Plant blindness on climbing trails in Rio de Janeiro City Conservation Units

The city of Rio de Janeiro presents several rocky outcrops, considered climbing sites, but presenting a characteristic, complex and sensitive flora. The present study aimed to survey flora and climber knowledge concerning the local vegetation in three Conservation Units in the city. A total of 44 species from 19 botanical families were identified by our group in climbing and track trails. As climbers are important users of these routes, 60 responded questionnaires to identify the possible presence of botanical blindness. Over 90% of the interviewed climbers understood the importance of conservation units and see the plants surrounding the trails, but were unable to identify most species. Therefore, plant blindness was identified, despite climber respect for nature. In addition, gaps were noted concerning climbing course contents on Botany and Environment in the assessed protected areas.

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UNIDADES DE CONSERVAÇÃO CARIOCAS: HISTÓRICO E CENÁRIO ATUAL

Oecologia Australis ◽

10.4257/oeco.2020.2404.12 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (04) ◽

pp. 890-902

Author(s):

Bruna Lobo de Mattos Bezerra ◽

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Paula Koeler Lira

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Forest Cover ◽

Management Plan ◽

Management Tool ◽

Conservation Units ◽

Management Plans ◽

Management Responsibility ◽

The City

Protected areas are the main strategy for biodiversity conservation. The Atlantic Forest is a biodiversity hotspot therefore a priority site for establishing protected areas. This work describes the history and current scenario of the Conservation Units (UCs – Unidades de Conservação in Portuguese) – as protected areas are called in Brazil – in Rio de Janeiro municipality. Therefore, this study reports the process of UCs creation in Rio de Janeiro, analyzes how they are distributed among the different categories of the Brazilian National Protected Areas System and spatially throughout the city and, finally, verifies if UCs have a management plan and how they were elaborated. The process of UCs establishment in Rio de Janeiro seems to reflect the world growing concern about environmental issues which resulted in changes in the Brazilian environmental policies. Currently, 24% of the city area is covered by forests and 67% of this forest cover is inside its 60 UCs. This scenario is not as positive as it sounds: (1) half of Rio de Janeiro UCs belongs to a category which might be of little efficiency in conserving biodiversity, (2) the existence of these UCs does not guarantee biodiversity conservation as many seem to be “paper parks” and only 25% of the UCs have its most relevant management tool and (3) most UCs overlap among each other which can lead to uncertainties regarding the management responsibility of the areas that they share. Considering that the city has forest cover below the minimum quantity to maintain biodiversity integrity, the effectiveness of its UCs have to be maximized. This requires that Rio de Janeiro UCs have their limits revised to eliminate their overlaps and have an appropriate management guided through well-designed and frequently updated management plans.

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Parque Natural Municipal da Paisagem Carioca: ecoturismo e sustentabilidade

Revista Brasileira de Ecoturismo (RBEcotur) ◽

10.34024/rbecotur.2014.v7.6388 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Laura Sinay ◽

Maria Cristina Fogliatti de Sinay ◽

Ingrid Almeida de Barros Pena

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Protected Area ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Biological Research ◽

