Gestão das unidades de conservação: os planos de manejo dos parques nacionais de Ubajara-CE e de Jericoacoara-CE

Abstract

The definition of protected areas appears as an alternative for conserving biodiversity and reducing negative impacts on the environment.Brazilian environmental legislation reinforces this idea mainly with the Federal Constitution of 1988 and the National System of Conservation Units (SNUC) instituted in 2000 by federak Lay No. 9.985 that establishes the Management Plan (PM) as being a mandatory document for the management of Conservation Units (UC). The National Park (PARNA), object of the research, is one of the UC categorier, and belongs to the Integral Protection group, that is, only the indirect use of its resources is authorized.The objective of the work is to analyze the management plans of the PARNAS in the state of Ceará, the Ubajara National Park (PNU) and the Jericoacoara National Park (PNJ), and verify wheter bothare in accordance with the requeriments of the environmental legislation documentar, bibliographic and legislation searches related to the theme were carried out and the management plans were comparede with de relevant starndards. It was observed that, to date, there are nineteen national parks in the brazilian territory that do not yet have a management plan, mainly in the Atlantic Forest biome. In the case of the Ubajara National Park, its plan is outdated, as it does not cover the total área of the PNU, unlike the Jericoacoara National Park, whose management plan comprises the entire PARNA area. The outdated or absent management plan way compromisse the management of the protected areas, since the PM is the main management tool of the UCs and must be in accordance with the relevante legislation.