Percepção das populações locais sobre a biodiversidade em unidades de conservação do Pará, Brasil.

Abstract

His study aims to analyze, based on the perception of community partners, the contribution of research carried out by Higher Education Institutions and Science and Technology Institutions in six Conservation Units in the state of Pará. A total of 104 community members were interviewed, aged between 20 and 80 years, divided into two groups. Group 1, consisting of councilors, presidents of community associations and local leaderships and group 2, formed by former residents, teachers, religious leaders, merchants, community health agents and field guides. For 51% of the participants, the benefits provided by the research are mainly related to the acquisition of new knowledge however, this repercussion is restricted mainly to the groups that participate more directly in the research assisting and exchanging experiences with the researchers. These interlocutors want a greater approximation and expansion of the dialogue between researchers, teachers and community leaders in the perspective of greater sharing, appropriation and utilization of knowledge.