The Public ◽

Natural Park ◽

Long Course ◽

The City ◽

Janeiro City

Por conta dos megaeventos, da relativa pacificação da cidade e do consequente aumento do fluxo turístico no Rio de Janeiro, foi previsto que o número de visitantes nas áreas protegidas cariocas duplicará entre 2012 e 2014, trazendo novos desafios à gestão das unidades de conservação do Rio de Janeiro. Assim, diferentes estratégias estão sendo colocadas em prática para aumentar a efetividade da conservação, quais sejam a criação do Mosaico Carioca, grupo gestor que cuida da gestão conjunta das quase trinta áreas protegidas da cidade, a implantação de uma trilha de longo curso e a redefinição dos limites das unidades já criadas. Nesse contexto, a Secretaria Municipal de Meio Ambiente e Conservação do Rio solicitou à Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO um estudo sobre o uso público e sobre diferentes estratégias de gestão para três unidades justapostas e praticamente abandonadas pelo poder público, as Áreas de Proteção Ambiental dos Morros São João e Babilônia e Leme e Urubu, e do Parque Estadual do Chacrinha. Esse estudo foi o 1o a especificamente diagnosticar os usos dessa ‘ilha natural’ em meio a urbes carioca e a propor a união dessas três unidades em um Parque, fundamentado nas potencialidades do ecoturismo, incluindo a proteção da natureza, a educação ambiental e a geração de emprego e renda para a população do entorno. Esse Parque, denominado Parque Natural Municipal da Paisagem Carioca, foi criado pelo prefeito do Rio de Janeiro em Junho de 2013, sendo o 1o no Brasil a ser criado com base em estudos sociais / turísticos e não em estudos biológicos / ambientais, rompendo, assim, um velho paradigma. Este artigo apresenta alguns dos resultados do estudo mencionado. Tendo como foco o uso público atual, a saber ecoturismo, educação ambiental e atividades de lazer ao ar livre, este artigo apresenta as três unidades e avalia cinco diferentes estratégias de gestão. Municipal Natural Park of Carioca Landscape (RJ, Brazil): ecotourism and sustainability ABSTRACT Due to the megaevents planned for the next years, to the pacification of the city and to the consequent increase in the tourism flow visiting the city of Rio de Janeiro, it was foreseen that the number of visitors in the cariocas’ protected areas would duplicate between 2012 and 2014, bringing new challenges to the management of the mentioned areas. Thus, different strategies to increase the effectiveness of conservation are being applied. For example, a management group, namely Carioca Mosaic, was established to allow joint management of Rio’s thirty protected areas, a long course track is being implemented and the limits of the areas are being redefined. In this context, the Environment and Conservation Department of the Rio de Janeiro City requested to the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO studies about the public use and management of three protected areas largely abandoned by the public power. These units are: São João and Babilonia Mounts Protected Area, Leme and Urubu Mounts Protected Area and the Chacrinha State Park. This present study is the first one to diagnose the use of this "natural island" and to propose their junction in one Park. This proposal was based on ecotourism potentialities, such as the protection of nature, environmental education and of job and income generation for nearby populations. This article presents the three mentioned protected areas and the evaluation of five different management strategies, pointing out the best one of then, which was the creation of the Municipal Natural Park of the Carioca Landscape, already inaugurated by the major of the Rio de Janeiro City in June 2013. This is the first Brazilian Park created based on tourism social studies and not on environmental and biological research, breaking, thus, an old paradigm. In this paper, the three natural areas are presented and five different managerial strategies are evaluated. KEYWORDS: Protected Areas; Ecotourism; Adaptive Management.

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Evaluation of collaborative strategies for ecotourism and recreational activities in natural parks of Rio de Janeiro

Revista de Administração Pública ◽

10.1590/s0034-76122010000500005 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 44 (5) ◽

pp. 1097-1123 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marcos Cohen ◽

Jorge Ferreira da Silva

Keyword(s):

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Environmental Conservation ◽

Participatory Management ◽

Conservation Units ◽

Management Guidelines ◽

Social Actors ◽

Natural Parks ◽

Collaborative Strategies ◽

Ecological Tourism ◽

The City

In the city of Rio de Janeiro, the management agencies of environmental conservation units of the park type have been attempting to meet five primary objectives set by the National System for Conservation Units (NSCU), using participatory management guidelines for these units. Two of these objectives relate to the development of recreation activities that involve contact with nature and ecological tourism. This article presents the analyses and conclusions regarding the implementation of collaborative strategies with businesses to achieve such objectives; it is part of a series of research studies having a broader scope. Case studies were conducted in eight parks by means of dozens of interviews with managers and other interested social actors, as well as by documentary research and direct observation. The results suggest that the ecotourism objective is still far from being reached, and that the collaborative strategies used are not sufficient to compensate for the organizational, material and human limitations that encumber these agencies. It was also concluded for the sample that there lacks a strategic vision on the part of the three branches of government involved in the management of these parks in the sense of viewing ecotourism in the city's conservation units as a powerful means to foster local sustainable development.

