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来源

URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING,Vol.30,P.56-61

语言

英文

关键字

Biodiversity conservation; Ethnobiology; Ethnoecology; Human ecology; YOUNG-CHILDREN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; PERCEPTIONS; EXPERIENCE; DRAWINGS; ANIMALS; LIONS

作者单位

[Sampaio, Marilian Boacha; De La Fuente, Maria Fernanda; Schiel, Nicola] Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco, Dept Biol, R Dom Manuel de Medeiros S-N, BR-52171900 Recife, PE, Brazil. [Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino] Univ Fed Pernambuco, Dept Bot, Av Prof Moraes Rego 1235, BR-50670901 Recife, PE, Brazil. [Souto, Antonio da Silva] Univ Fed Pernambuco, Dept Zool, Av Prof Moraes Rego 1235, BR-50670901 Recife, PE, Brazil. Schiel, N (reprint author), Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco, Dept Biol, R Dom Manuel de Medeiros S-N, BR-52171900 Recife, PE, Brazil. E-Mail: nicola.schiel@ufrpe.br

摘要

The replacement of natural environments with urban centers has increased the distance between people and nature, which generates an indifference and apathy towards natural areas. Such a phenomenon is particularly concerning when children are involved because they represent future generations. In the present study, we investigated the effect of 'contact with a forest' versus 'no contact with a forest' on the knowledge of biodiversity in children under the same socioeconomic and educational conditions. We recruited 267 children for our study; 110 children maintained contact with a forest, while 157 had no contact with an urban forest. We encouraged the children to express their knowledge of the natural environment through drawings. Our results showed that contact with a forest granted children greater knowledge of the native animals, but it did not seem to affect their knowledge of the vegetation. However, the lack of contact with a forest caused the children to give greater importance to human components as part of the forest. Proximity to a natural area, even in an urban environment, seems to help draw attention to its components and sets the groundwork for knowledge construction. Hence, it is highly important to encourage contact between urban children and natural environments, as it enables future generations to have a better connection with nature, which is essential for biodiversity conservation.