“…This is due to the fact that contact with green environments for leisure activities is part of the Amazonian culture, especially in places with the presence of water bodies such as lakes, streams and rivers (OLIVEIRA, 2008). In rural Amazonian communities, children have in their daily lives continuous contact with natural environments and their seasonal changes, such as the flooding and ebb of rivers (ZACARIAS, HIGUCHI, 2021). But in the city of Manaus, however, with the urbanization process many of these natural spaces were degraded, with the removal of natural vegetation, pollution and silting of water bodies.…”