Importance of Environmental Education in Socio-Natural Risk Management in Five Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean
Considering environmental education as a social tool allowing individuals to achieve a significant knowledge of the inhabited environment, to reduce the probability of occurrence of a disaster, and to respond to the presence of natural phenomena to which people are vulnerable, this article aims to g...
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| author | Martha Melizza Ordóñez-Díaz Luisa María Montes-Arias Giovanna del Pilar Garzón-Cortes |
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| description | Considering environmental education as a social tool allowing individuals to achieve a significant knowledge of the inhabited environment, to reduce the probability of occurrence of a disaster, and to respond to the presence of natural phenomena to which people are vulnerable, this article aims to generate a space for reflection on the importance of environmental education in the management of the social and natural risk in five countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. For this purpose, the paper presents a descriptive review of primary and secondary bibliographical sources referring to the performance of the management of social and natural risks related to environmental education in Colombia, Nicaragua, Mexico, Chile, and Jamaica between 1994 and 2015. In this period, a solid administrative and legislative organization of this management and environmental education is evident, but these two themes are clearly separated when implementing citizen projects: a situation that has generated shortcomings in the management of natural disasters, specifically under the principles of precaution and prevention. For this reason, this article offers a series of recommendations that include the dissemination of information, the creation of centers for the management of risk reduction, the strengthening of communication strategies, and the establishment of response plans and post-disaster recovery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-414fdca3eae648dab9675dbc5607bb2c2025-08-20T01:56:41ZengUniversidad Nacional, Costa RicaRevista Electrónica Educare1409-42582017-12-0122111910.15359/ree.22-1.179567Importance of Environmental Education in Socio-Natural Risk Management in Five Countries of Latin America and the CaribbeanMartha Melizza Ordóñez-Díaz0Luisa María Montes-Arias1Giovanna del Pilar Garzón-Cortes2Universidad Manuela BeltránUniversidad Manuela BeltranUniversidad Manuela BeltranConsidering environmental education as a social tool allowing individuals to achieve a significant knowledge of the inhabited environment, to reduce the probability of occurrence of a disaster, and to respond to the presence of natural phenomena to which people are vulnerable, this article aims to generate a space for reflection on the importance of environmental education in the management of the social and natural risk in five countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. For this purpose, the paper presents a descriptive review of primary and secondary bibliographical sources referring to the performance of the management of social and natural risks related to environmental education in Colombia, Nicaragua, Mexico, Chile, and Jamaica between 1994 and 2015. In this period, a solid administrative and legislative organization of this management and environmental education is evident, but these two themes are clearly separated when implementing citizen projects: a situation that has generated shortcomings in the management of natural disasters, specifically under the principles of precaution and prevention. For this reason, this article offers a series of recommendations that include the dissemination of information, the creation of centers for the management of risk reduction, the strengthening of communication strategies, and the establishment of response plans and post-disaster recovery.http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/9012Ordenamiento territorialeducación ambientalgestión del riesgoriesgo socionaturalriesgo en América Latina y el Caribe. |
| spellingShingle | Martha Melizza Ordóñez-Díaz Luisa María Montes-Arias Giovanna del Pilar Garzón-Cortes Importance of Environmental Education in Socio-Natural Risk Management in Five Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Revista Electrónica Educare Ordenamiento territorial educación ambiental gestión del riesgo riesgo socionatural riesgo en América Latina y el Caribe. |
| title | Importance of Environmental Education in Socio-Natural Risk Management in Five Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_full | Importance of Environmental Education in Socio-Natural Risk Management in Five Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_fullStr | Importance of Environmental Education in Socio-Natural Risk Management in Five Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_full_unstemmed | Importance of Environmental Education in Socio-Natural Risk Management in Five Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_short | Importance of Environmental Education in Socio-Natural Risk Management in Five Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_sort | importance of environmental education in socio natural risk management in five countries of latin america and the caribbean |
| topic | Ordenamiento territorial educación ambiental gestión del riesgo riesgo socionatural riesgo en América Latina y el Caribe. |
| url | http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/9012 |
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