Educação ambiental e gestão de unidades de conservação: um estudo de caso na Área de Proteção Ambiental Algodoal-Maiandeua

Abstract

It examines how the practices of environmental education has contributed to the strengthening and consolidation of the management of protected areas, from the speech of the local community. It was adopted Algodoal-Maiandeua Environmental Protection Area (APA) as the locus of research. Hundred households were interviewed in the four communities of APA Algodoal-Maiandeua: Algodoal Village, Fortalezinha Village, Camboinha Village and Mocoóca Village. It was found that environmental education has contributed little to the consolidation of the environmental management of the protected area for the following reasons: low frequency of actions, lack of continuity of actions, not involving the local community in planning and implementation of actions, resulting in action that does not include issues considered important by the local community, lack of management in conservation area, environmental education focused on visitors, restricted to periods called “high season” actions – July, New Year and holidays – where an increase occurs in flow of visitation on the island of Algodoal-Maiandeua. It was noted that the low degree of effectiveness of actions implemented environmental education contributes to the UC not fully play its role as a conservation unit, being necessary to the broad restructuring of management, so that it can be implemented as provided in the National System of Units Conservation.