Áreas (DES) protegidas do nordeste Brasileiro: as vulnerabilidades, ameaças e riscos no refúgio de vida Silvestres Matas do Sistema Gurjaú/ PE - Brasil.

Abstract

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.