Environmental diagnosis of the Monument Natural Pedra do Cachorro, Pernambuco, Brazil | Diagnóstico ambiental do Monumento Natural Pedra do Cachorro, Pernambuco , Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Soares, Deivide Benício
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Moreira, Elvis Berguer Mariz, Nóbrega, Ranyére Silva, Guedes, Marilourdes Vieira, Ribeiro, Eberson Pessoa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Geama
• Texto Completo: https://www.journals.ufrpe.br/index.php/geama/article/view/815
• topic: Conservation Unit; caatinga; semiarid

The Conservation Unit Monument Natural Pedra do Cachorro, located in Pernambuco Agreste, helped to increase the representativeness of the Caatinga legally protected in the state of Pernambuco, reconcile the preservation of biological diversity and the use of natural resources with ecotourism and tourism adventure already developed in the region with great potential for expansion. This protected area was established by a state decree in 2014, but were not realized, until now, environmental diagnostics to characterize the natural environment of this area, nor was it prepared its management plan. The objective of this work is then present the main environmental characteristics of the Monument Natural Pedra do Cachorro, regarding the physical and biotic environment. It is expected also that this text will serve as a basis for further technical studies to be conducted in this Conservation Unit.