Eco-tourism in Fernando de
Noronha, Brazil
Fig. 1.1
Facts about the Fernando de Noronha
archipelago
o Made up of 21 small islands,
located in the Atlantic Ocean
oOff the Northeast shore of Brazil
oMain Island has an area of 18.4
square kilometers (Fernando de
Noronha)
oPopulation: 3,108 (est. 2009)
Fig. 1.2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gujlx9eFUTs
Tourism Development
• Began in the 1970s with little supporting
infrastructure
• The only hotel on the island is a converted
United States airbase from World War II
• Total number of tourist allowed on the island
at a time is 420
• Visitors must pay a daily environment tax
Tourist activates on the island
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Has two of the best beaches in Brazil
Known for scuba diving
great surfing
Eco-trails
Cultural History
the Remédios village
Economic
• Local economy is based on tourism
• Visiting one of the protected islands requires
special authorization for local environmental
authorities and a small environmental
preservation fee is charged upon the tourists
arrival
Environmental
• Vegetation on Fernando de Noronha is mainly
bush
• In 1988 70% of the archipelago was declared a
maritime national park protected by IBAMA (the
Brazilian Institute for the Environment)
• In 2001 became a UNESCO world heritage site
• Wildlife is a major attraction, home to 15
endemic plant species, 2 birds and 2 reptiles
• Also large colonies of seabirds, dolphins and sea
turtles
Sources
• http://www.happytellus.com/fernando-de-noronha/brazil
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_de_Noronha
• Fig. 1.1:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi
kipedia/commons/5/58/Fernando_noronha
• Fig. 1.2:
http://www.noronha.info/images/map_fernando_de_noronha.jpg
• http://www.fernando-de-noronha.org/historyarchaeology/cultural-heritage.php
• http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Fernando_de_Noron
ha