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of the Brazil total area, concentrating 0.29% of the national population. Due to its
distance from the country’s main economic and political centres, to the lack of public
investments and the difficulties imposed by environmental conditions, much of this
territory lacks basic infrastructures and internet connection, which undermine the
possibility to develop professional tourism and to take advantage of abundant water
resources (Souza et al. 2019).
The municipality of Mucajaí was created by Federal Law no. 7,009 on July 1, 1982.
In its genesis are families of north-eastern emigrants that moved to region in 1951,
initially called the Fernando Costa agricultural colony, and currently corresponding
to a population of 14,792 people, that lives close to Mucajaí River (IBGE 2019).
Among the natural resources of the region, water is widely used in tourism in the
Northern Amazon, specifically in Mucajaí, RR, Brazil. There is a symbiotic relationship between the human being and the fluvial ecosystem, comprised by the streams,
lakes and rivers. Being used for the sustenance and leisure of local populations, the
commitment to environmental safeguarding lies not only in public managers, but
also in citizens and visitors.
Recently widespread in Brazil, geotourism is therefore considered the cornerstone
for the practice of sustainability (Bereti´ c et al. 2019) through geological heritage
giving rise to many springs of perennial waters, rivers and lakes. In addition, it
values the local culture, integrating it into the tourist practices of the region and
making local populations active in this process. The freshwater resource is good for
the worthy citizen and promoter of sustainable local development.
With the establishment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as global
targets adopted during the 2015 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (United Nations General Assembly 2015; Vidal 2019), poverty eradication,
SDG 1, and hunger, SDG 2, are aligned, aiming to improve health, SDG 3, and
education, SDG 4, achieve gender equality, SDG 5, promoting inclusive and promote
sustainable economic growth, SDG 8, making cities more sustainable, SDG 11, and
combating and protecting oceans and forests, SDG 14. SDGs are key elements for a
fairer, more equitable and sustainable society, more specifically for a more dignified
and integrating secure environment, also addressing social responsibility.
SDGs are challenges for all citizens of the planet in their search for sustainable
and resilient solutions in everyday life and institutions, playing a key role in the environmental sphere, given the growing ecological interdependence and strengthening
the role of citizens facing inequalities. The environmental debate is indispensable
in the Agenda 21, with the objective to promote collective actions in favour of the
socioeconomic, political and environmental areas. It is extremely important for the
Brazilian reality to adopt SDGs as references for the implementation of a development model with a strong focus on ecosystem conservation, so as to ensure the
sustainable and legal use of finite resources (ONUBR 2018), creating oportunities
of social responsibility and sustainability.
The World Tourism Organization (WTO) highlights sustainable tourism as a form
of resource management in which the economic, social needs and physical characteristics of attractions can be met, while maintaining cultural integrity, essential
A. S. S. Veras et al.
of the Brazil total area, concentrating 0.29% of the national population. Due to its
distance from the country’s main economic and political centres, to the lack of public
investments and the difficulties imposed by environmental conditions, much of this
territory lacks basic infrastructures and internet connection, which undermine the
possibility to develop professional tourism and to take advantage of abundant water
resources (Souza et al. 2019).
The municipality of Mucajaí was created by Federal Law no. 7,009 on July 1, 1982.
In its genesis are families of north-eastern emigrants that moved to region in 1951,
initially called the Fernando Costa agricultural colony, and currently corresponding
to a population of 14,792 people, that lives close to Mucajaí River (IBGE 2019).
Among the natural resources of the region, water is widely used in tourism in the
Northern Amazon, specifically in Mucajaí, RR, Brazil. There is a symbiotic relationship between the human being and the fluvial ecosystem, comprised by the streams,
lakes and rivers. Being used for the sustenance and leisure of local populations, the
commitment to environmental safeguarding lies not only in public managers, but
also in citizens and visitors.
Recently widespread in Brazil, geotourism is therefore considered the cornerstone
for the practice of sustainability (Bereti´ c et al. 2019) through geological heritage
giving rise to many springs of perennial waters, rivers and lakes. In addition, it
values the local culture, integrating it into the tourist practices of the region and
making local populations active in this process. The freshwater resource is good for
the worthy citizen and promoter of sustainable local development.
With the establishment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as global
targets adopted during the 2015 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (United Nations General Assembly 2015; Vidal 2019), poverty eradication,
SDG 1, and hunger, SDG 2, are aligned, aiming to improve health, SDG 3, and
education, SDG 4, achieve gender equality, SDG 5, promoting inclusive and promote
sustainable economic growth, SDG 8, making cities more sustainable, SDG 11, and
combating and protecting oceans and forests, SDG 14. SDGs are key elements for a
fairer, more equitable and sustainable society, more specifically for a more dignified
and integrating secure environment, also addressing social responsibility.
SDGs are challenges for all citizens of the planet in their search for sustainable
and resilient solutions in everyday life and institutions, playing a key role in the environmental sphere, given the growing ecological interdependence and strengthening
the role of citizens facing inequalities. The environmental debate is indispensable
in the Agenda 21, with the objective to promote collective actions in favour of the
socioeconomic, political and environmental areas. It is extremely important for the
Brazilian reality to adopt SDGs as references for the implementation of a development model with a strong focus on ecosystem conservation, so as to ensure the
sustainable and legal use of finite resources (ONUBR 2018), creating oportunities
of social responsibility and sustainability.
The World Tourism Organization (WTO) highlights sustainable tourism as a form
of resource management in which the economic, social needs and physical characteristics of attractions can be met, while maintaining cultural integrity, essential