“Se eu comprar um pássaro, também faço parte do tráfico?”: a educação ambiental como ferramenta de redução do tráfico de aves silvestres em Fortaleza-CE

Abstract

In Brazil, in its contemporaneity, the scenario of massive loss of biodiversity is witnessed. Hunting and wildlife trafficking are the main causes being the target group hunting mostly defined by birds. The present work starts from the application of environmental education in public and private places, in basic education and in higher education, with the objective of giving lectures in favor of the construction of knowledge and the change of attitudes, seeking to find out which audience is more related to trafficking. For this, are related socioeconomic factors, such as age, monthly family income and education level, with the group's perceptions and learning on this custom. From this analysis, it was noted wide variations in age and income between the spheres and thus inferred that the environment that has more to do with trafficking in wild birds is public education, especially income between 1 to 3 minimum wages. The public showed to be aware that this practice is harmful to the environment and reveals have assimilated it concisely nevertheless, but still presents a explicit resistance to change habits. In addition, the creation of new laws and the intensification of inspections are recommended, also increasing incentives for building CETAS and the hiring of increasingly qualified professionals, as well as the production of alternatives for those who use this trade as a source of income, in order to restrict these acts and promote nature conservation.