Does Public Policy Reduce the Number of Environmental Infractions in Protected Areas? A Case Study: Serra do Mar State Park, Brazil

Autor(es)

Daher, Carolina dos S. ^[1] ; Iwama, Allan Yu ^[2] ; Ferreira, Lucia da C. ^[1] ; Magro, Teresa C. ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Ctr Environm Studies & Res, NEPAM UNICAMP, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Los Lagos, Ctr Estudios Desarrollo Reg & Polit Publ CEDER, Osorno - Chile

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, ESALQ, Dept Forest Sci, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: NATURAL AREAS JOURNAL; v. 39, n. 4, p. 400-408, SEP 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

This paper analyzes the spatial distribution of environmental infractions (Els) in the ``Nixleo Caraguatatuba{''} (NuCar) division of the Serra do Mar State Park (PESM in Portuguese) in Brazil. This region, NuCar, of the PESM is a protected area with potential for economic and tourism development. Between 2000 and 2016, 117 environmental infractions were registered according to three sources of data: (1) Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, (2) Forestry Foundation database, and (3) DataGeo, a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) combining environmental and socioeconomic database spatial/environmental data for the state of Sao Paulo. The three most common violations were deforestation, irregular occupation, and heart of palm extraction. Geospatial analysis of the data focused on the main roads and trails and different zones defined by the Park Management Plan corresponded to these areas of increased access. As well as suggestions for increased control and surveillance of cluster areas to restrict opportunities for EIs, this paper also discusses other aspects of management that influence the number of violations in protected areas. These include open, respectful communication between residents and park management to reduce conflict and enacting the socio-environmental park program and the PESM management. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 08/58159-7 - Crescimento populacional, vulnerabilidade e adaptação: dimensões sociais e ecológicas das mudanças climáticas no litoral de São Paulo
• Beneficiário: Lúcia da Costa Ferreira
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa de Pesquisa sobre Mudanças Climáticas Globais - Temático
• Processo FAPESP: 10/18501-8 - Análise multiescalar da vulnerabilidade socioambiental às mudanças climáticas no Litoral Norte Paulista
• Beneficiário: Allan Yu Iwama de Mello
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