CARACTERIZAÇÃO DO PERFIL DOS VISITANTES DOS PARQUES NACIONAIS DE APARADOS DA SERRA (RS) E BRASÍLIA (DF)

o presente trabalho visa caracterizar o perfil dos visitantes de dois parques nacionais (Parque Nacional de Aparados da Serra - RS e Parque Nacional de Brasllia - DF), levantando assim informações para subsidiar e adequar os planos de uso público dessas unidades de conservação. Nestes dois parques foram aplicados questionários a uma amostra dos visitantes, e os resultados foram tabulados e analisados. Os resultados obtidos nos mostram novamente a necessidade de se pedir urgência na atenção que deve ser dada aos planos de visitação dos parques

AZIZ NACIB AB´SÁBER

A homenagem de outorga do Título de Professor "Honoris Causa" que a UNESP, neste evento comemorativo dos seus 30 anos, está concedendo ao Geógrafo Professor Dr. Aziz Nacib Ab’Saber é inquestionavelmente justa, pois é unânime o reconhecimento ao Professor Aziz por toda comunidade acadêmica

Grupo de extensão em educação ambiental: Semente Viva

The extension group Semente Viva held several teaching workshops in environmental education at the Municipal School Sylvio de Araujo and the recent work makes a presentation and evaluation of these workshops.O grupo de extensão Semente Viva trabalha com o ensino de educação ambiental utilizando de diversas técnicas pedagógicas para alunos dos segundos e terceiros anos na Escola Municipal Sylvio de Araújo, no recente trabalho é apresentado  das atividades realizadas no ano de 2015 e seus posteriores resultados analisados pelo grupo

Ecologia da paisagem: mapeamento da vegeta\ue7\ue3o da Reserva Biol\uf3gica da Serra do Japi, Jundia\ued, SP, Brasil

Foi realizado o mapeamento da vegetação da Reserva Biológica (REBIO) Municipal da Serra do Japi, Jundiaí, SP, por meio de fotointerpretação analógica, em escala 1:30.000. O mapa foi digitalizado e transferido para computador pelo sistema de informação geográfica (Idrisi) e posteriormente para o programa Corel Draw. Foram identificadas, mapeadas e descritas oito unidades de paisagem (UP) sendo três antrópicas (solo exposto, campo antrópico e reflorestamento homogêneo) e cinco naturais (floresta estacional semidecidual montana dossel uniforme - microfanerófitos; floresta estacional semidecidual montana dossel uniforme - mesofanerófitos; floresta estacional semidecidual montana dossel emergente; floresta estacional semidecidual aluvial dossel emergente e refúgio montano arbustivo). As unidades naturais somaram 98,46% do total dos 2.071,20 ha da área, indicando que a Reserva vem cumprindo seu papel na preservação do ecossistema em questão. No entanto, como algumas unidades não tem expressiva representatividade na área, e como existe grande extensão de floresta no entorno da Reserva, sugere-se a ampliação e a transformação da mesma em uma unidade que contemple inclusive a visitação pública como forma de auxiliar no processo de conservação. Sugere-se que a área seja transformada em parque estadual, cujo nome poderia ser Parque Estadual da Serra do Japi.<br>It was realized the vegetation map of the Reserva Biológica Municipal da Serra do Japi, at Jundiaí, São Paulo State, by analogical photointerpretation, on the scale 1:30.000. The map was digitized and changed to computer by the geographical information system - Idrisi, and then to the Corel Draw program. Eight landscape units, three anthropic - bare earth, anthropic prairie, homogeneous reforestation, and five natural units - mountainseasonal semideciduous forest with uniform canopy and microphanerophyts, mountain seasonal semideciduous forest with uniform canopy and mesophanerophyts, mountain seasonal semideciduous forest with emergent canopy, alluvial seasonal semideciduous forest with emergent canopy, and shrubby mountain refuges, were identified, mapped, and described. The natural units added 98,46% of the total area, showing that the Reserve is carrying out this role in the ecosystem conservation, but as some units are not significantly represented, and since of the large forest extension outside Reserve, it was offered the suggestion that the Reserve with the enlarged area be changed to another conservation unit-category and that contemplate the public visitation, to help in the conservation process. The conservation unit more appropriated is a Park, and could be denominated Parque Estadual da Serra do Japi

Fitossociologia e caracterização sucessional de um fragmento de mata ciliar, em Rio Claro/SP, como subsídio à recuperação da área. Phytossociology and sucessional characterization of the riparian forest fragment, at Rio Claro, São Paulo State, as subsidy to reforestation.

As matas ciliares constituem áreas depreservação permanente (Brasil, 2004), mas mesmoassim vêm sendo destruídas intensamente pelaação do homem. O presente estudo apresenta olevantamento fitossociológico e a caracterizaçãosucessional dos fragmentos remanescentes de mataciliar do Córrego do Jardim Bandeirantes, RioClaro, São Paulo, Brasil. Os dados fitossociológicosobtidos poderão subsidiar propostas de manejo paraa área, como, por exemplo, o reflorestamento dasáreas sem vegetação florestal, com espécies nativasde estádios sucessionais iniciais e finais.The riparian forests are protected by theBrazilian Forest Code, but day after day they aremore and more devastated, by human activities.The present study shows objective the phytosociologicalsurvey and successional characterization of theriparian forest fragments of the Jardim BandeirantesStream, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil. From thephytosociological data, the management planwould be elaborated, such as forestation propositionwith the native species of the initial and finalsucessional stages

Marine Protected Areas in Brazil: An ecological approach regarding the large marine ecosystems

The objective of this study was to address the importance of implementing Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in Brazil and to examine their distribution, based on the delimitation of Large Marine Ecosystems. Out of a total of 336 protected areas identified in Brazilian coastal and marine areas, the North Platform has the largest protected area, but the ecosystem with the largest number of protected area, predominantly sustainable areas, was the East Coast followed by the South Platform. One of the reasons the eastern coast of Brazil to have more protected areas is the fact that there is a largest amount of coral reefs. Additionally there was political opportunities for the creation of protected areas for sustainable use. The coastal region of Brazil has achieved the goal proposed by the Seventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity - 7, but only then through the category V of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which is not the best efficient means of conserving resources. The goal for marine conservation shows only the area above the recommended under protection in North Platform. The Marine portion of the East Coast and the South Platform has few protected areas, regardless of category management. We consider the coastal region the range of 12 nautical miles from baselines determined in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. As for the number of strategies permitted by law and used for the conservation of coastal and marine systems, coastal systems show a higher number when compared with the marine system. We suggest that the Brazilian government should specify strategies for the protection of marine systems and expand the protected areas of all Large Marine Ecosystems. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd

A pest is a pest is a pest? The dilemma of neotropical leaf-cutting ants: Keystone taxa of natural ecosystems

Leaf-cutting ants of the genera Acromyrmex and Atta are considered the principal polyphagous pests of the Neotropics Although some members of these genera are of economic importance, have a broad geographic distribution, and are extremely good colonizers, others are endemic and closely interact with native ecosystems. Control is generally practiced against any colony, irrespective of its taxonomic status. Indiscriminate control coupled with habitat destruction threatens endemic species with extinction, and, through habitat simplification, favors other pest species. As nests of Atta are large, having several square meters of nest surface, the endemic taxa can be easily used as environmental indicators for natural ecosystems Likewise, the pest species can be used to detect environmental disturbance As these ants are keystone species and easily identified by nonspecialists, efforts should be made to integrate these into viable conservation programs © 1989 Springer-Verlag New York Inc