Management of Protected Areas

experiences and reflections on Conservation Units

Abstract

This study attempts to make a methodological process for deepening the knowledge that discerns protected areas involving: its history, type, category, conflicts, resources, management plan, management, etc., to carry out methodological routes and evaluation methods view to understanding the complexity of their management. Four protected areas were visited: State Park, Ecological Station, Environmental Protection Area and UFMG Ecological Station, respectively, characterized in Integral Protection and Sustainable Use category for a broader knowledge of witnessed differences. The observed scenario shows the state level in protected areas need greater support to management, because mostly have management plan outdated and few resources still must perform the supervision and management of large areas very important to the context of conservation of biodiversity and also cultural. Despite the great knowledge of each manager and the search for the best application for conservation of the protected area, there is concern that these aspects are at the national level and to occur a significant change even with good management and there is the definition of goals to be achieved, the support on all scales of management should be viewed with higher affinity.