Avaliação da criação de unidades de conservação na Caatinga

Abstract

The priority areas for conservation are one of the instruments of public policy aimed at making decisions and measures that are appropriate for the conservation of ecosystems. It is the identification of areas for the implementation of measures such as the creation of Conservation Units. This work aimed to analyze whether the Conservation Units created during the period of the 1st and 2nd update of priority areas for conservation have a larger area within priority areas whose main action was the creation of Conservation Units, as well as within priority areas with highest priority for action and biological importance. The data were analyzed and processed using the multiplatform geographic information system, QGIS 3.14. It was observed that the creation of Conservation Units is in part not following the established patterns of priority actions.