendation from the Convention on Biological Diversity, signed during ECO’92, led the countries to adopt an approach that incorporated all possible scales as conservation strategies, including in the allocation of space ecosystems, protected areas, species, genetic resources, biological diversity, among others. Most of them are located in the so-called arc of deforestation” (IMAZON, 2005; Ferreira, et al, 2005)

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