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Space-time clusters of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika cases in the city of Rio de Janeiro

10.1101/521591 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Laís Picinini Freitas ◽

Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz ◽

Rachel Lowe ◽

Marilia Sá Carvalho

Keyword(s):

Vector Control ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Space Time ◽

Scan Statistics ◽

Scan Statistic ◽

Timely Manner ◽

The North ◽

Spatio Temporal ◽

The City ◽

Janeiro City

AbstractBrazil is a dengue-endemic country where all four dengue virus serotypes circulate and cause seasonal epidemics. Recently, chikungunya and Zika viruses were also introduced. In Rio de Janeiro city, the three diseases co-circulated for the first time in 2015-2016, resulting in what is known as the ‘triple epidemic’. In this study, we identify space-time clusters of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, to understand the dynamics and interaction between these simultaneously circulating arboviruses in a densely populated and heterogeneous city.We conducted a spatio-temporal analysis of weekly notified cases of the three diseases in Rio de Janeiro city (July 2015 – January 2017), georeferenced by 160 neighbourhoods, using Kulldorff’s scan statistic with discrete Poisson probability models.There were 26549, 13662, and 35905 notified cases of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, respectively. The 17 dengue clusters and 15 Zika clusters were spread all over the city, while the 14 chikungunya clusters were more concentrated in the North and Downtown areas. Zika clusters persisted over a longer period of time. The multivariate scan statistic – used to analyse the three diseases simultaneously – detected 17 clusters, nine of which included all three diseases.This is the first study exploring space-time clustering of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in an intraurban area. In general, the clusters did not coincide in time and space. This is probably the result of the competition between viruses for host resources, and of vector-control attitudes promoted by previous arbovirus outbreaks. The main affected area – the North region – is characterised by a combination of high population density and low human development index, highlighting the importance of targeting interventions in this area. Spatio-temporal scan statistics have the potential to direct interventions to high-risk locations in a timely manner and should be considered as part of the municipal surveillance routine as a tool to optimize prevention strategies.Author summaryDengue, an arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, has been endemic in Brazil for decades, but vector-control strategies have not led to a significant reduction in the disease burden and were not sufficient to prevent chikungunya and Zika entry and establishment in the country. In Rio de Janeiro city, the first Zika and chikungunya epidemics were detected between 2015-2016, coinciding with a dengue epidemic. Understanding the behaviour of these diseases in a triple epidemic scenario is a necessary step for devising better interventions for prevention and outbreak response. We applied scan statistics analysis to detect spatio-temporal clustering for each disease separately and for all three simultaneously. In general, clusters were not detected in the same locations and time periods, possibly due to competition between viruses for host resources, and change in behaviour of the human population (e.g. intensified vector-control activities in response to increasing cases of a particular arbovirus). Neighbourhoods with high population density and social vulnerability should be considered as important targets for interventions. Particularly in the North region, where clusters of the three diseases exist and the first chikungunya cluster occurred. The use of space-time cluster detection can direct intensive interventions to high-risk locations in a timely manner.

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Bats from the Pedra Branca Forest, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Biodiversity Data Journal ◽

10.3897/bdj.9.e77400 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Jonatas Tavares ◽

Roberto Novaes ◽

Iuri Veríssimo ◽

Maria Alice Kuzel ◽

Sócrates da Costa-Neto ◽

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Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Urban Forest ◽

Conservation Units ◽

Biological Station ◽

Natural Park ◽

Forest Remnants ◽

Janeiro City ◽

Biological Reserve

The Pedra Branca Forest is located in a highly-urbanised region of the central portion of Rio de Janeiro City, comprises the largest urban forest on the continent and is isolated from other Atlantic Forest remnants. The local flora and fauna are protected by three conservation units (Pedra Branca State Park, Prainha Municipal Natural Park and Guaratiba State Biological Reserve) and one biological station (Fiocruz Atlantic Forest Biological Station—EFMA). Here, we provide an updated list of the bat fauna for the remnant. The results are based on samplings at EFMA and literature data from Pedra Branca State Park and Prainha Natural Park. The three sampling sites combined resulted in 31 species, 23 genera and four families. Phyllostomidae was the richest family with 24 species, followed by Vespertilionidae with five species (3%) and Molossidae and Noctilionidae with one species. The local bat fauna was predominantly composed of species with a broad geographic distribution.

