Criação e gestão ambiental de Áreas de Proteção Ambiental: entre atores, interesses, usos, conflitos e o dilema da conservação nos biomas brasileiros Mata Atlântica e Cerrado

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the environmental management and conservation dilemma in the SNUC categories, especially the Environmental Protection Area (APA), with emphasis on the Atlantic Forest and the Cerrado. Much of the area designated for Conservation Units (UCs) in the country has been decreed as APA, a category widely criticized by the literature for involving highly urbanized areas whose use for tourism, farming, and mining hinder the management and conservation. It is essential, in this context, to establish partnerships with owners, reevaluate the proliferation of APAs, promote forest connectivity and prioritize critical Environmental Education in participatory management to resolve conflicts and stimulate conservation of natural resources.