Harvesting Pewen (Araucaria araucana, Monkey puzzle tree) seeds: a significant situation that connects Mapuche children with Nature
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https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.1981-1268.2020v14n1.47620Abstract
Since environmental conservation will depend on young generations, considering their knowledge and ways of connecting with nature is substantial. An initial approach is analyze the significant natural situations (SNS) that generate “human-nature” connections. The objectives were to inquire about the knowledge that children of a Mapuche community have about the collection of Pewen, analyze its role as a significant natural situation (SNS) and envision if it promotes “human-nature” connections between boys and girls. Using the ACHUNAS framework, based on drawings and interviews of 8 boys and 11 girls, 9 qualities were identified that make the gathering of Pewen seeds a SNS and 7 skills of children that indicate their connection with nature. Practices were detected that favor the regeneration of the Pewen, which would be disused with its possible future loss. These results, added to the critical conservation status of Pewen and its cultural importance for the Mapuche communities, show the need to work with children, promoting sustainable harvest practices. It will be useful to include knowledge of more children to cover all the qualities associated with SNS and the skills that manifest their connection with nature, in order to develop significant environmental education activities for the youth.
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