Presented by the
Associação Nacional de
Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração, the study
Estudo de caso do Parque Chico Mendes,(Case
Study - Chico Mendes Park),
by
Marcos Cohen e
Jorge Ferreira da Silva, presents the partial results of the field research for a doctoral thesis on
participatory management of the natural urban parks in the municipal of Rio de
Janeiro.
The article focuses on the Parque Natural Municipal Chico Mendes
(Municipal Natural Park of Chico Mendes), analyzing how it is kept and managed,
especially in relation to compliance with law number 9.985, which established a
National System of Conservation Units and called for participative management.