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THE VALO GRANDE CHANNEL IN THE CANANÉIA-IGUAPE ESTUARY-LAGOON COMPLEX (SP, BRAZIL): ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, ECOLOGY, AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

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Author(s):
Helbert Medeiros Prado [1] ; Marcelo Nivert Schlindwein [2] ; Rui Sérgio Sereni Murrieta [3] ; Daniel Rodrigues do Nascimento Júnior [4] ; Eliel Pereira de Souza [5] ; Marilia Cunha-Lignon [6] ; Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques [7] ; Paulo César Fonseca Giannini [8] ; Riguel Feltrin Contente [9]
Total Authors: 9
Affiliation:
[1] Federal University of São Carlos - Brasil
[2] Federal University of São Carlos - Brasil
[3] University of São Paulo - Brasil
[4] Federal University of Ceará - Brasil
[5] Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation
[6] São Paulo State University - Brasil
[7] University of São Paulo - Brasil
[8] University of São Paulo - Brasil
[9] Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Pará - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 9
Document type: Journal article
Source: Ambiente & Sociedade; v. 22, 2019-12-02.
Abstract

Abstract The channel of the Valo Grande (VG) in the Ribeira de Iguape River (São Paulo State, Brazil), inaugurated in 1852, is one of the largest environmental disasters in the Brazilian coast. This article presents a synthesis of the historical, ecological, geographic and sociopolitical dimensions involving the VG. The VG has promoted the ecosystem disrupting and the landscape reconfiguration of Cananéia-Iguape estuary-lagoon complex. Studies have also indicated that part of these environmental changes could be reversible, in the case of VG closure, which was determined by Brazilian jury at second instance in 2018. Such a decision, however, shall be accompanied by an extensive monitoring program aiming at the environmental and social effectiveness of this action in long-term. The VG question still remains unsolved, although more than 150 years have passed since its first impacts in the region. It is a unique case in Brazil, which this article seeks shed some light. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 17/25105-0 - Praxis in the landscape and the experience of the ecological knowledge among quilombolas and caboclos (Atlantic Forest and Amazonia)
Grantee:Helbert Medeiros Prado
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Young Researchers
FAPESP's process: 09/54232-4 - Morphodynamics and chronology of quaternary aeolian depositional systems in Brazil
Grantee:Paulo César Fonseca Giannini
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants