Marcelo Martins Moura-Fé

Vegetação, unidades fitoecológicas e diversidade paisagística do estado do Ceará

article presents a review of the vegetation types occurring in Ceara state, Northeastern Brazil. We explain how climate and geomorphology have produced the different landscapes in Ceara and aim to characterize the main features, distribution and anthropogenic threats for each vegetation type. To achieve this we performed fieldwork and evaluated available maps and the literature in order to summarize the main attributes of each vegetation type. We also compiled floristic surveys for Ceara state and used multivariate analysis to compare the similarity of species composition among the different phytoecological units and to interpret the biogeographical patters observed.

Geoturismo: uma proposta de turismo sustentável e conservacionista para a Região Nordeste do Brasil

Geotourism is presented as a promising segment of tourism, ecotourism related with specific and essential to the conservation of geodiversity, in line with many precepts required for local economic development community features. The aim of this study is to analyze the geotourism and its fundamental precepts and applicable to the development of sustainable tourism and nature conservation in the Northeast region of Brazil, contemplating the strategic dimensions of this activity in the short, medium and long term - the interpretation of the landscape and promoting environmental education, as well as actual and potential examples of your existing deployment in the Northeast region. Geotourism, along with the other branches of sustainable tourism, appears as a real alternative for the development of the Northeast region and to improve the living conditions of local populations, since their implementation will take under conditions of efforts and investments. In addition, another policy of tourism development, an activity beyond the northeastern coast, fostering the development of the interior regions of the states, the municipalities in rural areas, contributing to greater regional integration is necessary.

Dunas móveis: áreas de preservação permanente?

The article deals with the relevance of the Dunes Mobile as permanent preservation areas (APP), despite this condition not be inserted in the Federal Law No. 12.651/2012, recently enacted and that is the New Forest Code. Despite its importance natural, geological, geographical, biological, ecological and landscape, among other things, now we can see a loophole in the state of Ceara that addresses a specific and clear protection of this significant natural feature present in many sectors of Ceara. Are presented and discussed key pieces on this theme in Brazilian environmental legislation. Methodologically were made a detailed analysis of the legislation on the subject, besides the literature concerning the analysis of this discussion, in addition to environmental characterization of the dunes. The paper presents the main objectives, the presentation and analysis of legal means for this condition of insecurity cool is reversed. As the article main results presented legal means as well as ample justification grounded in scientific and technical environmental importance of the dunes, so that they can be placed in context of the Environment legally protected under the penalty of seeing the occupation and this mischaracterization natural heritage irrevocably established.