Observatório ambiental para o PPGEDAM (NUMA/UFPA): a produção e divulgação do conhecimento em meio ambiente

Abstract

Study of the production and dissemination of environmental knowledge and the applicability of products generated in graduate programs in the professional modality, based on the Graduate Program in Management of Natural Resources and Local Development in the Amazon (PPGEDAM). In this perspective, the general objective of the research is to propose the creation of an observatory for graduates of PPGEDAM/UFPA, for the visibility of environmental knowledge and technical-scientific products generated in the Program, contributing to local

development in the Amazon and as specific objectives : to analyze the technical- scientific productions generated at PPGEDAM/UFPA, sizing its contribution to

society; describe the professional performance of PPGEDAM/UFPA graduates related to the Program; create an Environmental Observatory template as a communication channel with PPGEDAM/UFPA graduates; submit a draft resolution to regulate this proposed communication channel, based on CAPES evaluation criteria. This is a PPGEDAM case study, an exploratory research that seeks to understand and describe the reality of the Program, quantitative to analyze numerical information related to graduates and qualitative to understand the perceptions, experiences and challenges faced in relation to the Program. As for the data collection techniques, they are bibliographic to theoretically base the case study, documentary to provide information on the research lines and their trajectory and field research that uses a semi-structured interview script, with questions that address the objectives of the study. study, with interviews with graduates of the Program. As a result, the production and scientific dissemination of environmental knowledge produced in PPGEDAM/NUMA was identified, with information and data from graduates since the beginning of the Program. As it is an interdisciplinary course, it was found that graduates are from courses in various areas of knowledge, with a predominance of geographers, lawyers and administrators, that Belém is the city where graduates have worked professionally, that the technical report is the most developed product in PPGEDAM. As a product, there is the creation of the template for the alumni observatory, the Environmental Observatory, as well as a draft resolution to regulate this Program communication channel. It was concluded that the study will allow a comprehensive understanding of the Program, its graduates and its impact on the production of environmental knowledge and sustainable development in the Amazon.