Reflexões e colaborações da educação ambiental para o planejamento e criação de um jardim botânico em um Centro de Ciências Agrárias na UFPB.

Abstract

The current situation of the planet while the environmental issue demonstrates the need to develop effective Environmental Education practices with the population, in order to achieve changes in conceptions and attitudes that lead to the preservation of the environment. Allied to this situation, the Botanical Gardens appear as institutions capable of promoting educational activitiesthat contribute to the formation of ecological subjects. Accordingly, this work aims to develop an activity plan focused on Environmental Education at the Jayme Côelho de Moraes Arboretum of the CCA / UFPB, in order to subsidize the creation of a botanical garden in the area. Bibliographic research was carried out to outline proposals for Environmental Education, inaddition to visits in the area to map and point out the potential of the environment and the application of questionnaires with students from schools in the city of Areia-PB to raise the main demands and expectations of these students. The data were organized into two themes: students' perceptions and proposals for the development of Environmental Education. It was found that 50% of the students involved have a view of the environment based on untouched nature and that these students have a bond with natural environments. In addition, it was identified that the arboretum has great potential for the implantation of a botanical garden, characterized by the rich floristic set and the physical structure that makes up the place. It was verified that the city of Areia does not have a physical space dedicated to the knowledge and dissemination of biodiversity, and this situation will be modified with the implementation of the botanical garden. Therefore, the environmental education actions suggested for this garden are guided by the principles of Environmental Education proposed by PNEA and it is suggested that they be developed with a public that already visits the AJCM area, in order to obtain improvements for the future botanical garden.