Percepção ambiental dos moradores ao entorno do açude de Bodocongó em Campina Grande-PB.

Abstract

In recent decades the dam was Bodocongó the target of several studies because of its high level of environmental degradation as a result of the inefficiency of the current management model and abandonment of government, where we see the pernicious influence of human activities on the watershed. Several studies have been conducted, but none emphasized the environmental perception of the residents who live around the ecosystem and know this reality, ie, the human being was not incorporated as part of this artificial environment. In this sense, the objective of this study was to analyze the environmental perception of residents living in the vicinity of the weir Bodocongó, by conducting semi-structured interviews in order to investigate the environmental perception of the residents who live and work in the surrounding reservoir, as well as understand its importance to the city of Campina Grande and identify environmental problems in the area and eventually collect opinions and proposals for action in the community related to water management. With the data obtained, it was found that the residents interviewed present relative environmental awareness, and mostly understand the meaning and importance of the environment in order to identify environmental problems in the environment, as well as also highlights the need for stimulus and incentives regarding the realization of activity awareness and environmental education. In this view, pointing environmental problems found in the weir Bodocongó, emphasizing pollution, siltation, occupation of areas of permanent preservation, mining, illegal activities, erosion, water misuse and proliferation of Eicchornia crassipes, popularly known as water hyacinth or baroness . The government was considered by most respondents as responsible for these environmental problems. There were proposals suggested by the population, which would be essential for the proper management of the waters of the reservoir of Bodocongó, and has prioritized the revitalization of the spring, followed by public awareness. The results of this assessment can be used as parameters to guide public policy interventions aimed at the recovery of this ecosystem, supporting and subsidizing the construction of environmentally sustainable policies.