Valorização cultural para uma proposta de gestão ambiental

Abstract

This article suggests the need to better understand the cultural diversity found in human relations, through its ethnoecological study, in order to propose forms of environmental management. It was developed through a literature research including books, dissertations on this theme and scientific articles. The text emphasizes that, in recent years, the environment has been exhaustively discussed because of the deterioration of nature and the consequent decline of quality of life in the cities as well as in the country. This situation arises, among other reasons, because of bad environmental management. From this point of view, ethnoecology may indicate how the knowledge of nature detained by local populations can be used for a better environmental management and more appropriate administration of natural resources. To achieve successful in environmental management changes are required in attitudes and behavior patterns, so that individuals feel as part of the processes and the transformations of the local environment. In this sense, environmental education has become a great ally to environmental management.