We tested the hypothesis that participation in the "Face to Face with Scientists" initiative enhances students' environmental perception, leading to an increase in the occurrence of signs related to mangroves and estuaries in their mental maps. To test this, each student created an initial mental map based on their prior knowledge of mangroves and estuaries, a second map after the first activity with scientists from the PELD CSB project, and a final one after the field class along the Ecological Trail of the Pacoti River Estuary. The mental maps were analyzed through classification and quantification of signs and underwent interpretive analysis. Our hypothesis was confirmed; however, perceptions of the relationship between humans and the environment remained scarce even after the activities, indicating a strong resistance to transforming the dualistic view of humans and nature.
Environmental interpretation has, over the past few years, become established as an educational tool used in numerous activities, providing knowledge generation in an accessible language. From this perspective, the objective of this text is to analyze the effectiveness of the interpretive brochure, developed and made available to participants of the Nature Walk held in December 2024 in Silveira Martins, as a way to aid in understanding the historical, cultural, and landscape elements of the route. The methodology adopted is based on the hypothetical-deductive method, assuming that the brochure will contribute to the walkers' experience. The research involved a theoretical review, the creation and layout of the brochure, and the application of a questionnaire with 12 objective questions to 100 participants, of whom only 35 responded. The results indicate that the use of the brochure is an effective tool for the dynamics of the walks and that it can be replicated for future editions. The brochure is considered effective in promoting environmental interpretation because it sparks curiosity and facilitates understanding of the route as a place of historical, cultural, and scenic importance in the municipality of Silveira Martins.
The disordered use and occupation of environmental systems has been gradually affecting the environmental balance, as well as the quality of life of local populations, and causing progressive transformations in the landscape. The objective of this work is to present the geoenvironmental compartmentalization of the municipality of Aquiraz/CE as a subsidy for environmental planning. The research, linked to an ongoing master's project, used Landscape Geoecology as a theoretical and methodological orientation, subdivided into four stages: the organization and inventory phase, the analysis phase, the diagnostic phase, and the prognostic phase, each containing specific tasks, requirements, and procedures. Bibliographic and cartographic surveys were carried out to create sectoral maps, produced using the free software Qgis, version 3.34 Prizren. The results obtained in the analysis phase allowed the characterization of the geoenvironmental aspects of the municipality, including geology, geomorphology, soils, climate, hydrology, and vegetation. Aquiraz presents a coastal landscape marked by dunes, fluvial-marine plains, mangroves, and plateau areas, in addition to diverse soils and vegetation adapted to local conditions. The integration of the data highlights the complexity and interrelation between the natural elements, fundamental for territorial planning and environmental conservation actions. The study provides important bases for the future environmental-functional zoning of the municipality, with a view to sustainable development and the mitigation of socio-environmental impacts.
Plastic waste pollution in coastal environments represents one of the main threats to marine biodiversity and ecosystem health. In this context, citizen science emerges as a powerful tool for participatory environmental diagnostics and the strengthening of ecological awareness. This study aimed to characterize the solid waste collected in the community of Mochima, located within the Mochima National Park, Sucre state, Venezuela, through a collaborative monitoring event involving students, teachers, and volunteers. Through activities of collection, classification, and environmental awareness, a total of 673 items were recovered, 74% of which were plastics, with a predominance of single-use bags, bottles, and wrappers. In addition to identifying the composition and predominant colors of the waste, the experience helped strengthen local capacities in environmental analysis, promote non-formal education, and consolidate community co-responsibility values. The results highlight the potential of participatory methodologies to generate useful data, encourage behavioral changes in consumption habits, and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 4, SDG 12, and SDG 14.
The participatory monitoring of water quality in a coastal lagoon, conducted by public school students and made accessible to the community through a digital application with a QR code, represents an innovative strategy that integrates citizen science and educommunication. Over four months, students actively engaged in the collection and analysis of limnological parameters, linking school curriculum with scientific practice and enhancing the understanding of local ecology. The results demonstrate that this approach strengthens community engagement and environmental awareness, fostering behavioral changes aimed at the sustainable management of water resources. Disseminating the findings through digital media expanded the reach of environmental information and encouraged social participation in territorial governance, particularly within protected areas. This initiative contributes to the development of environmentally conscious citizens, promotes participatory management of conservation units, and reinforces urban planning and climate resilience.
