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Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada
Volume 16, Número 1, Março 2016, Páginas 35-43

DOI: 10.5894/rgci603
* Submission: 11 APR 2015; Peer review: 28 MAY 2015; Revised: 29 SEP 2015; Accepted: 2 NOV 2015; Available on-line: 4 NOV 2015  

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Environmental zoning and coastal zone conservation: the case of a protected area in Northeastern Brazil *  

Ilanna de Souza Rêgo @, a; Larissa Figueira Morais Correia Aguiar a; Marcelo de Oliveira Soaresa, b


@ - Corresponding author to whom correspondence should be addressed: Rego <ilanna_rego@hotmail.com>
a - Instituto de Ciências do Mar (LABOMAR), Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), 60165-081, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
b - Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Barcelona, Spain.  


ABSTRACT
Conservation of coastal zones is a matter of debate all around the world. In this context, marine protected areas can be counted as legal instruments to ensure proper use of natural resources and promote sustainable development. One of the main aspects for the management of protected areas is environmental zoning. Despite its importance, there are few studies focusing on environmental zoning in semiarid coastal environments. The purpose of this study was to present a case study on environmental zoning of a protected area located in the Environmental Protection Area of the Curú River estuary, which is located on the semiarid coast of the South Atlantic Ocean in Ceará-Brazil. The research was conducted in accordance with the classification criteria used in the Ecological-Economic Zoning (EEZ) of the Coastal Zone, a legal instrument that is important with regards to the Brazilian coast. The work was performed with a GIS technique and involved field activities. The results suggest the following environmental systems within the perimeter of the protected area: river plain, fluvial-marine plain with mangroves, fixed dunes, plain deflation/mobile dunes, plain deflation/fixed dunes, pre-coastal vegetation, and sandspit. The maps of the environmental systems zoning were developed on a 1:40,000 scale and were made to encourage the sustainable use of natural resources. As pressure on the environment by human activities increases, it is essential to update environmental zoning in protected areas, especially in the coastal areas of developing countries.

Keywords: Ecological-Economic Zoning, Coastal Ecosystems, Management, Mangroves.   


Zoneamento ambiental e conservação de zonas costeiras: o caso de uma área protegida do Nordeste do Brasil

RESUMO
A conservação da zona costeira é questão de debate em todo o mundo. Neste contexto, as áreas protegidas marinhas e na zona costeira estão inseridas como um instrumento legal para garantir o uso adequado dos recursos naturais e promover o desenvolvimento sustentável. Um dos principais aspectos para a gestão das áreas protegidas é o zoneamento ambiental. Apesar disso, existem poucos estudos com foco nos ambientes costeiros semiáridos; sistemas de reconhecida sensibilidade e importância ambiental. Neste trabalho foi realizada a descrição e o zoneamento de unidades geoambientais de uma área protegida na costa semiárida do Atlântico Sul Equatorial (Ceará, Nordeste do Brasil). A pesquisa foi realizada de acordo com critérios de classificação utilizados no Zoneamento Ecológico-Econômico da Zona Costeira; instrumento legal importante no contexto da costa brasileira. O trabalho foi desenvolvido por meio de geoprocessamento e trabalhos de campo que viabilizaram a detecção das seguintes unidades geoambientais dentro do perímetro da área protegida: Planície fluvial; Planície flúvio-marinha manguezais; Dunas fixas; Planície de deflação/dunas móveis; Planície de Deflação/Dunas Fixas, Tabuleiro Pré-Litorâneo e Cordão Litorâneo. Os mapas das unidades geoambientais e do zoneamento ambiental foram desenvolvidos na escala de 1:40.000, sendo feito com o intuito de aconselhar a utilização correta dos recursos naturais, indicando áreas passíveis de uso e subsídios para a gestão ambiental. Considerando, o incremento da pressão ambiental por atividades antrópicas, é imprescindível a atualização do zoneamento ambiental nas áreas protegidas, sobretudo nas zonas costeiras dos países em desenvolvimento.

Palavras-chave: Zoneamento Ecológico-Econômico, Ecossistemas Costeiros, Manejo, Manguezal.

 

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