STUDY OF EVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AS SUBSIDE FOR TRACKS PLANNNIG AT SERRA DE ITABAIANA NATIONAL PARK, SE

Abstract

Protected areas are essential for natural resources preservation, once several threated ecosystems and biodiversity are shelted for that legal guarantee of protection. For assure this protection it is necessary an efficient planning e administration. Protected areas in witch visits are allowed, impact evaluation methodology must be used so that the public use happens with no implications for  environment at all. Looking for this meaning point, this work aimed to characterize those impacts and determinate criterions of use for National Park tracks, as well, elaborate cognitive maps and of tables of impact monitoring. For this, was used the methodology LAC – acceptable changing limit. Using LAC, it was seen that most visited tracks in park already shows indications that its support capacities are near or trespassing own limits, what might affect the quality of visiting, visitor safety and result in environmental damage. So, the monitoring matrix of proposed tracks are important tools natural resource protection as it is able to help Park administration in the selection of management strategy witch make the park sustainability sure.