The groups of black communities in Colombia have established through their journey through the territory we now call Colombia, a particular way of relating to the environment, which, for the particular case of the Pacific, we propose to understand through the lens of the Aquatic Cultural Landscape. These adaptive forms to the environment were in turn responsible for the construction of forms of local knowledge, which before trying to dominate nature, have deciphered, through it, symbiotic ways of weaving life in the framework of an aquatic space. These particular forms of appropriation would be the fundamental support for an organizational process that later, in the last part of the 20th century, would have its turning point with the enactment of Law 70 of 1993, which would make viable the possibility of awarding collective territories to black communities that demonstrated their historical survival in the Pacific basin based on their traditional production practices. Although the scenario of materialization fixed its interest in the Colombian Pacific,-establishing it in passing as the referent of blackness in Colombia-, later experiences will show us how this imaginary has been gradually and necessarily overcome.
This work presents an integrative pedagogical practice using technological tools with the objective of initiating an environmental education process with elementary school students in the municipality of Areado, in the State of Minas Gerais, through the geographical conception of natural resources, using theoretical research, fieldwork, and technology based on the students' reality, in the year 2016. The methodology used initially focused on a case study, valuing the students' prior knowledge, and subsequently proposed fieldwork, where they emphasized the search for environmental problems and the creation of audiovisual material discussing the problems found and proposing solutions to these issues. As a result, there was great involvement on the part of the students, in addition to critical and very enriching debates about the experience lived. The use of technological tools for conducting research proved effective, as it accentuated the students' creativity.
Environmental Education plays a crucial role in raising awareness and changing behavior in relation to the environment. However, its effectiveness is often hampered by challenges such as the lack of institutionalization of environmental issues in school curricula, the limitation of teachers in addressing environmental issues and the lack of adequate teaching material. to Environmental Education (EE) of high school teachers from the state education network in the city ofJuazeiro-Bahia. For this, a questionnaire with semi-structured questions was applied to six schools. Note the need for adequate training so that environmental issues, as a dimension of the educational-school process, are understood as a socio-environmental problem.
A Educação Ambiental desempenha um papel crucial na conscientização e mudança de comportamento em relação ao meio ambiente. No entanto, sua efetividade muitas vezes é prejudicada por desafios como a falta de institucionalização da questão ambiental nos currículos escolares, a limitação dos professores em abordar a temática ambiental e a carência de material didático adequado.O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar as percepções e práticas relacionadas à Educação Ambiental (EA) dos professores de Ensino Médio da rede estadual de ensino na cidade de Juazeiro-Bahia. Para isso, foi aplicado um questionário com perguntas semiestruturadas em seis escolas. Observou-se a necessidade de uma formação adequada para que a temática ambiental, como dimensão do processo educativo-escolar, seja entendida como um problema socioambiental.
Os Campos Neutrais se localizam no Extremo sul do estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil) e se inserem no contexto geológico da Planície Costeira desse estado. Nos Campos Neutrais predominam paisagens com ecossistemas que desempenham um papel vital na sustentação da vida na superfície terrestre. Assim, o objetivo deste artigo é reconhecer os aspectos da legislação ambiental, em diferentes esferas, que regulamentam o uso da água na paisagem dos Campos Neutrais do Rio Grande do Sul. A metodologia utilizada no presente trabalho abrangeu uma minuciosa pesquisa sobre a legislação ambiental em diferentes esferas, ou seja, no âmbito internacional, nacional, estadual e municipal, empregada no território dos Campos Neutrais do Rio Grande do Sul. Os resultados evidenciam que reconhecer a água como um patrimônio universal promove uma abordagem holística e sustentável, incentivando o engajamento das autoridades públicas e da sociedade na sua gestão e conservação.
In the Chapada do Apodi, Ceara, social movements, composed of a network of individuals and institutions, resist agribusiness practices that threaten people, territories, and their common goods. These movements embody a form of resistance deeply rooted in the pursuit of social and environmental justice, striving for a production model compatible with the ways of life of the communities in the Chapada do Apodi. This text aims to analyze the conflicts over land, territory, and water resulting from the territorialization of agribusiness in the Chapada do Apodi, as well as to highlight the resistance strategies employed by social movements and grassroots organizations. Consequently, our methodology was primarily based on literature review, the creation and analysis of a database, fieldwork, workshops in the territories, and the development of maps.
