EVALUATION OF PROTECTED AREA EXPANSION IN THE CASE OF THE SERRA DOS ÓRGÃOS NATIONAL PARK, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Georg Meier; Hartmut  Gaese; Jackson  Roehrig

doi:10.26512/2236-56562008e39838

Autores/as

Georg Meier ITT – Institute for Technology in the Tropics at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences
Hartmut Gaese ITT – Institute for Technology in the Tropics at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences
Jackson Roehrig ITT – Institute for Technology in the Tropics at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26512/2236-56562008e39838

Palabras clave:

Serra dos Órgãos National Park, protected area expansion, urban growth, suitability analysis, fuzzy sets, multi-criteria evaluation

Resumen

Manmade fragmentation of the Brazilian Atlantic forest poses a serious threat to the biodiversity of the various ecosystems of this unique biome. To counteract this fragmentation process, the Serra dos Órgãos National Park initiated an expansion project aiming at the inclusion of the adjacent Serra da Estrela mountain range into the National Park area. This work analyzes this region from two different points of view to define the most suitable expansion possibility. The protection suitability evaluation assesses the individual landscape patches according to their ecological value. The urbanization suitability evaluation assesses the same landscape patches according to their suitability for future urban growth. To calculate the suitability for protection, as well as urbanization, the method of Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) is applied. The results of the two suitability evaluations are combined and analyzed to identify core areas and conflict zones of the potential expansion area of the National Park.

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