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PELAG (Parque Estadual Lagoa do Açu)

by edited byMaria das Graças Machado Freire (2022)

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O livro “PELAG: uma beleza a ser desvendada” propõe uma apresentação, dos ecossistemas de restinga, ou seja, de formações nativas associadas à Mata Atlântica características de uma faixa de areia bem próxima ao mar. No norte fluminense, os movimentos que propiciam tanto a degradação quanto a preservação deste ecossistema afloram cada vez mais fortes no contexto socioambiental e não sabemos qual prevalecerá. Muito da história ainda não foi contada e muito se perdeu. As restingas guardam, além das memórias, grande diversidade de plantas, animais e microrganismos que ainda não conhecemos. O livro “PELAG: uma beleza a ser desvendada” será dividido em quatro partes, nas quais pretendemos registrar a história natural e social da restinga de Paraíba do Sul, a formação da planície fluviomarinha dos Goytacazes, com especial atenção para o rio Iguaçu, que deu origem à lagoa do Açu, a ocupação progressiva da restinga a partir do século XVII, com ênfase nas obras realizadas pelo DNOS e o atual sistema de gestão das águas. Queremos também levantar as propostas de criação de uma unidade de conservação na restinga de Paraíba do Sul, culminando com a instalação do Porto do Açu e do PELAG, que prioriza a conservação de ecossistemas nativos, como lagoas costeiras, restinga e manguezal e por fim registrar as aves do PELAG, que foram subdivididas em categorias, de acordo com a preferência por habitats, em aves de ambientes florestais, de ambientes abertos naturais ou antropizados, de ambientes marinho-costeiros e ambientes úmidos lagunares e brejosos. The book “PELAG: a beauty to be unveiled” offers a presentation of the restinga’s ecosystems, that is: of the native formations associated to the Atlantic Forest biome, and which are typically found in a sand strip quite close to the ocean. Regarding this ecosystem, in northern Rio de Janeiro state, movements that promote either its degradation or preservation have continuously become stronger in the social-environmental contexto – and we don’t know which will prevail. Much of the story has not yet been told, and much History is lost. Besides memories, restingas keep a great diversity of plants, animals and microorganisms that we are still not acquainted with. The book “PELAG: a beauty to be unveiled” is divided in four sections in which we register the natural and social histories of the Paraíba do Sul restinga; the formation of the Goytacazes fluviomarine plain – with special attentionto the Iguaçu river, which formed the Açu lake; the progressive restinga occupation from the 17th century on – with emphasis to the construction work performed by the DNOS; and the current water management system. We also found it relevant to go through previous proposals aiming to establish a conservation unit in the Paraíba do Sul restinga: proposals that culminated with the creation of the Porto do Açu and the PELAG itself. We emphasize how PELAG focuses on the native ecosystems’ conservation – such as coastal lakes, restingas and mangroves –, and also register PELAG’s bird species by classifying them in categories according to their habitat preferences, that is: birds from forest, open natural or anthropized, coastal-marine, and lake and wetland humid environments.

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