Viabilidade da prática de observação de aves em unidades de conservação na Amazônia: um estudo de caso na Área de Relevante Interesse Ecológico (ARIE) Japiim-Pentecoste, município de Mâncio Lima, Acre.
The birdwatching is one of the activities of ecotourism that grows the most in the world and at Brazil, country which shows to have great bird species diversity. Protected area‟s (PA) are privileged areas for this modality of ecotourism since they protect habitats and species of interest for the bir...
| Autor principal: | Plácido, Ricardo Antônio de Andrade |
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| Grau: | Dissertação |
| Idioma: | por |
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Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA
2020
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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/12901 http://lattes.cnpq.br/6486983447959385 |
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The birdwatching is one of the activities of ecotourism that grows the most in the world
and at Brazil, country which shows to have great bird species diversity. Protected area‟s
(PA) are privileged areas for this modality of ecotourism since they protect habitats and
species of interest for the bird watchers. In this work, we developed a methodological
protocol to evaluate the viability of bird observation in the protected areas of the
Amazon forest. The protocol is based on evaluating the attractiveness levels of bird
species recorded at the protected area‟s, the infrastructure conditions and services
offered by the management, and, also, the main conditions of the municipalities near the
units to host the birdwatchers. The protocol was applied in the Area of Relevant
Ecological Interest (AREI) Japiim-Pentecoste located at the State of Acre. A total of
266 bird species were recorded in this a PA, of which 65 and 24 species were evaluated
in having a attractiveness index, for birding, ranging from medium to high levels. There
is a set of available trails that cross through the PA main areas opened by residents for
their agroextractivist labours. The managing body of the protected area however, does
not offer any infrastructure or facility to support visitation. The municipalities close to
the PA are Mâncio Lima and Cruzeiro do Sul, and the latter offers a wide range of
hotels and rental possibilities to support the bird watching activity. Few accommodation
and transportation services were available in Mâncio Lima, although the municipality
was located closer to the PA easing access to it. The protocol was efficient for a quick
and simple analysis of the potential to the practice of bird observation in PA‟s.
However, some aspects such as the diminution of subjectivity in the evaluation of the
attractiveness of each species can be improved. We believe that the protocol developed
in this study can be applied in other Amazon forest's PA‟s to evaluate the potential of
these protected areas for the promotion of ecotourism based on birdwatching. |