This study sought to analyze the social representations of 'environmental culture' in a university community. Comprehensive research was carried out with the support of Representational Cartography, using the Social Representation Theory approach and the lexical analysis technique with the help of Iramuteq software. Empirical evidence was obtained that reinforces the relevance of considering a diversity of perspectives that range from person-environment relations to the socioeconomic and behavioral implications of this interaction. The results suggest the need for a holistic and integrated approach to promoting environmental culture in universities through multidisciplinary collaboration and a collective commitment to sustainability. This research contributes to a better understanding of environmental culture and the importance of sustainability.
The Praca dos Martires (Martyrs' Square), is the oldest urban park in Fortaleza, Cearastate, Brazil. The park is densely wooded and harbor the second largest number of trees protected by law in the city. This research aimed to study the trees present in the historical park and we conducted a detailed survey of the tree cover and tree health inside the park. We recorded 212 individuals, including trees, shrubs, and palm trees, divided among 49 species and 16 families. We also made a phytosanitary assessment and classified the trees, shrubs and palms in a scale related to the severity of damage for each plant: 4.25% of the plants were classified as grade 1 (excellent); 42.92% as grade 2 (good); 26.42% as grade 3 (regular); 16.51% as grade 4 (poor); and 9.91% as grade 5 (very poor). Our study also evaluated the individuals legally protected by the city law. We recognize the importance of legal protection for historical trees, but highlighting flaws in the care and maintenance for these trees. We also suggest the need for adopting more robust criteria to declare a tree legally protected and the need of effective care actions to guarantee the health of the urban trees in the park. health.
A chegada dos parques eólicos ao Brasil ocorreu principalmente na região costeira do Nordeste do país. Embora essas áreas tenham alto potencial eólico, são habitadas por comunidades tradicionais. Neste contexto, os Tremembé da Barra do Mundaú foram afetados pela chegada de dois parques eólicos. Este estudo buscou compreender como os meios de subsistência dos povos indígenas foram afetados pela implantação desses parques. Para atingir o objetivo, foram realizadas entrevistas com especialistas e indígenas, através da abordagem dos meios de subsistência. Foi confirmado que o território perdeu biodiversidade, causada principalmente pela redução do abastecimento de água local, afetando a subsistência dos povos indígenas. No entanto, as comunidades demonstraram resiliência ao implementar novas estratégias de subsistência. Este estudo destaca a importância de considerar os impactos sociais e ambientais dos projetos energéticos para promover políticas que protejam os direitos indígenas.
Conocer y mostrar espacialmente las distintas formas de acceso al agua en hábitats rurales del Chaco salteño, representa un gran desafío. Para enfrentarlo nos propusimos mapear esas formas de acceso al agua en la zona sistematizar los resultados e incorporarlos a un Sistema de Información Geográfica. La necesidad de este relevamiento surgió a partir de un trabajo colaborativo con las mesas locales de agua (Rivadavia Banda Norte) y de gestión local (La Unión – Rivadavia Banda Sur). Mediante técnicas de cartografía social se identificaron las principales formas de acceso al agua en los diversos parajes, puestos criollos y comunidades originarias de estos municipios. En el espacio provisto por las mesas locales se realizó una priorización que permitió ubicar espacialmente áreas de mayor necesidad de gestión del recurso hídrico. El uso de los sistemas de información geográfica tiene la ventaja de brindar una visión espacial e integral sobre el territorio y en este caso sobre la situación de acceso al agua, de potencial utilidad para la toma de decisiones informadas y la implementación de políticas hídricas efectivas en el Chaco salteño.
