Agreement provides for shared management of Serra da Capivara National Park
Governor Wellington Dias, along with the Minister of Culture, Roberto Freire, signed a cooperation agreement for the shared management of the Serra da Capivara National Park, located in the city of São Raimundo Nonato. The agreement establishes a Permanent Monitoring and Management Committee, composed of representatives from ICMBio (currently responsible for managing the park), Iphan, and Fumdham. This committee will be responsible for preparing a diagnosis of the park's current situation and, subsequently, a management plan defining actions, deadlines, responsibilities, and a cost estimate for implementing those actions. The deadline for completing the plan is six months.
By Marina Ribeiro
Governor Wellington Dias, along with the Minister of Culture, Roberto Freire, signed this Wednesday, the 25th, the cooperation agreement for the shared management of the Serra da Capivara National Park, located in the city of São Raimundo Nonato, during a ceremony held in the auditorium of the Museum of the American Man Foundation (FUMDHAM).
The agreement establishes the creation of the Permanent Monitoring and Management Committee, formed by representatives from ICMBio (currently responsible for the park's management), Iphan, and Fumdham. This committee will be responsible for preparing a diagnosis of the park's current situation and, subsequently, a management plan that defines actions, deadlines, responsibilities, and a cost estimate for implementing the actions. The deadline for completing the plan is six months.
"The responsibility for the park belongs to everyone. Permanent contact is important, not just formality. We are assuming this responsibility together with you (the other participants). Let's now think about tourism and the importance of the park for Piauí, for the Northeast, for Brazil, and for humanity," Freire emphasized.
The Serra da Capivara National Park is formed by a series of plateaus and valleys and is home to archaeological sites with rock paintings and engravings, as well as other vestiges of prehistoric daily life. The Park was included on the list of World Heritage Sites by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1991 and listed as a protected site by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (Iphan) in 1993.
Governor Wellington Dias celebrated the signing of the agreement, stating, "Piauí and Brazil have witnessed crises in the Serra da Capivara National Park on numerous occasions. Caring for a historical heritage site of humanity is a great responsibility, and today I celebrate the signing of this agreement between the Federal Government through the Ministry of Culture, IPHAN (National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage), ICMBio (Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation), and the Government of Piauí through the Secretariat of the Environment. I believe that with this management, we will have resources that will securely provide for the Serra da Capivara."
The technical cooperation agreement aims to develop a shared management model for the park, which will be managed by the following bodies: the National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (Iphan), the Brazilian Institute of Museums (Ibram), both linked to the Ministry of Culture, the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), the government of the State of Piauí, and the Foundation of the American Man.