Georreferenciamento de espécies arbóreas como ferramenta para a educação ambiental

• Autor(a) principal: Bohner, Tanny Oliveira Lima
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Redin, Cristina Gouvêa, Silva, Daniela Thomas, Gracioli, Cibele Rosa, Witec Neto, Leopoldo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Monografias Ambientais
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/remoa/article/view/5686
• topic: Identification; Preservation; Tree specimens; Landscaping; Identificação; Preservação; Exemplares arbóreos; Paisagismo

The Polytechnic College landscaping department, of Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) is aplace reserved to native and exotic tree specimens collection with landscaping potential andcapable of use in urban landscaping, gardens and parks. The survey, identification and thegeoreference of these specimens values and qualify the landscape, providing the knowledge ofspecies and its use. Thus, the environment becomes didactic and attractive to the academiccommunity and the general community. This work is very important because of the possibility ofproviding people the technical knowledge, promoting the preservation and environmentalconservation in public green spaces and making it possible forindividual and collective society participation in preserving the environmental balance. The aim ofthis study was to identify, locate and label the small, medium and large trees (native and exotic),with landscaping potential, at the Polytechnic College landscaping department, in Santa Maria, RS,as an important tool for environmental education at botanical gardens.