The Botanical Garden of São Paulo and the promotion of ecological restoration in schools
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https://doi.org/10.33447/paubrasilia.v3i1.29Keywords:
restoration ecology, environmental education, educational ecological restoration, visitation in a botanical gardenAbstract
The Education for Conservation Research Center is responsible for the educational activities and the scientific dissemination of the Botanical Institute of the State Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of São Paulo, and, through its educational program, aims to provide understanding of the importance of conservation of the biodiversity, developing educational visits and activities of interpretation of the environment. From March 2016 to December 2017, we investigated which aspects of ecological restoration were important for visitors who experienced our activities. Only 12% of the schools under scrutiny mentioned ecological restoration as the object of the visit. Taking these schools in consideration, we served 3,483 students and 212 teachers. The results indicate that the garden fulfills its educational and conservationist mission, since it is in tune with the work the schools perform. The content they work on, during and after the visits, reflects the knowledge and skills required to understand the ecological restoration process.
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