ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITY O.O. BRAUNERA

O ecoturismo é uma atividade socioambiental capaz de promover benefícios de conservação ambiental, assim como proporcionar o bem estar às populações locais envolvidas no processo de seu desenvolvimento. A partir dessa acepção, o presente artigo teve o objetivo de analisar a relação da Juçara Euterpe Oleracea Mart. e o ecoturismo diagnosticado como atividade turística a ser fomentada na APA do Maracanã. A metodologia utilizada centrou-se na análise documental como fio condutor para delinear os resultados. Esta análise enquadrou documentos importantes do acervo do Departamento de Turismo e Hotelaria (DETUH) do Centro de Ciências Sociais (CCSO) da Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA). Os resultados encontrados indicam que a Euterpe Oleracea Mart. é a marca característica da APA e o seu uso, tradicionalmente, serve para a alimentação da população local, bem como para os festejos denominado “festa da Juçara”. Verifica-se que é possível fomentar benefícios tangíveis do ecoturismo para as comunidades locais da APA a partir do fortalecimento de sua economia local baseada no beneficiamento da Juçara Euterpe Oleracea Mart. como elemento catalisador do desenvolvimento comunitário para o ecoturismo na APA do Maracanã. Contudo, uma correlação significativa entre a Juçara Euterpe Oleracea Mart. e o ecoturismo ainda é incipiente, pois ainda há percalços metodológicos a serem seguidos, principalmente concernente a construção de espaços deliberativos democráticos que assegurem de fato e de direito a institucionalidade do ecoturismo como atividade socioambiental capaz de promover o bem-estar e a conservação ambiental da APA do Maracanã. Ecotourism and community development: inclusion possibilities of "Juçara" Euterpe oleracea Mart. in ecotourism routes of Área de Proteção Ambiental do Maracanã, São Luís (MA, Brazil) ABSTRACT Ecotourism is an environmental activity that promotes environmental benefits of environmental conservation, as well as providing welfare to local population involved in the process of its development. From this sense, this article aims to analyze the relationship of Juçara Euterpe Oleracea Mart. and ecotourism diagnosed as tourism to be promoted in that APA Maracanã. The methodology focused on document analysis as a guideline of outline the results. This analysis fits important documents of the Department of the Tourism and Hotelary the Centre for Social Sciences of the Federal University of Maranhão. The results indicate that the Euterpe Oleracea Mart. is the hallmark of APA and its use traditionally serves to feed the local population and called for celebrations “festa da juçara”. It appears that is possible to promote ecotourism tangible benefits to local communities APA from strengthening its local economy based on processing of Euterpe Oleracea Mart. as a catalyst of community development for ecotourism in the APA in the Maracanã. However, a significant correlation between Euterpe Oleracea Mart. and ecotourism is still in its infancy, as there are still methodological obstacles to be followed, especially concerning the construction of democratic deliberative spaces to ensure in fact and in law the institutions of ecotourism as environmental activity to promote the welfare and environmental conservation APA Maracanã. KEYWORDS: Community Development; Ecotourism; APA Maracanã.

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Creditor Control of Environmental Activity: The Role of Liquidation Value

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3965024 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jason (Pang-Li) Chen

Keyword(s):

Environmental Activity

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Healing Place and Self: The Renewed Ecological Perception and the Invisible Landscape in Barbara Kingsolverʼs Animal Dreams

MANUSYA ◽

10.1163/26659077-02001005 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 68-92

Author(s):

Wisarut Painark

Keyword(s):

Cultural Identity ◽

Sense Of Belonging ◽

Sense Of Self ◽

Space And Place ◽

Traumatic Experience ◽

Mining Company ◽

Place And Space ◽

Sense Of Home ◽

Environmental Activity ◽

The Invisible

This paper examines how an individual’s perception of the environment not only affects her treatment of the land but also plays an important role in healing her wounded self and fostering her sense of belonging to the human community in Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal Dreams (1991). It will draw upon Yi-fu Tuan’s notion of place and space in Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience (1977) and Kent C. Ryden’s notion of “the invisible landscape” in Mapping the Invisible Landscape: Folklore, Writing, and the Sense of Place (1993). Tuan postulates that space becomes place when it is endowed with value and meaning and Ryden develops Tuan’s notion by arguing that meaningful human experience in a place constitutes what he calls “the invisible landscape” which refers to various other dimensions of the land apart from its physicality. Focusing on the development of the protagonist’s perception of her hometown from a sense of alienation to a more intimate relationship in Animal Dreams, this paper will specifically argue that, because her hometown faces a disastrous contamination of the river caused by the mining company, the environmental activism in which the protagonist engages significantly deepens her understanding of the place. Thus, her participation in the environmental campaign serves as a first step towards her discernment of the “invisible landscape” and also her process of healing. The environmental activity which protects both the environment and the community’s cultural identity and also the protagonist’s developing bonds with people in the community expose her to the historical, cultural and spiritual dimensions of the land. Furthermore, this renewed perception leads to the protagonist’s inhabitation of the place and her discovery of a sense of home which helps to restore her shattered self from the traumatic experience and the feeling of displacement caused by the loss of her mother and her baby during her younger years; it also induces her to reappraise her sense of selfhood as being inseparable from both the land and its inhabitants, either human or non-human. Ultimately, her clear appreciation of this more inclusive sense of self and the environment enables her to reintegrate herself into the community of her hometown.

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Parents Perspective toward Implementing Pivotal Response Treatment in Natural Environment to Enhance Social Communication and Sensory Processing of Children with Autism

Journal of Studies in Education ◽

10.5296/jse.v8i3.13378 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 112 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mariam Alshirawi ◽

Rehab Alzayer ◽

Salman Baqer AlNajjar

Keyword(s):

Sensory Processing ◽

Social Communication ◽

Behavior Management ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Pivotal Response Treatment ◽

Horseback Riding ◽

Focus Group Methodology ◽

Natural Settings ◽

Environmental Activity

Parents of children with autism face many challenges while raising such a child due to behavioral, social, and sensory related characteristics. Qualitative focus group methodology was used to examine the effects of providing Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) intervention in the natural environmental activity of horseback riding on improving social communication, and sensory processing of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe parents’ perceptions of how this intervention affects the lives of their children at home and across various natural settings. Key influences included (a) eye contact and joint attention, (b) peers and adults’ interaction, (c) verbal and non-verbal communication, (d) behavior management, (e) eating and sleeping organized patterns, and (f) self-stimulatory behaviors. These elements were discussed across all parents who participated in the study. However, specific experiences and outcomes varied across the critical influences mentioned above.

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