The Serra Fina Trail and The Challenges for its Public UseLandscape geocology - Recreation ecology - Public use - Protected Area - Environmental impacts
This research aims to verify and analyze a challenging scenario for public use of the APA in Serra da Mantiqueira, in the Serra Fina sector. In a scenario of mountains, rocks, springs, attitude fields and foggy forests, the impact on natural resources, resulting from the use of the Serra da Fina crossing and via Paiolinho Trail, are located in a protected area. sustainable use. Unique mountains, scenic beauties, panoramic landscapes, geological heritage, water cradle, ecology, biodiversity hotspot, ecosystem services are some of the adjectives of the Sierra Fina. Unfortunately, the uncontrolled use of the trails, coupled with the lack of resources for planning and management of the unit, are determining factors for the impacts. Because it is an area with little research, especially on this subject, this survey serves as a kind of inventory of changes in the trails. A methodology adapted as trail resources and singularities is being employed and divided into three approaches: a conservation unit, existing legal instruments and data, observable field effects, inspired by the LAC - Limits of Acceptable Change (1985) methodologies, VIM - Visitor Impact Management (1990) and MIV - Visitation Impact Management (ICMBio, 2011) and a third focus on visitor experience, measured by applying a questionnaire on test performance and user behavior. The data captured and surveyed in the field will be modeled with the help of geotechnology. This modeling seeks to spatially characterize the different types of impact, identify the most impacted sites and how many affect the visitor experience. The expected results of this case study may contribute to the unit's planning and management, and research in landscape geoecology and recreation ecology