Trilha ecológica interpretativa no Parque Ecológico no Campus da UCSAL em Pituaçu - Salvador - Bahia

Abstract

The Anthropic action has been occurring at different levels and environments, promoting environmental imbalance, making it necessary to create strategies that promote Environmental Education (EA). Understanding the relevance of the environmental theme, the main objective of this work entitled Ecological Interpretive Trail in the Ecological Park at UCSAL Campus in Pituaçu-Salvador-Bahia is to implement an interpretive ecological trail model in the Ecological University Park (PEU), in order to conceive effective ways to promote Environmental Education (EA) in an area adjacent to the Metropolitan Park of Pituaçu (PMP), Salvador-Bahia. For that, the following specific objectives were listed: to know the Ecological University Park, place of implantation of the trail; identify existing and proposed trail models; identify the attractive points for composition of the ecological trail; implement the interpretive ecological trail in the Ecological University Park; to classify the solid residues found in the area of implantation of the ecological trail as a form of sensitization for the anthropic actions in the environment; and propose the use of the ecological trail as an instrument for the promotion of environmental education. In this perspective, environmental education is understood as an indispensable means in the formation of the individual who is an integrating and modifying agent of the different ecosystems and in view of this context, considering the Atlantic Forest area, the creation and implementation of a trail model is justified as an effective way to promote EE. The methodology used was the bibliographical research that bases the research, and the field research of the type of case study and action research. The instruments of data collection were two questionnaires applied to the students of Biological Sciences of UCSAL. The main authors used in the research were Dias (2000), Silva (2003), Lechner (2006), Reigota (2006), Pedrini (2011), Martinez (2015), among others. It is understood to have achieved the objectives of the research by identifying the area of the Ecological University Park (PEU) with all the characteristics of attractiveness for the proposition of a viable model of ecological interpretive trail that can contribute to the promotion of environmental education at all levels Education. In addition to achieving the objective of the research, it was possible to continue the study, going beyond a proposal for a model, but participating effectively in the implementation of the ecological interpretative trail.