Geoconservation of Permian Petrified Forests from Northeastern Brazil

The Permian petrified forests of the Parnaíba Basin represent an important part of the Brazilian Palaeobotany heritage. The stems show excellent preservation and have a high scientific, educative, and touristic potential. These forests, especially in the

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tents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . International and Brazilian Geoconservation Panorama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . International Geoconservative Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geoconservation in Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Insertion of the Tocantins Fossil Trees Natural Monument (MONAF) in the Araguaína Microregion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MONAF: Management and Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Activities Developed at MONAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MONAF Geological Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guidelines for Better Management and Dissemination of MONAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petrified Forests from Piauí and Maranhão and Current State of Preservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poti River Petrified Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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D. M. da Conceição (*) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil T. M. V. Tavares · M. de Alcântara Alencar · M. P. Filho Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Campus Araguaína. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Demandas Populares e Dinâmicas Regionais, Araguaína, TO, Brazil e-mail: [email protected] J. C. Cisneros Universidade Federal do Piauí, Museu de Arqueologia e Paleontologia, Teresina, PI, Brazil e-mail: [email protected] F. Kurzawe Universidade Federal de Cutiba, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil A. da Silva-Melo Faculdade de Ciências do Tocantins. Câmpus Luiz Pires, Unidade II. Gleba Haras, Barra da Grota, Araguaína, TO, Brazil H. A. Aires Unidade de Conservação Integral Monumento das Árvores Fossilizadas do Tocantins, Filadélfia, TO, Brazil e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 R. Iannuzzi et al. (eds.), Brazilian Paleofloras, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90913-4_13-1

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