Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:20:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 WendsonDAM_DISSERT.pdf: 4085033 bytes, checksum: ee3faf8aabbfdf8b6c05b77a901a1fbe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-03-31 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Geological and Geomorphological Sites of the Towns of Acari, Carna?ba dos Dantas and Currais Novos, Serid? Region of the Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil, consist s of a study about geological, geomorphological, mineralogical, palaeontological and archaeological features of the study area, aiming the identification of sites that presents scientific, historical, cultural, economic and ecological excellent importance, and that they deserve to receive special protection for its maintenance for the gifts and future generations. It was developed according with methods adopted for the Brazilian Commitee of Geological and Paleontological Sites SIGEP/UNESCO and by Initiati ve of Sofia for the Preservation of the Mineral Diversity of the Planet, objectifying the description of the main sites, the its environmental problematic and proposal of protectionistic measures. Seven sites with features and typical structures had been identified that they deserve to be aim of protection. In the Acari town, three sites had been identified: geological -geomorphologicalarchaeological site Barra of the Carna?ba; geological-geomorphological site of the Gargalheiras; and geological-geomorphological site Bico of Arara. In Carna?ba of the Dantas, the geomorphological complex river of the Bojo that possesss canyons and deep throats, with rocky-arts registers of the three great rocky-arts traditions of northeast: Northeast Serid? Sub-tradition, Wasteland and Itaquatiara. In the Currais Novos town, 3 sites had been also identified: geomorphological site Canyon of the Apertados; geomorphological-archaeological-palaeontological complex of the Totor?; e, geologicalmineralogical site Breju?. Because to the environmental problematic that it involves each one of the identified sites, it is proposed, as a guarantee of protection to these sites, its economic exploitation with the ecogeotouristic activity, that it aims at to the integration of the community in programs of environmental education and others, besides providing to the generation of job and income for the towns. Finally, a series of measures is suggested that they aim at to the efectivation of the activity and to the protection of the sites that they can be classified as natural heritage, in accordance with the denomination of UNESCO, in its program World Natural Heritage / S?tios Geol?gicos e Geomorfol?gicos dos Munic?pios de Acari, Carna?ba dos Dantas e Currais Novos, Regi?o Serid? do Rio Grande do Norte, trata-se de um estudo sobre as caracter?sticas geol?gicas, geomorfol?gicas, mineral?gicas, paleontol?gicas e arqueol?gicas da ?rea de estudo, visando ? identifica??o de s?tios que apresentem relevante import?ncia cient?fica, cultural, paisag?stica, hist?rica, econ?mica e ecol?gica e que mere?am receber prote??o especial para a sua manuten??o para as presentes e futuras gera??es. Foi desenvolvido com base nos m?todos adotados pela Comiss?o Brasileira de S?tios Geol?gicos e Paleontol?gicos SIGEP/UNESCO e pela Iniciativa de Sofia para a Preserva??o da Diversidade Mineral do Planeta, objetivando a descri??o dos principais s?tios, sua problem?tica ambiental e a proposi??o de medidas protecionistas. Foram identificados um total de 7 s?tios com caracter?sticas e fei??es t?picas que merecem ser alvo de prote??o. No munic?pio de Acari, foram identificados tr?s s?tios: s?tio geol?gicogeomorfol?gico- arqueol?gico Barra da Carna?ba; sitio geol?gico-geomorfol?gico do Gargalheiras; e s?tio geol?gico-geomorfol?gico Bico da Arara. Em Carna?ba dos Dantas, o complexo geomorfol?gico Riacho do Bojo que possui canyons e gargantas profundas, com registros rupestres das tr?s grandes tradi??es de pinturas rupestres do nordeste: Nordeste Sub-tradi??o Serid?, Agreste e Itaquatiara. No munic?pio de Currais Novos, tamb?m foram identificados 3 s?tios: sito geomorfol?gico Canyon dos Apertados; complexo geomorfol?gicoarqueol?gico- paleontol?gico do Totor?; e, s?tio geol?gico-mineral?gico Breju?. A partir da problem?tica ambiental que envolve cada um dos s?tios identificados, prop?e-se, como garantia de prote??o a estes s?tios, o seu aproveitamento econ?mico com a atividade ecogeotur?stica, que visa ? integra??o da comunidade em programas de educa??o ambiental entre outros, al?m de proporcionar a gera??o de emprego e renda para os munic?pios. Por fim, sugere-se uma s?rie de medidas que visam ? efetiva??o da atividade e ? prote??o dos s?tios que podem ser classificados como patrim?nio natural, de acordo com a denomina??o da UNESCO, em seu programa Patrim?nio Natural da Humanidade