Educação ambiental no combate ao tráfico de animais silvestres

Abstract

The trafficking of wild animals has been a significant factor in the reduction of biodiversity in Brazil , contributing to the removal of millions of wild specimens from nature . Biodiversity ensures the balance of ecosystems worldwide . The damages caused to biodiversity affect not only the species that inhabit a specific place , but all the others species as well, and also the environment itself , once it undermines the thin web of relationships between them and the environment where they live . However , the way it has been explored causes destruction to the ecosystems , affecting the lives and promotes the extinction of numerous species . This work aims to explain to the population from Cacapava do Sul and the region around , about the great problem of wildlife trafficking , informing how importante is to keep the animals in nature . The study was conducted at Dinarte Ribeiro School, with students in the 6th grade from the elementary school and the students of the 1st year from high school. The other school where this project has been conducted was Professora Eliana Bassi de Melo School , with students of 6th and 7th grade from elementary school . The work consisted of a lecture and subsequently a questionnaire was applied in order to evaluate the level of awareness caused by the lecture. Through the students' answers it is clear that they understand what is a wild animal, that they should not buy or sell these animals . They understand the difference between a wild animal and a domestic animal , and beyond that, they even reported some consequences that trafficking can cause to nature.