It sees as to collaborate for the minimum impact in natural environments through the guide of principles of the association Light Handle:
Nowadays, thousands of people look natural environments for activities of leisure, that go since a simple stroll until the practical one of nature sports, as the walked ones, the montanhismo, the canoagem, the exploration of caves, the diving and many others.
In these places, the necessary nature to be dealt with care and respect. The ecological balance and the health of these areas depend on good condition of its conservation. It knows that it is not possible to carry through works of cleanness and conservation in natural environments, of the form as it happens in the cities. Therefore, the protection of these places depends very on the behavior of the visitors.
You can prevent the impact of the pollution and the destruction of the areas that she frequents. It is alone to follow some principles and practical simple, that help to protect the environment, they give to greater pleasure to its visit and prevent accidents that, in these moved away places, can have serious consequences.
These rules of minimum impact, summarized in 8 principles, are being adopted for people in all the planet. Following and helping to divulge the content of this publication, you it helps to preserve the place that is enjoying today, keeping it always in the best condition, for you and the other visitors.
Most important it is we remember that to practise the minimum impact it is an attitude question and it depends only on you!
Planning is basic
It enters in previous contact with the administration of the area that you go to visit to take existing knowledge of the regulations and restrictions. It is inquired on the climatic conditions of the place and consults the forecast of the time before any activity in natural environments.
It travels in small groups of up to 10 people. Lesser groups if harmonize better with the nature and cause little impact. It prevents to travel for popular areas during holidays and vacation, contributing for the dispersion of the tourist flow, minimizing its negative effect.
It travels in small groups of up to 10 people. Lesser groups if harmonize better with the nature and cause little impact. It prevents to travel for popular areas during holidays and vacation, contributing for the dispersion of the tourist flow, minimizing its negative effect.
You are responsible for your security
The rescue in natural environments is expensive and complex, being able to take days and to cause great damages to the environment. Therefore, in first place, if it does not risk without necessity.
It calculates the total time that will pass travelling and leaves a script of trip with somebody reliable thing, with instructions to set in motion the rescue, necessary case.
It informs the administration of the area on its visit and its experience, the size of the group, the equipment that vocês are leading, the script and the waited date of return. These information will facilitate its rescue in accident case.
It learns the basic techniques of security, as navigation (knows to use a map and a compassing) and first securities. For in such a way, it looks to the clubs hikers, schools of scaling, and courses of proven idoneousness. It is certain of that you make use of the appropriate equipment for each situation. Great part of the accidents and aggressions to the nature is caused by improvisations, recklessness and inadequate use of equipment.
It has always taken itens essential: rain lantern, agasalho, layer, hat, a case first-aid, garbage food and water, map and compassing, bag and solar protector, exactly in activities with only one day or few hours of duration. In case that you it does not have experience, if it does not risk alone. It enters in contact with centers hikers, companies of ecoturismo or conductors of visitors. Inexperienced people can cause impacts without perceiving and running unnecessary risks.
It takes care of of the places for where it passes, of the tracks and the encampments
It is remained in the daily pay-definitive tracks - it does not use shortcuts, therefore these favor the erosion and the destruction of the vegetation. She remains myself in the same track if it will be wet, muddy or slippery. The difficulty of the tracks is part of the challenge to live deeply the nature. If you skirt the damaged part of a track, you ruin it you will become greater in the future.
When mounting its encampment, prevents fragile areas that will take a long time to recover the impact after. It only camps in daily pay-established places, when to exist. In any situation, it camps at least 60 meters of the water.
It does not dig gutter of the tents around, will choose the place better, in way that the water drains of course and uses a plastic under the tent. Good places of encampment are found, not constructed. Cut nor has not pulled out the vegetation, nor removes rocks when camping. It removes all the evidences of its ticket. When covering a track or leaving an encampment area is certifyd that these places had remained as if nobody had passed that way.
It protects the natural and cultural patrimony of the visited places. It respects the existing norms and it denounces the observed aggressions.
strong>It brings its garbage in return
Empty Packings they weigh little and they occupy a minimum space in its knapsack. If you can take a full packing, you can bring it empty in the return. He does not burn nor embeds the garbage. The packings can not burn completely, and animals can dig until the garbage and spread it. It brings its garbage all in return. It uses the sanitary installations that to exist. In case that it does not have sanitary installations (bathrooms) in the area, it digs a hole with fifteen centimeters of depth at least 60 meters of any source of water, tracks or places of encampment, in place where it is not necessary to remove the vegetation. It brings hygienical paper and other products in return. It does not use soap nor it washes utensils and pans in water sources. It washes what it will be necessary at least 60 meters of the water sources.
Each thing in its place leaves Does not construct any type of structure, as banks, tables, bridges etc. do not break or cut twigs of trees, exactly that they are overthrown deceased or, therefore can be serving of shelter for birds or other animals. It resists the temptation to take “souvenirs” for house. It leaves rocks, devices, flowers, shells etc. where you it found them, so that others also can appreciate them. It takes off only photographs, it leaves only its footprints, it kills only the time and it has taken only its memories.
It prevents to make bonfire Bonfires weaken the ground, and they represent a great forest fire cause. To cook, it uses a proper stove for encampment. The modern stoves are light and easy to use. To cook with a stove is fast and practical that not to light a bonfire. To illuminate, it uses a lantern instead of a bonfire. To be heated, it has the clothes adjusted for the climate of the place that it is visiting. If you to need a bonfire to be heated, probably it planned badly its adventure.
It respects the animals and the plants
It observes the long-distance animals. The proximity scares or can be interpreted as a threat and to provoke attacks, exactly on the part of small animals. Moreover, wild animals can transmit illnesses serious. It does not feed animals. The animals can finish if accustoming with the food that we offer and to start to invade the encampments in food search, being damaged tents, knapsacks and other encampments. It does not remove wild flowers and plants. It appreciates its beauty in the place, without attacking the nature and giving the same chance to other visitors.
Either gracious with other visitors and the local population It walks and it camps in silence, preserving the tranquillity and the sensation of harmony that the nature offers. It leaves sonorous radios and instruments in house.
It deals with the inhabitants the area with courtesy and respect. It keeps the portières in the way that found and does not enter in houses and sheds without asking for permission. Either educated and one behaves as if it was visiting house other people's. It uses to advantage to learn something on the habits and the culture half agricultural it. It prefers to contract the local services of lodging, has carried and services. In this manner, you it will be collaborating so that the financial resources remain in the community.
It leaves the domestic animals in house, therefore, beyond driving away the wild fauna, they can cause serious problems as the introduction of illnesses and other threats to the natural environment. In case that it brings its animal with you, it keeps it controlled the time all. The excrements of the animals must in the same way be treated that the human beings. They also are under its responsibility. Many areas do not allow the entrance of domestic animals, therefore it verifies with antecedence.
It prevents to use strong colors that can be seen the kilometers and break the harmony of natural environments. It uses clothes and equipment of neutral colors, to prevent the visual pollution in places very frequented. To call the attention an aid team, it has in its knapsack a plastic or fabric of strong color, in emergency case. It collaborates for the spreading of Light Pega! whenever it has the chance.
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