Matas Urbanas como instrumento para o ecoturismo e Educação Ambiental: os casos de João Pessoa – PB Maceió – AL e Natal RN

• Ano de defesa: 2017
• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Darlan de Lima
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraíba; Brasil; Gerenciamento Ambiental; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente; UFPB
• Palavras-chave em Português: Matas Urbanas; Educação Ambiental; Ecoturismo; Urban Forest; Environmental Education; Ecotourism; CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::ECOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/9152

This dissertation consists in a study carried out on Atlantic forest reserves of three Brazilian Northeast capitals, Being them, João Pessoa-PB, Maceió - AL and Natal - RN. The term "Urban Forest" was used to identify the areas. The work objective was to understand how the populations of these regions interact with these spaces. It was also sought to identify similarities, divergences and potentialities for each reserve. Through research on the environmental movemen reflections on what would be a sustainable use for reserves were elaborated. Questions about the tourism activity and its potential for a local economy were contextualized. The concept of the term ecotourism was presented, and he explained the reason why it is the most appropriate service, when properly planned, to be used in forest reserves.A field research with a class of basic school was carried out with the purpose of presenting proposals of pedagogical use for Urban Forests. By means of questionnaires, samples were collected to acquire a sense of the image that the residents have towards the reserves. Interviews with part of the Environmental managerswere used to understand how the administration of these spaces works and discovery if they have practices of the so-called Environmental Education and which planning models will be used in the long term. The results showed that the social constructions around these reserves resulted in differences in interpretation, both by the government and by the residents, in the areas where a development was established there is a greater concern for the maintenance, in the meantime , When they are located near areas of social vulnerability, there is apparently little interest in tourism promotion. In relation to the residents, it was verified that the greater the participation of the communities in the activities carried out, the greater the degree of understanding regarding the existing benefits with the maintenance and the need of the preservation.