Story of the Name of Restinga Jurubatiba National Park

Authors

  • Arthur Soffiati

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/2177-4560.20090003

Keywords:

Jurubatiba. Restinga ecosystem. Restinga de Jurubatiba National Park. Integral Protection Conservation Unit creation.

Abstract

This text recovers the story of an Integral Protection Conservation Unit situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: The Jurubatiba Shoal National Park (Restinga de Jurubatiba National Park), the best preserved shoal area in the world. Responsible for proposing the park’s name, the author discourses about name options taken into consideration when the National Park was created and also briefly reports on the importance of this regional ecosystem.

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Author Biography

  • Arthur Soffiati
    Professor do Instituto de Ciências da Sociedade e Desenvolvimento Regional da Universidade Federal Fluminense.

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Original articles

How to Cite

Story of the Name of Restinga Jurubatiba National Park. Boletim do Observatório Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego, [S. l.], v. 3, n. 1, p. 41–50, 2010. DOI: 10.5935/2177-4560.20090003. Disponível em: https://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/boletim/article/view/2177-4560.20090003.. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.