Análise situacional do Parque Metropolitano Armando de Holanda Cavalcanti a partir da percepção de gestores e comunidade

Abstract

Studies of environmental perception are being utilized to get to know the relationship of the population with the protected areas, aiming at the environmental conservation through the use of this knowledge, interceding in the resolution of conflicts and helping in the management of these areas. In order to contribute to these aspects, the following study was conducted in the community Vila de Nazaré, located inside the Armando Holanda Cavalcanti Metropolitan Park in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, at the coast of Pernambuco, and also with the managers of the protected area. The goal of the survey was to get to know the environmental perception of the inhabitants and members of the management council of the Metropolitan Park. Bibliographic research was conducted in public institutions and libraries, and websites were consulted in order to assist with the development of the survey. Collecting the data was accomplished through the use of interviews with a semi-structured script, with both open and closed questions applied to the inhabitants of the Vila and managers of the Park. The analysis of the data showed several problems between the Park’s management and the inhabitants of Vila de Nazaré. The main problem was the absence of communication between the management and the community and the absence of the public power in the inspection and monitoring of the area. The findings obtained with the inhabitants, along with a verification in loco, led to the conclusion that the process of degradation of the Park’s area is anthropic, caused mainly by real estate speculation. Summer vacationers and speculators are building inside the area of the Park in an irregular manner, opening roads and jeopardizing the quality of life of the local population. Thus, the necessity of approaching the management with the population becomes evident, as well as the need for shared administration with the inhabitants and the execution of the management plan considering the reality of the area and the involvement of the people in the community in order to turn them into socio-environmental agents in the process of conservation of the Park.