Nova ferramenta para gestão de Áreas de Protegidas:
mapeando assets e práticas de geração de valores.
qualificação com o artigo intitulado:
Protected Area Asset Assessment: Methods and Perspectives
Protected areas (PAs) are the most important tool for biodiversity conservation and have increased enormously in area and coverage over the last century. This expansion of the global PA estate has not been accompanied by a corresponding increase in financial investment, leaving many parks without sufficient resources to effectively implement their objectives. Moreover, in some parts of the world politicians and policy-makers are increasingly viewing PAs as opportunity costs that are limiting economic development. Combating these twin challenges (funding shortfalls and negative perceptions) requires that PAs: i) clearly demonstrate the multiple values (tangible and intangible) that they generate for society, and; ii) leverage their value-generating characteristics to attract external investment. A recent study suggested that the value-generating characteristics (‘assets’) of PAs can be conceptualized as five major classes: biophysical assets, human assets, infrastructure assets, institutional assets, and cultural assets. Here, we operationalize the PA asset framework and present a detailed assessment of assets approach for eight Environmental Protected Areas in northeastern Brazil.
Protected Areas, Natural Assets, Valuation.