Diseño de un Programa de Educación Ambiental para un Área Protegida Especial: Corales de Varadero (Bahía de Cartagena de Indias, Colombia)

Abstract

The Corales de Varadero (or simply “Varadero”) are the name of an ecosystem marine located to the south of the Bay of Cartagena between the islands Draga and Abanico and the north of the island from Baru. Rediscovered in 2013, they constitute a possibility for its declaration as an area protected by the competent environmental authority. The design of an educational program environment for the area, as the general objective of this project, is key to an adequate use and management by Afro-Caribbean communities located in its area of ​​influence and others important actors. The methodology will be action research through the observation, field notes, peer workshops, and talking maps. For this purpose, Initially, fundamental concepts of the pedagogical approach were identified, a instrument of socioeconomic characterization and community environmental knowledge, and generated components for the proposed program; In addition, having a strategy of intervention that results in an action plan to be executed in two years. This program will become in an element of decision-making in favor of the conservation of the values ​​object of the ecosystem, taking into account its local, national and international positioning.