A influência das ferramentas de educação ambiental para preservação e conservação do Parque São Bartolomeu – BA

Abstract

This work had as its theme to verify the contributions of the social participation of the community and the visitors, for the process of preservation and conservation of the Park São Bartolomeu, located in the city of Salvador, Bahia and aims to contribute to the advancement of the reflections on the most imminent problems environmental studies and for this purpose a study is carried out to see if there is a possibility that environmental education in this community is capable of influencing sustainable development. The relevance of this study was the construction of a diagnosis about the individuals’ perception regarding the environment and the anthropic actions, having as reference the field research and the bibliographic researches, the actions and activities carried out by the community representations that are part of the aforementioned council. Especially the importance of changing habits and attitudes, to a better quality of life só that it can be possible to understand, discuss and reflect on the theoretical conceptions of the citizen as manager and its relevance to the process of sustainable development. In the first part, a literature review was presented, providing information about the definition of perception and the importance of Environmental Education, Conservation Units, Public Parks in prominence to Soteropolitan Parks with their main characteristics and purposes. Then, a systemic survey was carried out to the São Bartolomeu Park, its historical, cultural and environmental importance, with application of methodological tools, quantitative and qualitative approaches were carried out through field research exposing aspects related to behavior, environmental impacts and what can be made for the reduction of these impacts, applied to 70 residents and 120 visitors of the São Bartolomeu Park. The results were analyzed and the conclusion showed that the influence of the environmental education strategies promoted is still at an embryonic stage, where there are opportunities to develop actions that contemplate the local sócio-cultural aspects and for an improvement in the quality of life not only of the community, but also become multipliers for the society with activities that can positively impact and attract proposals and projects of public policies, professional qualification and actions of sustainable development. Belonging to and sensitizing the role of managing citizen is essential to understanding the community’s interrelations with its environment and serves as an instrument for planning environmental education.