Abstract

ZANATTO, Vinícius; STEINKE, Valdir  and  VIEIRA, António. Geotourism Impacts in Terra Ronca Cave, Goiás, Brazil. GOT [online]. 2019, n.16, pp.391-414. ISSN 2182-1267.  https://doi.org/10.17127/got/2019.16.017.

The practice of geotourism has been disseminated and multiplied, by its ability of promote a true knowledge of the geodiversity values present in the different territories, increasing the development of areas with high and diversified value in terms of geomorphological, geological and other abiotic elements. However, this development has not been carried out without significant impacts on geodiversity and on local communities. The present work aims to identify and characterize the impacts of geotourism in the region of Terra Ronca, namely in the main cave, also called Terra Ronca. The procedures adopted consisted in the application of a protocol for rapid assessment of impacts on cave environments, complemented by interviews with the local population and people involved in the management of conservation units and supported by a bibliographic review. The results showed that geotourism has been developed in a disordered way, allowing the loss of local geodiversity.

Keywords : Impact Assessment; Geodiversity; Terra Ronca State Park; Conservation Units; Geoheritage.

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