Educação ambiental: alternativa para a conservação da trilha ecológica da UTFPR, DV

Abstract

The use of trails as environment subject to visitation, enabling the dissemination of information about each ecosystem has increased in recent years. The present study aimed to develop educational activities aimed at restructuring and conservation Ecological Trail of the Federal Technological University of Paraná, Campus Dois Vizinhos and insert environmental education in order to raise awareness among visitors about environmental issues. For this, we initially performed cleaning the work area and placed signposts path. They were marked interpretive points on the track route that would help in explanations involving environmental education. The spots were located and marked copies of representative forest species of the Atlantic. As a result, they were taken to the location a group of visitors, which were applied questionnaires before and after the visit and delivered an informative flyer about the area. The work made it possible to develop educational activities through the structure in track trail. There have been learning and environmental awareness on the part of those involved. Since the importance of environmental education, it is expected that other similar import jobs to be developed by collaborating with relevant values to ecology, preservation and notions of attitudes that contribute to environmental maintenance.