Atividade Escolar sobre o Tema dos Morcegos Pode Aumentar a Conscientização sobre a Conservação

• Autor(a) principal: Benvindo de Souza, Marcelino
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Borges, Rinneu Elias, Arantes Ambrosio, Emanuela Hortencia, Rodrigues da Silva, Adailton, de Melo e Silva, Daniela, Gomes Araújo dos Santos, Cirley, de Souza Santos, Lia Raquel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Biodiversidade Brasileira
• Texto Completo: https://revistaeletronica.icmbio.gov.br/BioBR/article/view/2383
• topic: Mamíferos voadores; chiroptera; percepção humana; cerrado; Biologia e Conservação de Morcegos no Brasil; Flying mammals; chiroptera; human perception; cerrado; Mamíferos voladores; chiroptera; percepción humana; cerrado

Knowing about the basic ecology of less charismatic species helps strengthenconservation measures. In the present study, we evaluated primary high school students’ understandingin the southwest of Goias state, a region of Central Brazil, about bats. This paper involved two phasesand analysis before and after school intervention, with lectures and practical activities. In the firstphase, we recovered the basic knowledge focused on detecting whether the 170 students recognizedbats as flying mammals. Then we tried to find out if they were aware of the hematophagous speciesestimate, and finally, we evaluated the relationship of the use of bats as bioindicators. The resultsshowed confusion in bats’ classification, with association with rodents, birds of nocturnal habit.The students believed that there were more than 10 (ten) hematophagous species regarding theseanimals’ diet. And as expected, the concept of bioindicators of environmental quality was unclearto these animals. Finally, after school intervention, there was a significant increase in understandingall the topics covered on bats. These data reveal the importance of academic intervention in schoolsto reduce the social distance concerning biodiversity. We conclude that the development of schoolactivity with the theme of bats can increase awareness of conservation