NATURAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USES: THE CASE OF THE PARQUE DA CIDADE, TERESINA, PIAUÍ, NORTHEAST REGION OF BRAZIL

Authors

  • Francílio de Amorim dos Santos Instituto de Educação Superior do Brasil - IESB
  • Maria Suzete Souza Feitosa Universidade Estadual do Piauí - UESPI

Keywords:

Parque da Cidade, natural resources, forms of use.

Abstract

The environmental damages caused by the technological advance are noticeable. It is a fact that any extraction of nature resources produces damage, but is possible to minimize them. With the purpose of make a balance between exploration and conservation, were created laws which are aimed at the creation of protected areas, which are called in Brazil of Conservation of Nature and are also a step towards the conservation of global biodiversity. This paper has the objective of to make a diagnosis of the potential use of natural resources in the Parque da Cidade, in Teresina municipality, Piauí State, northeast Brazil. The specific objectives are: see the big pictures identify the physical and infrastructure, to know how it is used for the environment as in this present research, sustainable alternatives to the use of resources of that park. This is regarded by law 9.985/2000 as Integral project Protection Unit, with vast natural beauty and with an infrastructure built to serve visitors. To achieve the results, fifteen (15) visitors chosen at random, and three (3) employees in the Park were interviewed. The results showed that there is significant dissatisfaction of visitors with current infrastructure, due to problems of financial nature, which result in lack of maintenance of instruments; poor quality of children playground; insecurity due to lack of adequate lighting and insufficient staff. In the current pattern of sustainable development suggest for every nations, it becomes impractical to biodiversity conservation, due to insufficient investment and overlap in the economic environment.

Author Biographies

Francílio de Amorim dos Santos, Instituto de Educação Superior do Brasil - IESB

Graduado em Ciências Biológicas pelo Instituto de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Piauí - IFPI (2004-2008) e Geografia pela Universidade Estadual do Piauí - UESPI (2004-2010). Atuando na area ambiental / organização espacial.

Maria Suzete Souza Feitosa, Universidade Estadual do Piauí - UESPI

Graduada em Geografia pela Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI; Pós-Graduada em Administração de Unidades de Conservação pela Universidade de Brasília - UNB; Mestre em Ciências da Educação pela Universidade Estadual do Piauí - UESPI; Doutorando em Geografia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE; Professora do Curso de Geografia da Universidade Estadual do Piauí - UESPI.

Published

2012-04-24

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