O Programa Elos de Cidadania e sua relação com o Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos

Abstract

In atention to the Federal Constitution, Federal Politics and State Politics of Environmental Education, whose text present demands for the communities qualification for participation in environmental management and the exercise of social control, was developed the program "Elos de Cidadania" in the state of Rio de Janeiro. In the years 2013-2015 the project developed as: "Programa Elos de Cidadania: Educação Ambiental para a Gestão Participativa e Integrada de Águas e Florestas da Mata Atlântica" for education of professionals (teachers and staff), students and community of school units located around the main rivers / water resources and remnants of Atlantic Forest. In the pedagogical line of Education for Environmental Management, has proposed to contribute to the qualification of local communities for participatory environmental management. The present research aims to evaluate how the Program Elos de Cidadania provided the recognition of the local socio-environmental reality of the participating communities around the Serra dos Órgãos National Park. The research is characterized as qualitative, using content analysis (Bardin, 2011) as a methodology in the study and interpretation of data. Makes the analysis of products derived from the development of the program at schools in search of whether there has been identified local environmental vulnerabilities as well as to characterize and quantify the products or actions undertaken by the participants, the possible relations with the National Park of Serra dos Órgãos. Based on the various documents studied it can infer that the communities involved have developed the ability to identify immediate environmental vulnerabilities to their needs, not necessarily related to the protected area. Identifies the serious gap between the communities and the conservation area, pointing to the continuing need for public politics on environmental education. Finally, there is an urgent need to foster, together with schools and communities, a culture of participation, decision-making and transformation with a view to an environmentally just society.