Abstract
Findings are available on termitaria and their vegetation in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve and other Sudanian regions in West Africa, but research without dissemination and impacts on communities seems not to be useful. This work aims at providing non-governmental organization (NGOs) and forestry advisers with useful data for environmental education projects and taking termitaria and their vegetation into account for ecotourism in Pendjari Reserve. This article on termitaria and termitaria-related vegetation summarizes data useful for two purposes. Traditional knowledge on termitaria is useful for education; termitaria plants are used as medicine. Mushrooms growing on termitaria and small mammals living in dead and abandoned mounds are consumed in the reserve. There is a need to train kids and students on termitaria and their vegetation conservation. The panoramic view of mounds and their vegetation is really attractive to tourists. Vegetation on termitaria differs between management types of an area and is dominated by woody species belonging mostly to Combretaceae botanical group. Cappareae species seem restricted to termitaria. The three major ethnic groups in the Reserve hold a diversity of ethnological knowledge on termitaria and their vegetation. These can serve for ecotourism development towards termitaria to lower poverty probability of small households in the Reserve. Key words: Conservation, ecotourism, environmental education, reserve, termitaria.
Highlights
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) states that environmental education is vital in imparting an inherent aspect for nature amongst society, which enhances public environmental awareness
There is a vast review on available publications about termitaria in the Pendjari Reserve as well as other articles published elsewhere on environmental education and ecotourism; the aim of this study is to provide information about how termitaria preservation can be used, for environmental education and ecotourism
50% were related to ecotourism, 13.04% on environmental education while the remaining 36.96% were related to biological diversity
Summary
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) states that environmental education is vital in imparting an inherent aspect for nature amongst society, which enhances public environmental awareness. UNESCO (2014) emphasizes the role of environmental education in safeguarding. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is the most used term worldwide, by the United Nations. Agenda 21 was the first international document, which identified education as an essential tool for achieving sustainable development in highlighted areas of action for education (McKeown, 2002). Environmental education towards kids has positive impact on natural resources conservation, since in the present day children are disconnected from nature and they have to be trained to become environmental stewards
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