Elaboração de material didático sobre o impacto da produção de carvão vegetal no município de Tucuruí - Pará

Abstract

From the second half of the 1980s onwards, the regional production was significantly displaced towards the eastern Amazon, thus initiating the activity of charcoal production in the North of the Country. The objective of this study was to prepare didactic material on the impact of production of charcoal in the municipality of Tucuruí state of Pará. The applied methodology was carried out following four proposals. In the first one, bibliographical researches and theoretical reference were carried out, which were an important sum to obtain the information on the subject of interest, serving as a basis for the development of the following proposals. The second proposal came from the elaboration of a HQ - Comic History, titled "Vegetable Charcoal", with simpler language and easy to understand. It emphasizes two impacts caused by the production of coal, which is smoke and soot, with information such as what is, as it happens, what causes human health and forms of mitigation. The third proposal was the elaboration of a Technical Bulletin, with a formal and technical description, containing a description of the main characteristics in relation to wood quality and charcoal quality. Teaching is an excellent tool to convey knowledge, especially when the subject is a major polluter, such as charcoal. Even though there are many environmental and social problems, there are different methods of mitigating the impacts generated by charcoal and many owners already apply such methods to their property.