Proposta para revitalização da trilha ecológica do Parque Natural Municipal de Dois Vizinhos - núcleo do Parque Ecológico Jirau Alto

Abstract

The ecological trails provide the population with an integration between man and nature, allowing the development of recreation, leisure, ecotourism and environmental education activities. The implementation of these trails requires a lot of planning, from impact studies, tracing, attractive power, trail anatomy, survey and mapping of these places. This work aims to study and survey the features of the Jirau Alto Ecological Park area through geotechnologies and propose a revitalization of the trail. Using geodetic and photogrammetric techniques, a site survey was carried out based on documentation studies and the use of equipment such as GPS/GNSS and RPA to generate thematic maps. With the comparisons of the documentation, currently the area is 109,157.07 m², and in the old archives there was about 415,840.95 m², totaling a difference of 306,683.88 m² of areas that are not part of the park. During the surveys, major disturbances were observed in the landscape, as is the case of the high amount of solid waste in the area, in addition to sanitary and storm sewer networks. The trail is completely abandoned without any kind of signage and safety for those who frequent that space. Eight routes with accident risks such as falls from heights and slipping were listed. The revitalization proposal indicates the use of facilitating equipment so that it is able to receive the population safely. These facilitators are: improved accessibility with the implementation of stairs, bridges and guardrails, as well as signposts and furniture on site. It is concluded that the revitalization does not require major interventions due to the fact that the trail is in good condition, only in terms of safety adjustments as a way of providing protection and convenience to visitors.