Percepção ambiental em comunidades do entorno de unidades de conservação no Brasil: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

A protection tool for natural areas and biodiversity are Conservation Units (UCs) that act not only in the preservation of natural resources, but also as places of learning and community sensibilization about the environmental issues. The development of these UCs is associated with the environmental perception assessment of the different groups in the surrounding community, In this way, perception plays the supporting role in understanding human-environment relations. With the assessment of perception, the identification of environmental conflicts that permeate the management and handling of the Units becomes more direct, as these issues reflect in the process of formulating the policies and guidelines that involve their creation of these spaces. From this perspective, the present work aims to list and identify researches conducted in the last ten years that addressed the theme of environmental perception around Conservation Units in Brazil, considering the participation of the local population in the management of the protected area. This analysis was performed from an integrative review of selected researches in five national and international indexer databases, followed by the application of eligibility filters on the topic. As a result, the systematized consultation identified 725 articles in the last 10 years, of these 53 dealing with environmental perception and 25 were performed in surrounding communities, the selected researches evidenced the need to understand the environmental changes through the perception of the surrounding residents, since, knowing the educational bases and sociocultural of communities their relations of uses and perceptions are more appropriate and democratic ways of managing the units. After analysis of the studies, it is recommended the need for a more focused formation on this theme, considering the social and environmental importance of the UCs, in the promotion of sustainability and income generation.