Reservas de surfe e a proteção da sociobiodiversidade

Abstract

This article presents a reflection on the legal status of “surfing reserves” as an emerging category of protected area. The experience of New Zealand and Australia in the adoption of this institute was analyzed, as well as the model of ‘World Surfing Reserves’, proposed by non-gov ernmental organizations. Based on environmental governance, it aims to contribute to marine and costal socio-biodiversity protection and the exceptional attributes of those areas, particularly the scarce and finite surf breaks and the surf culture. In this sense, it argues an improvement of Bra zilian national policy on socio-biodiversity protection in those biomes trough insertion of surfing reserves in the National System of Units of Conservation (SNUC) or protecting surf breaks by already existing categories. The national marine parks (PARNA) and the environmental protec tion marine and coastal areas (APA) can realize this role. Concerning federal areas, there are at least 04 APA and 06 PARNA marines with this profile. The legal recognition of surfing reserves is linked with the National Plan for Protected Areas (PNAP)’ objective of consolidating a compre hensive, ecologically representative and effectively managed system of protected areas. It also can be considered regarding the national goal of increasing in quantity and quality the coverage of marine protected areas, respecting Brazil´s commitments under the Convention of Biological Di versity (CBD) and the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development