Subsídios técnicos para nortear a gestão da APA do Juá, Santarém-PA.

Abstract

Protected urban areas are as important as other categories of protection, as they provide ecosystem services, promote species protection, and support the local economy. Thus, the Juá Environmental Protection Area (Juá EPA) plays a significant socio-environmental role for the Municipality of Santarém. This study aimed to develop guiding technical support for a management proposal for the Juá EPA. To achieve this, the perceptions, expectations, and demands of various stakeholders associated to the Juá EPA regarding the use of the territory were identified through semi-structured interviews. Additionally, the potential connectivity of the Juá EPA with other protected areas was analyzed using landscape metrics from the Municipality of Santarém and the Juá EPA, and by calculating the distance matrix of the APA do Juá in relation to other protected areas in the Municipality of Santarém. This information served as the basis for proposing an ecological corridor for the Juá EPA. Furthermore, good management practices were proposed for the Juá EPA based on available technical and legal information. The analyzed data presented results such as the multiple uses of the Juá EPA by various social actors, highlighted the fragmentation process of the Municipality of Santarém, the need to expand the conservation unit and establish connectivity between the Juá EPA and other protected areas through an ecological corridor, and indicated that the consolidation of the conservation unit depends on the implementation of the Management Plan. Therefore, the data presented in this work make an important contribution to improving the management of the Juá EPA and its consolidation process.

Keywords: Amazonia, Tapajós River, environmental management, forest fragmentation, nature conservation.