Coexistência e conflitos humano-fauna: percepções da comunidade do Parque Estadual do Jaraguá (SP, São Paulo)
Resumen
Human-wildlife relations can be characterized as interactions that can generate
positive or negative impacts on wildlife, people, or both. When positive impacts reach
both sides of the interaction, cohabitation is established. However, given the complex
reality of human relations with wildlife, coexistence is not always achievable. When
negative impacts affect both, human-wildlife conflict arises. These conflicts can be
managed by seeking to improve the relationship between people and animals,
significantly reducing negative impacts, and striving to establish coexistence. In this
sense, environmental education can make important contributions by fostering an
alignment between concepts, values, and forms of participation on the subject. This
investigation aimed to understand elements indicating the community's perspective
(staff and visitors) regarding conflicts and coexistence in Jaraguá State Park. To
achieve this, we used data from semi-structured interviews, a mixed questionnaire,
and Walking Ethnography. We also analyzed conflicts in the region based on wildlife
incidents data provided by an institution that assists wildlife in the municipality. The
results reveal conflicts primarily related to feeding animals in the Park and the
presence of domestic animals in the area. Several actions, mainly educational, were
identified as contributing to conflict management toward coexistence. Wildlife incident
data align with the community's perception, indicating primates as one of the groups
most involved in incidents, especially marmosets and capuchin monkeys. We
understand the need for this management to be collaborative and dialogical,
considering the participation of the entire community. At the end of the process and
based on our results, we aimed to indicate preferred formats and themes for future
production of educational materials contextualized to the area.
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