Spacial and Temporal Variation of the Vegetation Cover of Atlantic Forest in the Environmental Protection Area of Guaraqueçaba in Paraná State, Brazil

Authors

  • Ana Cláudia de Paula Muller IPARDES
  • Oduvaldo Bessa Jr. ITCG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v17i0.13415

Keywords:

unidade de conservação, Área de Proteção Ambiental, floresta ombrófila densa, conservação da biodiversidade, Guaraqueçaba, Brasil, conservation unit, environmental protection area, Atlantic Forest, conservation, biodiversity, Brazil

Abstract

Owing to the urgent need to conserve ecosystems and in view of effective ways and legal actions takento reach such goal, this study intends to evaluate the physical, environmental and legal particularitiesof the Guaraqueçaba Environmental Protection Area (APA) in PR/Brazil. The Atlantic Forest biome isdominant in this area and is protected within a 315.241 ha sustainable use conservation area. This study tries to establish, through temporal and spacial assessment, the historical evolution of vegetation coverlevels and land use, in several periods of time (before and after the establishment of the APA), and thehigher or lesser importance of the conservationist action in this kind of protected area.

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Published

2008-06-06

How to Cite

Muller, A. C. de P., & Bessa Jr., O. (2008). Spacial and Temporal Variation of the Vegetation Cover of Atlantic Forest in the Environmental Protection Area of Guaraqueçaba in Paraná State, Brazil. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 17. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v17i0.13415

Issue

Vol. 17 (2008): Appropriation and Reappropriation of Nature

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