Educação ambiental: a importância do córrego ribeirão grande em Tocantinópolis/TO para os moradores da comunidade

Abstract

The study aims to understand the importance of valuing environmental education in the Ribeirão Grande Pedro Bento community, located in the city of Tocantinópolis/TO, and its surroundings. The interest in the theme arose from the moment we realized the need for environmental awareness in school activities and in the community around Ribeirão Grande. As a resident, I lived a large part of my life in this village, noticing very explicit problems such as deforestation, lack of environmental awareness, lack of fish, among other issues. In this way, it is understood that there are great changes in the environment resulting from deforestation and its consequences, as described, as a resident of Povoado I see these glaring problems around the Córrego Ribeirão Grande. Through this, our concern stems from the following research question “How can environmental education contribute to the environmental impacts caused by deforestation on the banks of the Ribeirão Grande stream?”. In order to seek coherent answers or alternatives to the question, the general objective of the work is to present Environmental Education as an alternative for raising awareness in the village of Ribeirão Grande Pedro Bento. Added to this, the relevance of understanding the factors that end up causing the aggravation of environmental issues in the location in question of work. Such impacts as deforestation, extinction of fauna and flora on the banks of the stream, the destruction of riparian forests, are objects of investigation in this research, which aims to seek an analysis of possible contributions to the study of environmental education for the entire village. The research has as a methodological nature the bibliographical research as well as the addition to the study through an experience report. Regarding bibliographic research, he states that it is carried out from the available record, resulting from previous research, in printed documents, such as books, articles, theses, etc. Consequently, the purpose of this investigation is to raise awareness in order to generate a preservation of the forests on the banks of the Ribeirão Grande stream