Zonas de amortecimento de Unidades de Conservação em ambientes urbanos sob a ótica territorial: reflexões, demandas e desafios

This article aims the demands and challenges related to the Buffer Zones of Protected Areas in urban areas, through the historical and legal contextualization of this "tool" of territorial planning and management. It focuses on a territorial approach of these Zones, addressing issues and challenges relevant to any Protected Areas in urban areas, and those specific to two "Urban Parks" in Rio de Janeiro, State Park Pedra Branca and Tijuca National Park, by deepening the analysis. We conclude that such zones are very important for Parks surrounded by urban areas, even though the interaction of actors and interests, and their consequent territorial reflexes, occur in very complex ways. In fact, such a scenario reinforces the need for this tool as a land planning and management tool, conflict mitigation and environmental conservation.