Indicadores de sustentabilidade: diretrizes para a gestão do turismo na APA Litoral Sul de Sergipe

Abstract

Enviromental Protected Area South Coast Sul is one Protection Areas with serious problems about its implementation. An ineffi cient management added to environmental unconsciousness by the visitors and local community has deeply degraded its ecosystems. In attention to that situation, this work intended to show sustainability indicators to offer subsides to the manegement of tourism at this planning unit. The used methodology was proposed by OCDE (Organization to Cooperation and Economic Development), by the construction of Pression-State-Impact-Response (PEIR) indicators matrix. The systemic perspective was necessary to elaborate that monitoring tool, which will help planning and administrate the tourism, considering local community needs and all complexity of the interaction between APA components. In conclusion, indicators matrix are a important tool for helping Park administration in menegement plan elaboration, witch nowadays have no efficient management tools.