Ecotourism and conservations in the Ambiental Protected Area of Morro do Cachambi, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil): for the warp of geopoetics voices in the trails

Abstract

The Área de Proteção Ambiental do Morro do Cachambi (APAMC) is located at the Jardim Sulacap (JS) neighborhood, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. It presents a pronounced ecotourism potential on its North side, which was reforested through a system of tracks by the residents, voluntarily. However, the neighborhood has changed its relationship with APAMC, from a continuation of backyards to a green, static, preexisting and dangerous place. The Natural Heritage of the APAMC needs to be conserved, by focusing on the reactivation of the visitation of the tracks, to strengthen this web of relationships between the residents of JS and their territory. Therefore, an action research was developed with the residents involved in the conservation of the green areas of JS, highlighting the connections between humans and the planet Earth, in Geopoetics approach. This work presents the path taken, from initial field work to participant observation and the six events for closed public (Ecological walks) and three events for the open public (Guided Trails), culminating in the present moment of creation, installation and presentation of a new product the Geopoetics Trail D.O.S.S.E.L. - Awakening Sensitive Sustainable Ecological and Playful Views, which aims the integration of human beings, Nature, Arts and Technology in the APAMC. Thirteen art installations, called GeoLiVes (Geopoetics Life Vessels) were generated by a (re)signification of the JS residents’ impressions on APAMC, in order to strengthen the material and immaterial wires that sustains the Ecotourism and conservation initiatives in a tessitura of geopoetic voices.