Efetividade de gestão da área de proteção ambiental Triunfo do Xingu: desafios de consolidação de uma unidade de conservação na região da Terra do Meio, Estado do Pará

Abstract

The APA Triunfo do Xingu is located in the region of the Terra do Meio southwest of Pará was established in 2006 with approximately 1,670,000 ha is embedded in a region with important remnants of Amazonian biodiversity. The region suffers major anthropogenic pressure, mainly by deforestation due to illegal logging, the advance of cattle and burned. The existence of a protected category in the APA in a region with high levels of environmental degradation and land grabbing as the region of Terra do Meio is hotly contested as an effective instrument to protect biodiversity and land use. The study aimed to develop and implement a model of management qualification of the APA Triunfo do Xingu based on the concept of effectiveness management in order to assess whether it is meeting the objectives that guided its creation. Indicators were developed and grouped into six themes: environmental management, economic, legal, political, institutional and socio-cultural, and subsequently qualified in three levels according to their respective scenarios. The result demonstrated the degree of management effectiveness of 54.3%, current conditions management APA Triunfo do Xingu were considered moderately satisfactory. The politico-institutional indicator was the best punctuated with 66.6%; indicator law and management had, respectively, the averages of 55.5% and 54.4%, sociocultural and environmental indicators had, respectively, the average 49.9% and 47.1%, and the economic indicators recorded an average of 33.3%, and the group with the worst performance management. There was a condition of high vulnerability of the APA Triunfo do Xingu does not guarantee its existence and long-term conservation objectives that guided its creation can hardly be achieved under these conditions.