Paisagens da Serra de Maracaju/MS, suas potencialidades para o turismo de natureza

Abstract

Mato Grosso do Sul, a state located in the Central West Region of Brazil, is known for its unique natural conditions, a fact evidenced by remembering the tourist destinations of Pantanal and the crystalline waters of the city of Bonito-MS. However, other landscapes may serve as a locus for the development of nature tourism in Mato Grosso do Sul. This research addresses to the landscapes of Serra de Maracaju, a hill and important feature of the relief that slices latitudinally the central zone of the State, offering relevant landscapes along its length. Through fieldwork and cartographic material, the biotic and abiotic physical elements that compose such landscapes were surveyed, and through GIS data crossing, we present the chart of potentiality units for nature tourism in hill, potential levels which are distributed in six landscapes units found in the studied area. It was evidenced that the aspects of Serra de Maracaju found in the north/northeast and south areas, have the greatest potential for nature tourism. Therefore, based on the found results and through environmental and landscape planning, it is possible to propose the development of nature tourism in Serra de Maracaju, opposing the productive dynamics of cattle raising and agriculture, which act over the area in the last decades, causing damages in the landscapes.