Carlos Pinto-Gomes

Characteristics of Iona National Park’s visitors: Planning for ecotourism and sustainable development in Angola

Abstract To assess the characteristics of Iona National Park’s visitors, we analyzed secondary data and conducted a survey by administering face-to-face interviews. We used information referring to a total of 354 visitors to assess tourists’ personal characteristics (bio-data), their motivation for visiting, and their level of satisfaction. The majority of the visitors (60%) revealed a prevailing interest in natural and cultural attractions, and they predominantly fit a “wildlife tourist” profile. Within this profile, two possible different types of clientele were identified: (1) tourists who consider the visit as a learning opportunity but tend to exhibit low environmental and social awareness; and (2) visitors who consider the visit as a learning opportunity but also as a process where sustainability norms should be maintained. Using the study findings, we propose guidelines for the development of ecotourism in Iona National Park to advance sustainable development.

Búsqueda de indicadores de sostenibilidad para la región transfronteriza Alentejo-CentroExtremadura - OTALEX C

Dominguez, Maria Teresa et al.-- Sesion 03, S.03-11-O.-- Comunicacion oral presentada XI Congreso Nacional de la Asociacion Espanola de Ecologia Terrestre (Invitacion a la Ecologia: estrechando lazos con la sociedad), celebrado del 6-10, mayo, 2013, en Pamplona-Iruna, Espana.Poster, S.04-14-P, presentado en la Sesion 04: Quercus: decaimiento, regeneracion y gestion frente al cambio global, del citado congreso celebrado del 6-10 de mayo 2013, en Pamplona-Iruna, Espana.Sesion 04, S.04-05-P.-- Poster presentado al citado Congreso, celebrado del 6-10, mayo, 2013, en Pamplona-Iruna, Espana.

Current state of the Prunetalia spinosae communities in the centre and south of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal)

Abstract This paper re-examines the Rhamno-Prunetea class in the centre and south of the Iberian Peninsula, especially in Andalusia. The paper also deals with the alliances Pruno-Rubion ulmifolii Lonicero-Berberidion hispanicae in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, and Berberidion vulgaris (Berberidenion seroi) in the area of Cuenca. Our analysis of 225 relevés arranged in 22 phytosociological tables helped us to re-organize the available information and subsequently propose three associations and two subassociations: Clematido vitalbae-Rosetum micranthae nova; Berberido hispanicae-Buxetum sempervirentis nova; Roso siculae-Berberidetum hispanicae Mota nova subas. prunetosum ramburii Mota nova; Lonicero arboreae-Rhamnetum cathartici Martínez-Parras and Molero 1983 subas. prunetosum ranburii nova. As a result of the study, a total of 18 syntaxa with the rank of association and four with the rank of subassociation are proposed for the south of the Iberian Peninsula.

Le Teucrio salviastri—Quercetum rotundifoliae, nouvelle association forestière de chêne à feuilles rondes des montagnes du centre—nord du Portugal

Abstract Here is proposed a new Quercus rotundifolia Lam. forest association, silicicolous, upper mesomediterranean to supramediterranean, subhumid to humid, present in the « Estrelense, Toledano—tagano et Galaico-português » sectors, with a edaphoxerophilous character, named Teucrio salviastri—Quercetum rotundfoliae ass. nov. Their floristic, ecologic and dynamic particularities are exposed. Its also presented a comparison with the others holm—oak communities described in the Paeonio broteroi—Quercenion rotundifoliae Rivas-Martínez in Rivas-Martínez, Costa & Izco 1986 sub—alliance and ecologically present in the meso—and supramediterranean bioclimatic levels.