Trilhas ecológicas do Jequitibá: um instrumento no resgate da identidade e da diversidade ambiental

Abstract

This work presents new points of attractiveness obtained after the unification of the Jequitibá and Cristais trails, in the Três Picos State Park, in Cachoeiras de Macacu. An interpretive script is proposed that explores the points of attractiveness of the different stretches of the unified tracks. It is also proposed a new route, potentializing the attractions and reducing trampling of the roads to the ancient jequitibá. For this research, route, distance, slope, altitude, and average route time were selected. Initially, the original Jequitibá trail presented about 400 meters in a round trip, which generated additional anthropic impact and fall in the interest of the points of attractiveness in the return path. In the proposed new route, 800 meters are added, which provide new attractiveness. The resulting track changes and the points of attractiveness to be added to the new route were related to the Field Guide of the set of tracks, which now displays approximately 1,200 meters. The points generated by the data collection and interpretation serve as a didactic adaptation to the formal biology content, whose relationships are available to the teacher and the visitor. The phytotherapic properties of arboreal individuals along the trail were also considered, aiming to attribute therapeutic value as another element that reinforces the practice of trails in conservation units. The research produced a specific Field Guide for the Jequitibá-Crystals trail, which in this research is called Jequitibá trail. The topographical, geological and biological diversity aspects will comprise a set of information available for consultation and use in field activities, especially for teachers, students and visitors. The Field Guide Jequitibá trails presents a synthesis of the work, mainly aimed at discussing the importance of non-formal teaching environments and the valorization of conservation units and their tracks not only as entertainment and knowledge environments, but also as places of environmental awareness and healthy and therapeutic practices.