A importância da educação ambiental desenvolvida pelo Batalhão de Polícia Ambiental da PMMA para formação dos alunos da Brigada Voluntária Ambiental (BVA) no polo Coroadinho em São Luís (MA)

Abstract

In the midst of a scenario of environmental degradation and depletion of natural resources, whose discussions converge on measures that could be adopted to slow the destruction of the planet. In this context, Environmental Education (EA) emerges as a tool for raising awareness and social awareness, with a view to maintaining and preserving environmental resources. The present work aims to analyze how the EE developed by the Battalion of Environmental Police, in the project Voluntary Environmental Brigade, contributes to the social and critical formation of children and adolescents of the Coroadinho pole community in São Luís (MA). The research was structured based on a predominantly qualitative approach, as it is an exploratory and field investigation, considering that the approach with the group participating in the research was essential for familiarization with the study environment. It is pointed out that to support the arguments and to base the production of the work, it was used the technique of documentary and bibliographic research. It is noteworthy that, for the analysis and achievement of the proposed objectives, questionnaires and semistructured interviews were applied, the results of which demonstrated that there is remarkable effectiveness of the project in the process of critical training of the students served. It is evident that the results showed a yield of more than 70% in the questions that demanded a critical perception from the brigadiers in relation to the main environmental problems of the community.