Biodiversidade e desmatamento no Cerrado: análise do conhecimento dos discentes de uma escola pública de Uruçuí - PI

Abstract

The Cerrado is a very diverse biome, but it is increasingly threatened, mainly due to deforestation, which has been a frequent practice in this region. This action can cause harm to the fauna and flora present in this biome, since, with the removal of trees, animals are unable to feed, reproduce and seek refuge. Knowing that students know about deforestation in the Cerrado is of great importance to understand how this content is being addressed in classrooms, as well as to enable new studies addressing this topic and involving awareness of this problem in the biome. In view of this, this study had the general objective of evaluating the knowledge and environmental perception of students at a state school in the city of Uruçuí (PI) about the consequences of deforestation for the biodiversity of the Cerrado in the region and the importance of strategies for its conservation. To this end, a questionnaire containing 22 questions was used that addressed the concept of biodiversity and how it is found in the Cerrado, whether the students knew the endemic species present in the biome, the practices that lead to deforestation and actions that can reduce it. A total of 145 questionnaires were collected, in which only 40 students said they knew what biodiversity is, and the most common answer found was “diversity of life”. Overall, most students did not answer which species are endemic to the Cerrado and which actions would reduce the advance of deforestation. Therefore, the importance of recurring projects on this topic that can raise awareness among students about the importance of conserving the Cerrado is highlighted