Sitios del patrimonio natural de Brasil

the present article focused on the most relevant aspects of management and administration of the brazilian sites of the world natural patrimony. concepts and principles are also approached in order to understand the strategy which conducted six natural sites into the world patrimony list, between 1999 and 2003. those sites are located in areas of the alantic forest, on marine-coastal biome, in the cerrado (savanna biome), and in the region of pantanal and amazones. the structure of this paper initiates analyzing the central elements, the sites itself, including a brief historical of the whole process up to recognition. it continues with the description of the main brazilian biomes, as the mainframe for that conservationist strategy. this structure also includes a description of the most relevant problems and challenges for management of any of the six natural sites, responsible for more than 5 million hectares organized within 45 protected areas representing a significant part of the most important ecosystems of the planet's biodiversity. among the conclusions, this article support the argument that it was positive to introduce those areas into the world patrimony list, specially because of their consequent management success. it also supports the argument that it is necessary to stand for the strategy of having at least one site for every biome before the national list would be considered a finished reality.