O papel da educação ambiental no uso racional de água em regiões semi-áridas: caso da localidade de Mahel, distrito de Magude

Abstract

This cientific study analyzes the role of Environmental Education in the rational usage of water in the semi-arid region of Mahel, district of Magude as a way of contributing to its conservation in its different daily uses, promoting attitudes towards a conscious consumption. The research is qualitative in nature, having used non-probability sampling for convenience in the selection of interviewees. Interviews and observation were privileged as data collection techniques. The sample consisted of 10 people, being 3 farmers, 5 cattle raisers, 1 head of post and 1 head of Mahel. The results indicate that the causes of water scarcity are related to low rainfall, high evaporation, climate change and to the periodic regime of rivers that is aggravated by the increase in water use in upstream countries. The population of Mahel makes use of water, reduce consumption and also reuse it as rational use measures, which may be the result of campaigns and mobilization meetings promoted, however not everyone tends to participate, and the results of this have not been very satisfactory. This makes the continuous strengthening of these actions important. These results beef up the need to strengthen and develop EA strategies that can contribute to the formation of a sustainable social conscience, expanding individual and collective actions for the conservation of water resources, among which, training of managers, promotion of lectures, debates, seminars, workshops and workshops because in this way the precepts of sustainability focused on water resources will be disseminated, thus forming more active and critical citizens in society. In this way, EA is a complex process, which requires a change of intellect together with a change of habits and behaviors in the relationship between man and nature, aiming at greater commitment to the sustainable use of water.