SOUZA, T. S.; SOUZA, Tatiana Santana de.
Resumo:
Protected areas are created and managed with the aim of ensuring the conservation
of nature. In the state of Pernambuco, the Atlantic Forest ecosystem receives
international recognition as a priority area for conservation actions, due to its great
natural wealth and high biodiversity. These natural areas have the enormous
challenge of reconciling divergent interests in the face of strong threats and
conditions of social, political and economic vulnerability. This work aimed to analyze
the threats, vulnerabilities and risks of the creation and management of protected
areas in the context of neoliberal capitalism; within the scope of the Gurjaú System
Wildlife Refuge (RVS - Gurjaú) / PE - Brazil. An exploratory and descriptive research
was carried out, adopting the methodological procedures (reading of documents and
bibliographies). In order to collect data, we used field research with systematic
observation, focused non-structured interview and projective meetings, as well as
participation in meetings of management councils. For the analysis and discussion of
the results, a qualitative approach with an interdisciplinary approach was used
through the triangulation of methods. As a result, it is observed that Pernambuco's
protected areas are fragile in their capacity for governance and governance and at
risk of degradation of the natural, social and cultural environment, given the identified
threats and vulnerabilities that corroborate the instability in conservation actions
environmental. Therefore, the strengthening of governance is indispensable to the
process of elaboration and implementation of the policies for these natural spaces
built in symbiosis with the various actors involved with the theme, amidst the intense
and varied threats and vulnerabilities inherent to this antagonistic and dialectical
process of construction of sustainability.
