Potencial do Parque Nacional Municipal do Paragem para Atividade de Educação e Interpretação Ambiental a partir de uma revisão bibliográfica (2007-2025)

Abstract

The Paragem Municipal Natural Park (Parque do Paragem) has strong potential to integrate environmental conservation, recreation, education, and environmental interpretation. However, it faces challenges typical of urban protected areas, such as anthropic pressure, low visibility, and weaknesses in participatory governance. The park’s effectiveness depends on the continuous implementation of pedagogical and participatory practices integrated into the territory, which remain scarcely systematized at the local level. This study, based on a systematic review, indicates that its interpretive potential can be strengthened through guidelines that align thematic content, accessibility, school integration, and monitoring, contributing to its social legitimacy and socio-environmental role. The research uses a systematic literature review to analyze the interpretive potential of the Parque do Paragem in environmental education and interpretation. For data collection, we used national and international search sources from 2007 to 2025. The methodology involves a careful process of selection, extraction, and analysis of data, focusing on content, messages, infrastructure, audiences, and barriers. The results highlight that, even with the limited number of materials found regarding Parque do Paragem, we identified biodiversity and infrastructure conditions favorable to environmental interpretation practices. We also emphasize that part of its potential relies on the implementation of techniques directed at the public, supported by monitoring visitor perspectives and strengthening governance and community participation to ensure continuity and effectiveness of actions.