IMPACTOS E AMEAÇAS À BIODIVERSIDADE: A PERCEPÇÃO DOS DISCENTES DO IF GOIANO - CAMPUS CERES

Abstract

Biodiversity is the variability of current or extinct living organisms from all sources. Brazil is the richest country in species and ecosystem biodiversity, with 15% to 20% of the planet's biodiversity. However, biodiversity is becoming increasingly threatened due to a number of natural and artificial factors. Artificial factors are the result of the growing human population, which can cause a natural imbalance of the ecosystem. Exploitation of plant and animal species, hunting and predatory fishing, trafficking in wild fauna and flora, disorderly expansion of agricultural and livestock areas, introduction of innovative and exotic species, industrialization, urbanization and the growth of the human race. key factors threatening biodiversity. Environmental education is used as a fundamental instrument for the conservation of biodiversity through the establishment of collective processes, the formation of values sensitive to the diversity, complexity and solidarity of human beings with each other and with nature. Knowing this, the objective of this work was to diagnose the main threats to biodiversity in the region in the perception of students of IF Goiano Campus Ceres in order to propose some practical actions of Environmental Education that are more effective in the regions covered by students of IF Goiano. The study conducted at IF Goiano Campus Ceres was attended by 98 volunteers from the various courses of the same institution. Used the Google Forms platform, Google Drive tool, to make the questionnaire. It was released via e-mail and was open for participation from October 1 to 20, 2019. Most of the volunteers had some relationship with the Rural Zone and recognized the importance of biodiversity and how improvements could affect it ( railways, power plants, mining companies, etc.), triggering an imbalance in biodiversity. In addition, many students reported consuming game meat, not really knowing how much it contributes to defaunation.