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Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos
2014
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- Developing a Planning and Management System for Protected Areas on Small Islands (The Azores Archipelago, Portugal): the SMARTPARKS Project Helena Calado Marta Vergílio Catarina Fonseca Artur Gil Fabiana Moniz Susana Ferreira Silva Miguel Moreira Chiara Bragagnolo Carlos Silva Margarida Pereira Ciencias de la Tierra Azores Planning Management Small Islands Island Natural Park Small Islands face particular challenges in their sustainable development, and therefore require specific tailored approaches for planningand management. Unsurprisingly, protected areas have a special role in the conservation of biodiversity and natural resources crucial tothe sustainability of such territories. How should the management and planning system of protected areas in small islands be, therefore,structured and operated so it can face the threats and challenges falling upon the already fragile and vulnerable insular ecosystems? Thisis the central question of SMARTPARKS Project. The core objective of the project consists of the conceptual development of a planningand management system for protected areas that can be integrated with the territorial management instruments in force, and that takesinto consideration the specificities of insular ecosystems, correcting or perfecting the insufficiencies or flaws already pointed out totraditional planning systems of protected areas. This paper presents the SMARTPARKS Project, its rationale and main outcomes. TakingPico Island Natural Park (Azores, Portugal) as its case study, the SMARTPARKS Project has adopted the ecosystem approach and theconciliation of conservation objectives with human needs and activities. Throughout its five tasks several studies were developed, andcontributed to the functional analysis (developed during the last task) of each protected area constituting the Island Natural Park, interms of their conservation and development values. This innovative application allows not only an integrated assessment of the protectedareas but also a sustained monitoring. 2014 artículo científico 1646-8872 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=388340107013 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3883 Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada - Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management application/pdf Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada - Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (Portugal) Num.2 Vol.14