PROTECTED AREAS AND THEIR MULTIPLE TERRITORIALITIES - A SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REFLECTION ON CATIMBAU NATIONAL PARK - BRAZIL

• Published in: Ambiente & sociedade Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 239 - 260
• Main Authors: MACHADO, CÉLIA CRISTINA CLEMENTE, GONÇALVES, CLÁUDIO UBIRATAN, ALBUQUERQUE, MANOEL BANDEIRA DE, PEREIRA, EUGÊNIA C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sao Paulo Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ambiente e Sociedade, Revista Ambiente & Sociedade 01-03-2017; Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ambiente e Sociedade (ANPPAS)
• Subjects: 21st century; Bibliographic literature; Biodiversity; Borders; Classification; Collaboration; Community; Conservation; Human rights; Kapinawá; Land use planning; National parks; Natural resources; Nature; Parks & recreation areas; Protected areas; Protection; semiarid region; Social impact; social impacts; Strategies; traditional communities; Brazil; United States > US
• ISSN: 1414-753X; 1414-753X; 1809-4422
• DOI: 10.1590/1809-4422asoc20150172r1v2012017

Abstract In the 1970s, the social impacts of protected areas (PAs) began to be widely recognized as conservationist thinking and human rights evolved to an acceptance that conservation can be achieved in collaboration with traditional communities. However, such a 'human face' given to conservation is still not present in some 21st century PAs: Catimbau National Park - CNP (Northeast Brazil) is a strict protection park which does not allow people residing inside its borders. Thirteen years after its creation, people are still confused about the monetary compensations and displacements strategies. In this study, a review of the bibliography concerning the CNP is performed and a proposal is made to change the current park classification from National Park to Natural Monument, allowing for private areas and their residents, providing that their use of its natural resources is compatible with the conservation objectives stipulated.
Resumen En los años 70, los impactos sociales de las áreas protegidas comenzó a ser reconocido como el pensamiento conservacionista y los derechos humanos han evolucionado a la comprensión de que la conservación se puede lograr con la colaboración de las comunidades tradicionales. Este "rostro humano" permanece ausente en algunas áreas protegidas en el siglo 21: el Parque Nacional Catimbau (PNC - noreste de Brasil), es un parque estrictamente protegido, lo que significa que la residencia de población en su límites no está permitido. Trece años después de su creación, la gente continúa confundidos acerca de la compensación monetaria y las estrategias de desplazamiento. Este estudio, realizó una revisión de la literatura en la PNC y propone cambiar la actual clasificación de Parque Nacional para Monumento Natural, lo que permite la existencia de áreas particulares asegurando que es posible conciliar los objetivos de unidad con el uso de los recursos naturales.