Fauna and flora of Palmas Airport (TO Brazil): an alert for its conservation

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Mariana Carla de
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Silva, Kellen Lagares Ferreira, Oliveira, Tulio Dornas de, de Abreu, Fernanda Brito, Seibert, Carla Simone
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Ecoturismo
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/ecoturismo/article/view/7920
• topic: Aeroporto; Conservação; Flora; Fauna; Ecoturismo; Airport; Conservation; Flora; Fauna; Ecotourism

The Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues Airport, in Palmas / TO, was established in 2001 in one of the largest heritage areas of Brazil, composed mainly of green areas where dozens of species of flora and fauna live. Despite the initial impact, with the construction of the airport, no study was carried out to evaluate if fauna and flora were conserved, with their operation, over the last years. Therefore, the objective of this work was to verify the conservation conditions of the fauna and flora of the patrimonial area of ​​the Airport, with a view to ecological tourism. The conservation of the flora was evaluated by remote sensing and the fauna by active search and documentary research, in the records of the airport and CENIPA, for the years 2014, 2016 and 2018. The results demonstrated the conservation of flora in the patrimonial area of ​​the airport and several representatives of the fauna, yet still at risk of future impacts. As an alert, we highlight the need for the airport area of ​​Palmas to develop ecotourism activities, allowing greater contact of the population with this natural environment, with a view to its conservation.