Trilha interpretativa como instrumento para educação ambiental : estudo no entorno do Parque do Cinqüentenário, Maringá - PR

Abstract

The Reserve Municipal Park of Cinquentenário, located in the municipal of Maringá - PR, suffers of countless environmental problems, compromising the conservation of this rain forest remaining. The present work sought to extract from the surrounding residents, through semi structured interviews, information about the reserve. On the developing of a guided interpretative trail as the practice of environmental education. It is characterized as a qualitative research, witch analysis of the results was based on the principles of content analysis. Aimed to engage with that community some environmental concepts during the activity of a guided interpretive trail. This was drawn with six stops, represented by the benchmarks, which point to the historical aspects of the reserve; forest ecology, exotic species; culture of waste, stream Mandacaru and participant evaluation. The work was developed using the potential of the surrounding landscape of the reserve. With the participation of 10 residents. The results showed that, through socialization of knowledge among stakeholders, the recognition of this work by the joint activity to complement the references on the conservation unit environment was possible. The themes worked in different landmarks, contributed to validate an environmental practice of educational activity with visitors, but also for the thematic extension of this action in the planned track, implementing research and future practice of environmental education in this Conservation Unit.