Evaluation of the Paraguayan System of Protected Areas After 24 Years of Its Implementation
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2020 |
| Descripción: | [Introduction]:The National System of Wild Protected Areas of Paraguay (SINASIP) was created by Law 352 in 1994 to bring order to the country's protected areas. Since 1954, a total of 102 protected areas have been created. The category with the greatest quantity of protected areas is "Nature Reserve," quadruple the number of National Parks and Natural Monuments. The measurement of the success of SINASIP was initially presented in a simplistic way, based on periods of surface expansion, including the objectionable Biosphere Reserves. [Objective]: This study evaluated the SINASIP in relation to the national coverage, the management categories, and a simple analysis of implementation levels. [Methodology]: The legal bodies of creation, modification, or derogation of each protected area were analyzed. [Results]:The patterns found in relation to the increase or decrease in the surface area of the system and its causes were discussed, and strong deficiencies were found in the creation process. The decrease in terms of the system's surface area is associated with a lack of adequate management, political causes, and land claims. There is a tendency in changing areas from strict conservation categories to less restrictive categories, totaling some 420,326 hectares. The average level of implementation in terms of the five criteria does not reach 50%. There are at least 13 wild protected areas and two categories without implementation; a further five other categories have less than 30% implementation. [Conclusions]: Urgent attention and an appropriate administration are required, especially in terms of restructuring and implementing successful models with multisectoral and participatory management. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/14036 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/14036 |
| Palabra clave: | Biosphere Reserve; Category; Governance; Management of conservation unit Categorías; Gobernanza; Manejo de Unidades de Conservación; Reserva de Biósfera. categorias; governança; manejo de unidades de conservação; reserva de Biosfera. |