The present study aims to propose permacultural-based interventions in the Ofai & eacute; indigenous land, located in the municipality of Brasil & acirc;ndia/MS. Specific objectives include describing aspects of the physical geography of the Ofai & eacute; indigenous land in Brasil & acirc;ndia/MS, identifying land uses and occupations in the mentioned territory, and suggesting permacultural interventions in the study area. To achieve these objectives, this study relies on secondary sources, primarily existing literature on the Ofai & eacute; indigenous land in Brasil & acirc;ndia/MS. The proposed interventions are grounded in ethnic knowledge and the characteristics of the local geography, including hydrography, vegetation, soil, and topography, among others, identified in previous studies. It is believed that implementing the suggested permacultural interventions can significantly improve the quality of life for the community residing in the studied land and aid in recovering recently incorporated degraded soil areas into the territory of the Ofai & eacute; people. .
Knowing and spatially showing the different forms of access to water in the rural habitats of the Chaco de Salta represents a great challenge. To address this, we proposed to map these forms of access to water in the area, systematize the results and incorporate them into a Geographic Information System. The need for this survey arose from collaborative work with local groundwater (Rivadavia Banda Norte) and local management (La Uni & oacute;n - Rivadavia Banda Sur). Using social mapping techniques, the main forms of access to water in different locations, creole posts and communities originating in these municipalities were identified. In the space provided by the local tables, a prioritization was carried out that made it possible to spatially locate the areas most in need of water resources management. The use of geographic information systems has the advantage of providing a spatial and comprehensive view of the territory and, in this case, the water access situation, potentially useful for making informed decisions and affective water policies in the Chaco de Salta.
Na Chapada do Apodi, Ceará, os movimentos sociais, compostos por uma rede de sujeitos e instituições, resistem às práticas do agronegócio, as quais ameaçam sujeitos, territórios e seus bens comuns. Esses movimentos representam uma resistência, profundamente enraizada na busca por justiça social e ambiental, e lutam por um modelo de produção que seja compatível com os modos de vida das comunidades da Chapada do Apodi. Este texto objetiva analisar as conflitualidades por terra, território e água, decorrentes da territorialização do agronegócio na Chapada do Apodi, bem como visibilizar as resistências praticadas pelos movimentos sociais e entidades populares. Por conseguinte, nossa metodologia baseou-se, principalmente, em levantamento bibliográfico, construção e análise de um banco de dados, realização de trabalhos de campo, oficinas nos territórios e elaboração de mapas.
Este estudo buscou analisar as representações sociais sobre ‘cultura ambiental’ em uma comunidade universitária. Fez-se uma pesquisa compreensiva com suporte na Cartografia Representacional, com a abordagem da Teoria das Representações Sociais e a técnica da análise lexical com o auxílio do software Iramuteq. Obtiveram-se indícios empíricos que reforçam a relevância de se considerar uma diversidade de perspectivas que abordam desde as relações pessoa-ambiente, às implicações socioeconômicas e comportamentais dessa interação. Os resultados sugerem a necessidade de uma abordagem holística e integrada para promover a cultura ambiental nas universidades mediante uma colaboração multidisciplinar e um compromisso coletivo com a sustentabilidade. Esta pesquisa contribui para uma melhor compreensão da cultura ambiental e da importância da sustentabilidade.
A Praça dos Mártires, parque urbano mais antigo de Fortaleza, é densamente arborizada e abriga a segunda maior quantidade de árvores protegidas por lei na cidade. Esta pesquisa objetivou estudar sua arborização e realizou um levantamento detalhado das árvores presentes nesse parque histórico. A composição encontrada foi de 212 indivíduos vegetais, entre árvores, arbustos e palmeiras, divididos entre 49 espécies e 16 famílias. Os indivíduos foram submetidos a uma avaliação fitossanitária que resultou em uma escala de grau de dano: grau 1 (excelente) – representada por 4,25% dos indivíduos; grau 2 (bom) – 42,92%; grau 3 (regular) – 26,42%; grau 4 (ruim) – 16,51%; e grau 5 (péssimo) – 9,91% das plantas presentes. O trabalho avaliou também os indivíduos arbóreos considerados imunes ao corte, reconhecendo a importância da proteção legal, mas destacando falhas na implementação e manutenção das mesmas. Apontamos a importância da Praça dos Mártires para o Centro de Fortaleza, mas chamamos também atenção para a necessidade da adoção de critérios mais robustos para a declaração de proteção legal às árvores e para a necessidade de medidas efetivas de cuidado com as plantas, já que muitas estão severamente danificadas.
