Educação ambiental na recuperação e conservação de recursos naturais: a percepção dos parceleiros do Assentamento Poções - Rialma/GO

Abstract

This research was done with the settlers of Assentamento Poções, located at the edge of Rio das Almas in the municipality of Rialma, state of Goias. It aims to analyze and comprehend how the settlers interact with the environment in their day-to-day life and also to implement extension action in this reality. It was used the qualitative method by means of bibliographic study and the data were collected through participant observation and questionnaires completed by 46 lot owners. It was found that the majority of smallholders interviewed while engaged in a process of production and use of space that do not conform to sustainable practices, demonstrate mastery of concepts related to sustainable use of natural resources. From this perception it was proposed a conception of environmental educatio n that takes into consideration the need of putting into practice the knowledge built, mainly the one concerning the right use of natural resources. The experience in Assentamento Poções showed the importance of valuing the perceptions of the environme nt of a community. From the research emerged a proposition of environmental education with a view to recovering and conserving natural resources to be executed by Institute Federal Goiano - Campus Ceres (IFGoiano) in an attempt to guarantee the rational use of the natural resources in their place and develop a new perspective to the work of this institution as an executor of public policies.