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Chironomid larvae inhabiting bromeliad phytotelmata in a fragment of the Atlantic Rainforest in Rio de Janeiro State

Brazilian Journal of Biology ◽

10.1590/s1519-69842010000300015 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 70 (3) ◽

pp. 587-592 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

VM. Sodré ◽

O. Rocha ◽

MC. Messias

Keyword(s):

Rain Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Metropolitan Areas ◽

First Record ◽

Atlantic Rain Forest ◽

Chironomid Larvae ◽

Numerical Abundance ◽

The City ◽

Janeiro State ◽

Janeiro City

A study of chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) occurring in phytotelmata of Bromeliaceae was carried out in a fragment of the Atlantic Rain Forest in an area of the city of Magé, Pau Grande, one of the metropolitan areas of Rio de Janeiro City, during a period of 13 months between September 2006 and September 2007. Eight samplings were performed at intervals of 1 ½ months and the content of the phytotelmata of the bromeliad species Neoregelia concentrica (Vellozo) L.B. Smith, 1934 and Aechmea nudicaulis (Linnaeus) Grisebach, 1864, were examined. A taxonomical inventory and evaluation of the numerical abundance of Chironomidae larvae were performed in 50 specimens of the bromeliads, being 13 individuals of N. concentrica and 37 of A. nudicaulis. Three taxa of Chironomidae belonging to three distinct subfamilies were recorded: Polypedilum sp., Orthocladiinae genus A and Monopelopia sp. A total of 293 individuals of Chironomidae, were recorded, being 9 Polypedilum sp., 233 Orthocladiinae genus A, and 51 Monopelopia sp., the latter representing the first record of Monopelopia in phytotelmata in Rio de Janeiro State. Considering all samples, a mean density of 3.32 ± 2.62 chironomid larvae per phytotelmata was recorded. There was a positive relationship between the chironomid abundance and both precipitation and the volume of water in the phytotelmata. Apparently there is no preference by the chironomids regarding the colonistion of the bromeliad species.

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PRIORIDADES PARA ÔNIBUS NOS PLANOS DE SINCRONISMO: O CASO DO RIO DE JANEIRO

TRANSPORTES ◽

10.14295/transportes.v4i1.293 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Paulo Cezar Martins Ribeiro

Keyword(s):

Field Trial ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

City Centre ◽

Signal Timing ◽

Traffic Situation ◽

Bus Priority ◽

Traffic Composition ◽

The Uk ◽

The City ◽

Janeiro City

O objetivo deste artigo e descrever os resultados alcançados na implantação dos planos semafóricos calculados pelo programa TRANSYT, sugeridos pelo manual do programa, quando prioridades para os ônibus nas vias principais do Rio de Janeiro são consideradas nos cálculos. Os critérios e facilidades apresentados no programa para estas prioridades tiveram como base o comportamento do trafego na Inglaterra e Escócia, onde o programa foi desenvolvido e modelado. São realizadas comparações entre a composição típica do trafego na Inglaterra e no Brasil, realizadas analises das experiências de priorizar ônibus (ou outro tipo veículo) em outras situações e países. E feita uma analise dos resultados obtidos na implantação de planos de sincronismo com prioridades para ônibus, conforme recomendado pelo manual do TRANSYT, através da comparação de várias situações relativas às simulações dos padrões e modelos de trafego, bem como tipos de planos de sincronismo simulados. Finalmente são apresentadas as soluções temporárias encontradas para o uso dos pianos de sincronismo e a indicação da necessidade de estudos específicos para a solução definitiva do problema.ABSTRACTThis paper describes the results achieved when signal timing plans calculated by the TRANSYT program with bus priority are used with the values suggested by the program manual. The field trial was in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The criteria and facilities presented by the program manual for that kind of priority were based on the behavior of the traffic in the UK where the program was developed and modeled. There are comparisons between the traffic composition in the UK and 13razil, analysis of the previous experiences in bus (or other kind of vehicles) priorities, in other type of traffic situation and countries. There is an analysis of the results achieved when the signal timing plans calculated as the manual of TRANSYT suggests are implemented in the Rio de Janeiro city centre. This is made by comparisons between several scenarios regarding different patterns of traffic and traffic signal plans. Finally, it is presented temporary solutions to be used in the calculation of signal timing plans and the need for research required for more permanent achievements.

