Diagnóstico do sistema de gestão dos parques naturais municipais do norte do Rio Grande do Sul

The situation of the majority of national parks in the country remains irregular, even years after the establishment of the first Conservation Unit. New regulations and current laws still do not guarantee the best management system of these areas, which are inadequately offered to public use. The objective of this research is to evaluate the management system of Conservation Units of the category “Natural City Parks” in the north region of Rio Grande do Sul. Four factors were analyzed during the survey and diagnosis of the current management of these parks: environmental, social, economic/financial and institutional. By means of questionnaires given to managers and visits to the areas, some positive and negative aspects in each of the parks were analyzed as ways of understanding the existing problems, so that future action can be efficiently taken in order to preserve the protected areas in the north region of Rio Grande do Sul State.