Educação ambiental em unidades de conservação no Nordeste brasileiro: revisão sistemática da literatura

Abstract

The creation and maintenance of Conservation Units becomes an essential tool for the protection and conservation of the existing biodiversity in these environments, as well as for Environmental Education actions, bringing citizens closer to nature, sensitizing them to promote reflection and sustainable attitudes, in addition to providing quality of life and protecting the Planet and its biodiversity. This research aimed to evaluate, through a systematic literature review, environmental education actions in Conservation Units in the Brazilian Northeast, based on the scientific literature published between the years 2009 to 2022. It was a systematic review study, based on primary studies of the literature, in the database Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) and Google Scholar. A total of 30 scientific articles were obtained that deal with the theme of Environmental Education in contexts of Conservation Units. The northeastern states with the highest number of publications were: Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Norte, all represented by five publications, except Bahia with four scientific articles, there were no records of publications for the years 2010 and 2022. In this way, it is expected that in the future there will be a substantial increase in publications about Environmental Education in Conservation Units, since they are fundamental areas for public awareness, obviously respecting the specificities of each UCs, as well as to control anthropogenic actions (deforestation, pollution and hunting), regulate climatic events (floods, droughts and soil degradation), provide support services (soil formation and nutrient cycling) and sociocultural services (leisure, social, spiritual and religious)