Educação ambiental para o controle da bioinvasão marinha de coral-sol (Tubastraea spp., Cnidaria) em Angra dos Reis, Estado do Rio de Janeiro

• Autor(a) principal: Meireles, Camila Pinto
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/12094
• topic: Environmental education; Exotic invasive species; Marine Bioinvasion; Tubastraea spp; Angra dos Reis; Rio de Janeiro; Educação ambiental; Espécie exótica invasora; Bioinvasão Marinha; Tubastraea spp; Angra dos Reis; Rio de Janeiro; CNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS

Marine bioinvasion is a problem for centuries in Brazil, but only recently the society has come to see or understand the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of invasive alien species. In Angra dos Reis (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), two species of cnidarians known as coral sun (Tubastraea tagusensis and Tubastraea coccinea) were introduced through oil platforms and are rapidly expanding their distribution on the rocky shores. To control or eradicate the populations of these invaders on the Brazilian coast, the Projeto Coral-Sol (PCS) environmental initiative was created to conserve the marine environment, generating income and improving the quality of life of coastal populations. The aim of this study was to identify, in the context of PCS, the forms of potential participation of Ilha Grande residents (Angra dos Reis), place most affected by sun coral in Brazil, the attacker's control and evaluate the environmental education strategies for the formation of multipliers on bioinvasion thematic. The study was conducted through qualitative research method, with residents of 12 villages of the Big Island and educators interested in the theme. For the research of Community Environmental Education was used an adaptation of the action research approach and used the photographic walk techniques, semi-structured interviews and community meeting. Between September 10, 2010 and March 3, 2013 contacts were conducted with 724 residents, 127 interviews recorded nine community meetings. Altogether were identified 10 forms of participation of the residents, the most cited training for coral-sun collector (n = 10 villages), workshops and craft marketing done with coral-sun (n = 8), educational activities on the theme for children and youth (n = 8) and tour packages on the subject (n = 6). In general, the forms of participation reflect local social and environmental characteristics, which contributes to a more effective involvement of the villages. To form multipliers of educational institutions were held training courses with lecture, land and underwater interpretive trail, dynamic development activities for proposals on the subject and application of environmental perception questionnaires. Between 26 July 2011 and 10 November 2012 were conducted 15 courses for 104 teachers. The questionnaires diagnoses indicated that educators have a superficial view of the concepts of biodiversity and bioinvasion. After the course, all teachers said they had known something new in the interpretive trail, and the diversity of species, invasive alien species and coral invading the aspects most often mentioned. Educators activities presented proposals on the subject as: storytelling, theater, games, craft workshops, exhibitions, science fairs, writing texts, viewing videos, reading and research articles and reports, sensory activities for special education, among others. Thus, environmental education allows empower social actors involved directly or indirectly in marine bioinvasion problem so that they can actively participate in decision making about the management of invasive species in your area, ensuring the conservation of biodiversity and improving the quality of lifetime.