The role and the precariousness of volunteer work in Brazilian protected areas

dc.creatorSilveira Júnior, Wanderley Jorge da
dc.creatorSouza, João Pedro Machado e
dc.creatorSantana, Lucas Dezidério
dc.creatorMoura, Aloysio Souza de
dc.creatorSouza, Cléber Rodrigo de
dc.creatorFontes, Marco Aurélio Leite
dc.date2020-05-20T17:59:46Z
dc.date2020-05-20T17:59:46Z
dc.date2019
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T20:05:42Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T20:05:42Z
dc.identifierSILVEIRA JÚNIOR, W. J. da et al. The role and the precariousness of volunteer work in Brazilian protected áreas. Global Ecology and Conservation, [S.I.], v. 17, Jan. 2019. Paginação irregular.
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/41098
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/9044314
dc.descriptionThis study aimed to evaluate the occurrence patterns and role of volunteering in Brazilian protected areas in facing the scenarios of reduced public funds for conservation. Thus, we analyzed volunteer work documents in 210 Brazilian conservation units and carried out a meta-analysis on the proposed objectives, activities offered, the prerequisites for participation and the provisions offered to volunteers. Parks have the highest demand for volunteers (i.e. the type of protected area where volunteers are needed the most to perform volunteer work), as well as for the objectives, activities and prerequisites. Volunteering is motivated by objectives associated with providing practical experience, but in activities associated with public use, visitation and infrastructure. The desired profile is associated with adults with advanced education who have experience in the environmental sciences, and there is no incentive for participation by local resident. The provisions offered to volunteers are mainly related to work execution itself, such as accommodation, food and transportation, despite the relatively low supply of training courses and personal protective equipment. We argue that volunteer actions are being encouraged to meet both the need for professionals and the reduced public funds allocated to conservation. In this sense, this incentive has motivated volunteer precariousness, since the ideal volunteer activity motives are distorted, as well as the services rendered. Knowledge of this process is important to assist in planning public policies and initiatives for conservation, as well as in models for restructuring voluntary action that can achieve both the objectives of volunteer action (i.e. inclusion of the surrounding community and society in the conservation), as well as to contribute to advances in the ecology and in the effectiveness of natural area conservation.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.rightsacesso aberto
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.sourceGlobal Ecology and Conservation
dc.subjectConservation units
dc.subjectVolunteering
dc.subjectNature conservation
dc.subjectNon-remunerated activity
dc.subjectUnidades de conservação
dc.subjectÁreas protegidas
dc.subjectConservação da natureza
dc.subjectAtividade não remunerada
dc.titleThe role and the precariousness of volunteer work in Brazilian protected areas
dc.typeArtigo


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