Implantação das trilhas ecológicas e disseminação da educação ambiental através do ecoturismo

Abstract

Environmental education has become an extremely important subject in training and raising awareness among people about protecting themselves, caring for the environment, preserving natural resources and promoting sustainable development, always seeking to healthy quality of life for them. In this way, Environmental education through Ecotourism emerged to an effective alternative in this sense, presenting itself as ideal instruments, to they offer direct contact with various natural elements in to dynamic and interconnected way, favoring an intimate relationship between the participant and the natural components. Due to the above, this work aims to implantation ecological trails to the means of disseminating Environmental Education through Ecotourism. The work was carried out in the field area of the State University of Maranhão-UEMA, located in the urban area of the municipality of São Bento - MA. This research is classified as descriptive, which included field activities, seeking to characterize the study area and learn about its biodiversity. A total of 3 trails were implemented, which were named: 1st Nascente viva trail, 2nd EcoViva trail, 3rd Dendê trail. Furthermore, mainly flora species were identified along the route, such as Ananás, Caraguatá, Dendê and Babaçu. Regarding the fauna present on the route, the African Bee, Sloth and butterflies stand out. After implementation, a total of 6 visits were made to nearby schools and some from other municipalities, reaching a total of 330 students. In this way, this study was and will be used as a disseminator tool for environmental education, making ecological trails not just access to local attractions, but a socio-environmental space that can be understood and felt by the visitor