Overview Of Environmental Education Activities In Protected Areas: A Systematic Review Meta-Analysis

摘要

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/2236130814310 Due to the great environmental challenges of the last decade Environmental Education has been gaining more attention from society as an important agent of transformation of reality. This study aimed to perform a systematic review meta-analysis in an attempt to meet the Environmental Education programs developed in protected areas in Brazil. The survey was conducted through literature search, following a previously outlined flowchart. Nearby points of interest of the selected articles were subject of this study, authors, event location, methodology, target and results. A total of 20 articles were selected within the established parameters. Based on the analysis of the same was possible to observe the existence of a large number of protected areas in Brazil, but the same are not distributed evenly, there is a greater distribution in the south, southeast and northeast, with the highest density of scientific articles published in Conservation Units of Southeastern. Given the results of this review, it can be stated that there is a greater need for the creation of Conservation Units in the North and Midwest regions of Brazil and there is also need for a work incentive for teams composed of Environmental Education in all Units Conservation in order to inform and sensitize the population about the importance of such environments for the conservation of ecosystems in which they live.