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Uso de áreas de proteção Ambiental: o caso do manguezal da Apa de Guapimirim

GEOgraphia ◽

10.22409/geographia2006.v8i16.a13524 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 8 (16) ◽

Author(s):

André Luiz Magalhães Botelho ◽

Luiz Renato Vallejo

Keyword(s):

Environmental Risk ◽

Protected Area ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Great Part ◽

Conservation Units ◽

Industrial Sources ◽

Janeiro City

Não obstante a legislação protecionista, estima-se que grande parte da população das metrópoles brasileiras viva dentro de Unidades de Conservação ou em seuentorno, sobretudo nas regiões costeiras e estuarinas. Esta proximidade expõe tais áreas ao risco ambienta1 devido, principalmente, à inadequada disposição de efluentes e detritos tanto domésticos quanto industriais, bem como ao seu uso e ocupação irregulares. Na APA de Guapimirim esta situação é bem caracterizada e definida por sua proximidade à cidade do Rio de Janeiro e agravada pela expansão dos municípios da Baixada Fluminense iniciada na década de 70. Abstract Despite protective legislation, it is esteemed that great part of Brazilian metropolitan population lives inside Conservation Units or in its surroundings, especially in coastal and estuary regions. This proximity exposes those areas to environmental risk, especially because inadequate remains and effluent disposal, from domestic or industrial sources, as well as its irregular use and occupation. In Guapirnirirn Law Protected Area this situation is well characterized and defined by its proximity to Rio de Janeiro city and it is aggravated with the expansion of Fluminense Lowlands municipal districts since the 70's.

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Uso de áreas de proteção Ambiental: o caso do manguezal da Apa de Guapimirim

GEOgraphia ◽

10.22409/geographia2006.816.a13524 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 8 (16) ◽

Author(s):

André Luiz Magalhães Botelho ◽

Luiz Renato Vallejo

Keyword(s):

Environmental Risk ◽

Protected Area ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Great Part ◽

Conservation Units ◽

Industrial Sources ◽

Janeiro City

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STRATEGY FOR EXTRACTION OF FOURSQUARE’S SOCIAL MEDIA GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THROUGH DATA MINING

Boletim de Ciências Geodésicas ◽

10.1590/s1982-21702019000100005 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Paula Fernandez Costa ◽

Irving da Silva Badolato ◽

Rogério Luís Ribeiro Borba ◽

Julia Celia Mercedes Strauch

Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Hot Spot ◽

Spatial Analyses ◽

Data Filtering ◽

Historic Sites ◽

Using Data ◽

The City ◽

South Zone ◽

Janeiro City

Abstract This aim of this paper is the acquisition of geographic data from the Foursquare application, using data mining to perform exploratory and spatial analyses of the distribution of tourist attraction and their density distribution in Rio de Janeiro city. Thus, in accordance with the Extraction, Transformation, and Load methodology, three research algorithms were developed using a tree hierarchical structure to collect information for the categories of Museums, Monuments and Landmarks, Historic Sites, Scenic Lookouts, and Trails, in the foursquare database. Quantitative analysis was performed of check-ins per neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro city, and kernel density (hot spot) maps were generated The results presented in this paper show the need for the data filtering process - less than 50% of the mined data were used, and a large part of the density of the Museums, Historic Sites, and Monuments and Landmarks categories is in the center of the city; while the Scenic Lookouts and Trails categories predominate in the south zone. This kind of analysis was shown to be a tool to support the city's tourist management in relation to the spatial localization of these categories, the tourists’ evaluations of the places, and the frequency of the target public.

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