RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Restoration of Society-Nature Relationship Based on Education: A Model and Progress in Patagonian Drylands
JF Ecological Restoration
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 182
OP 191
DO 10.3368/er.37.3.182
VO 37
IS 3
A1 Pérez, Daniel Roberto
A1 González, Florencia del Mar
A1 Araujo, María Emilia Rodríguez
A1 Paredes, Daniela Ailín
A1 Meinardi, Elsa
YR 2019
UL http://er.uwpress.org/content/37/3/182.abstract
AB In the arid and semiarid regions of Patagonia in Argentina, millions of hectares have been desertified by cattle ranching and hydrocarbon extraction activities. As a result, at least 76 plant species are endangered, and several endemic taxa are at risk of extinction. In this context, an environmental education (EE) project was developed with the goal of restoring these drylands. Four theoretical EE currents—sustainability, bioregionalism, praxis and scientific—and two methodological frameworks—participative action research and communities of practice—were used to shape informal and non-formal EE proposals. A partnership between the public and private sectors framed within informal EE allowed the inclusion of ecological restoration in the legal framework and education of groups of local residents. These residents participated in a non-formal EE process, established nurseries of native species, and restoration work cooperatives in Argentina. This educational process has provided elements for the formulation of a model of EE for ecological restoration.