The Birdwatching Potential in the Parnaíba Delta Environmental Protection Area (Piauí, Brazil)

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Francisco das Chagas Vieira
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Lima, Luciana Batista, Nascimento, Muryllo dos Santos, Braga, Solano de Souza, Guzzi, Anderson
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Ecoturismo
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/ecoturismo/article/view/6731
• topic: ecoturismo; Delta do Parnaíba; birdwatching.

This article presents birdwatching as a possibility to diversify the ecotourism activities developed in the Environmental Preservation Area (EPA) of the Parnaíba Delta, located in the state of Piauí. The objective of this work was to analyze the potential of the EPA for the implementation of this activity as a supplement for environmental conservation and source of income for local populations. The field record of the species, as well as the survey of basic infrastructure and local tourism, pointed out the tourist potential of the identified avifauna that should be strengthened. In this way, it becomes necessary the mobilization and motivation of the local population to know the birds that are part of the landscape so that products related to birdwatching can be developed, such as handicrafts or printed information guides on the local birds. It is believed that the participation of the public power is essential in the promotion of a route of birdwatching, as well as in the maintenance of existing natural reserves.