Avaliação da implementação do plano de manejo da estação ecológica de Caetés - PE

Abstract

The creation of protected areas is one of the mechanisms to assist in the conservation of biological communities. In Brazil, the establishment of these areas was initially such as parks, but with the increase demand and attention to the peculiarity of each locality where were created, different categories and typologies were established, leading to the creation of the National System of Conservation Units (Federal Law no. 9.985 of 2000). This law established parameters and standards for the creation, implementation and management of conservation units at the federal, state and municipal levels. To support the management of these areas, an instrument was created - the Management Plan, a technical document that establishes the zoning and the norms that should govern the use of the area and the management of the natural resources for those places. Following the federal scope, the State of Pernambuco established the State System of Nature Conservation Units (State Law no.13.787 of 2009), with a more specific focus for the state protected areas. This research aimed to verify the implementation of the Management Programs from the Management Plan of the Caetés Ecological Station. In the category of Integral Protection, the ESEC Caetés is located in the city of Paulista (Pernambuco, Brazil) and It has an area with 157 ha (387,9 ac) and was created 27 years ago. To identify the implementation, the characterization of all actions of the plan was carried out, and a documental analysis of it; verifying the implementation of the management programs by an interview; and the evaluation and classification of each activity, identifying its execution status. Seventy-seven activities in the plan, 54% were executed (42 activities), 21% were not implemented (16 activities) and 25% were partially implemented (19 activities). Most of the plan's activities are generalist and with few details of how it should be implemented. Others repeat throughout the different programs, or they do not have any type of detail of what materials are necessary for the activities that request equipment, without specification. There is a lack of procedures and standards for the execution of many actions and the management need to self-evaluate in relation to the mode and quality of activities implementations. Lastly, it is necessary to rethink the way of constructing the management plans as well as all the structure necessary for the conservation area.