Para além da beleza dos montes: análise dialética da percepção social acerca do Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina

Abstract

Conservation Units are important instruments for the protection of natural resources. However, the process of creating these protected natural spaces alone is not enough to ensure the effective preservation of nature. Thus, it is up to environmental managers to find strategies to mitigate conflicts with some sectors of society, and thus consolidate these protected areas and environmental public policies. Since its creation, the Chapada Diamantina National Park has faced many problems with the resident community and the surrounding area, due to activities that are harmful to the environment, such as hunting, clandestine mining, disorderly tourism, agriculture, land regularization issues , etc. The present work seeks to understand the dynamics of this conflicting relationship from the point of view of the residents of the four municipalities that make up most of the territory of the National Park: Palmeiras, Lençóis, Andaraí and Mucugê. For this purpose, an assisted/semi-structured questionnaire and the Natural Semantic Network technique were used as research instruments. The results pointed to a considerable deficit of educommunication actions. However, the study also indicated a great desire for popular participation in the activities carried out by the National Park, which shows a good perspective of promoting greater interaction between the management of this Conservation Unit and the local community.