Geodiversidade do Complexo Estuarino-lagunar Mundaú-Manguaba, porção sul da região metropolitana de Maceió, Estado de Alagoas, Nordeste do Brasil

Abstract

Planning and territorial management, over the last decades, has been expanding the range of study methodology; this has been done through integrated management practices, taking into the account environmental and heritage aspects, in order to understand and analyze the potentials and limitations of land used. One of the main questions of the planning is to ensure the conservation landscape elements, with sustainable coexistence, for the future generations. The geodiversity is related to the variety of those environments and the active process and past tense which gave origin to the current landscape, rocks, minerals, fossils, soils, underground waters and other surface deposits that are the support in life on earth When studying the Geodiversity of the Alagoas coast, in your central portion, there is one area that draws attention for the scenic beauty, cultural interrelation, history and natural aspect: The Estuarino Lagunar Complex of the Estate - ELCE (CELMM), placed on the south side of the metropolitan region of Maceió - MRM (RMM), between the counties of Marechal Deodoro, Satuba, Pilar, Coqueiro Seco, Maceió e Santa Luzia do Norte. Given the importance and representativeness of the ELCE (CELMM), the current study had the goal; conduct a survey about the aspects of its Geodiversity, inventorying and classifying sample areas. For that, proposed to carry out an inventory, characterization and classification of the main elements that make up the geological heritage, taking into account your values, use and possible threats, identifications, geographic location and accessibility. Were chosen 14 sampling spots, amongst them 10 were classified as Geosites, containing scientific values, educational, aesthetic and functional, suffering possible threats with tourist activities, economical and the lack of the planning in the use of the land. The other 4 points were characterized and classified as geodiversity sites, presenting aesthetic and economics values. From the bibliographic revision fufilled was possible to made a survey and a analises of the bibliographic production, relating the Geodiversity of ELCE (CELMM), which were found numerous reseaches that support the utilization and the continuous study of the importance related with the Geodiversity, Geoconservation and the Geological Heritage. The current study is linked only to the first stage, comprehend for the Geodiversity Invetory when applying to the conservetion prospects and sustainable use of landscape, it constitutes a mosaic of features natural elements and sets, what makes possible forms of valuation. Thefore, the process inventorying the geological heritage of the ELCE (CELMM) does not match to a finished work, but yes one first experiment of the sistematic analyss of the aspects that form the area. Thefore, this be understood as a finished work, as further researchs is needed, conducting new surveys, with more depth of the issues discussed here, in addition new elements still to be evaluated.