SISTEMAS SOCIOECOLÓGICOS E CONSERVAÇÃO DAS TARTARUGAS MARINHAS

Abstract

The idea of sustainable development is seen as one way of organizing the overall framework of efforts to preserve the biosphere, advance human achievement and achieve economic security, social justice and environmental justice around the world. The development is a new paradigm where qualitative gains and wealth redistributive measures could promote increased prosperity in society without necessarily depend on the growth in the economy, the increase in consumption and the expansion of production. However, it is necessary to develop practical and interdisciplinary ways to address the issues involved in sustainability. In this way attention should be given to individual and collective values and their impact on collective action if we are to proceed with the construction of the new field. The theory of resilience and socio-ecological systems opens a door in this direction, since it promotes joint action strategy between ecosystems and social systems at multiple scales, with governance, management and monitoring that feed back to work constantly adapting. In this context we observed the relationship of environmental conservation actions focused on species of sea turtles held in the Northeast of Brazil, next to a community that lives mainly from shrimp fishing. With seemingly conflicting interests between conservation and fishing, we evaluated the conservation regulations on the possibility of adopting flexibility and adaptability principles in addition to the shift in focus to critical ecosystem relationships that support a larger set of species. Also adapted an evaluation mechanism for sea turtle populations that can be applied to support the construction of conservation status assessments and action plans, considering resilience factors. Finally we interact with the community and conservation professionals seeking to understand the presence of indicators for conservation social resilience that can be strengthened or built in order to create a socio-ecological system with new conciliatory approach that increases the prospects of fishing and conservation on the long term.