Tench, Tinca tinca (L.), fish farms as a tool for environmental education

Abstract

Since 1968, year of the May Revolution in France, UNESCO realised that a rapid separation was developing between the human race and nature, especially in big cities. This resulted in the development of numerous Environmental Education Programmes for children. Tench fishfarms are a particularly good tool for educating children in the structure and function of freshwater ecosystems. The 'Vegas del Guadiana' fish farm (Badajoz, Spain) Environmental Education Programme, is included in the Transborder Environmental Education Programme and in INTERREG II, an European Community Initiative whose objective is to promote cross-border, international and interregional co-operation to encourage balanced development in Europe. Preliminary results have been evaluated and presented in the present work. The analysis of the efficiency of the programme was measured in children from ages 6 to 12. The results showed no significant differences among sex (t-Student=0.07, p=0.9470) nor social surroundings (t-Student=0.87, p=0.3910) but there were significant differences when comparing different ages (ANOVA, p=0.0437). In all cases, a significant increase in the knowledge and concern about the freshwater environment was found in children (Paired t-Student=)10.55, p=0.0001).

Liberación de juveniles de pargo manchado <i>Lutjanus guttatus</i> (Steindachner, 1869), como estrategia para la conservación de la especie y educación ambiental marino costera

“…No existieron diferencias significativas al analizar el sexo y las distintas percepciones, esto concuerda con un estudio realizado por Fernández-Lo Falso et al (2006) en el cual analizó las pisciculturas como herramientas de educación ambiental y en su instrumento evaluador no halló diferencias en las respuestas de acuerdo con el sexo.…”

“…Así mismo, además del efecto directo de las liberaciones en los ecosistemas, la ejecución participativa de estas actividades con las comunidades locales también repercute en la sensibilización y educa ambientalmente para la protección y manejo sostenible del recurso. Según Fernández-Lo Falso et al (2006) la principal herramienta para lograr un equilibrio armónico entre el hombre y la naturaleza es el grado de participación de las personas en la conservación de los recursos naturales. Por su parte Fernández (2008) hacen mención de vivencias en donde la percepción ambiental ha sido útil para fortalecer la relación existente entre el ser humano y su ambiente, en otras palabras, cómo la sociedad percibe su entorno, por ejemplo las zonas rurales y su percepción sobre los cambios climáticos o las regiones urbanas y su opinión acerca de la contaminación ambiental.…”

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“…al., 1999) so attitude is used in order to estimate behavioural change. It is needed a scale in order to determine attitude and there are environmental attitude scales which are developed for the different researches (Barr & Gilg, 2007;Çınar, Doğu & Meydan, 2008;Fernandez Lo Faso, Gemio, Garcia, Ceballas-Zuniga, Bueno & Gallardo, 2006;Gökçe, Erdoğan, Aktay& Özden, 2007;Kellstedt, Zahran& Vedlitz, 2008;Mostafa, 2007;Okur & Yalçın-Özdilek, 2008;Raykov & Marcoulides, 2006;. The researcher decided to use a scale which was developed by Okur ve Yalçın-Özdilek (2012) beacuse it was very suitable for the aim of this research.…”

Reaching Underserved Populations through a Fisheries Education Program

“…The only study we are aware of that evaluates how demographic variables relate to efficacy of fisheries‐focused EE programs (Fernández Lo Faso et al. ) found no significant differences in knowledge growth among students of different sexes nor between students studying in schools from different locations. However, they identified a significant difference in knowledge growth between students of different ages, with 9‐ and 11‐year‐old students demonstrating the most growth, compared to students ages 6–8 years old and 12 years old.…”