Open AccessDesengano State Park: history, economy and society
Author(s) -
Arthur Soffiati
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
boletim do observatório ambiental alberto ribeiro lamego
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2177-4560
pISSN - 1981-6197
DOI - 10.5935/2177-4560.20090004
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , ecosystem , style (visual arts) , unit (ring theory) , geography , history , cultural history , economy , ethnology , archaeology , economic history , ecology , psychology , economics , algorithm , computer science , mathematics education , biology
essay situates in historical and cultural terms the Desengano Park, a Conservation Unit that protects important native ecosystems. The author also describes transformed and anthropized ecosystems located near and inside the CU, relating in a touching mood the saga of local native people, whose relationship with nature has been changed since colonialist life style was installed in the northern region of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, thus suffering from a process of continuous destruction. The importance of the area regarding water resources in the Imbé/Ururaí/Lagoa Feia system is evidenced by images taken by the author, who also registered the negative impacts that have affected the CU in the last decades.