Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

One of the principal objectives of the Latin American Network of Environment (REIMA, A.C.) is to contribute with the formation of the environmental community leaders to manage the endogenous development projects, to favor the participation of vulnerable groups and the young population in general. Therefore, the objective of this work is to systematize the experiences of the Latin American Network of Environment, A.C. in the topic of environmental formation in Latin America and the Caribbean has contributed with the  environmental formation of thousands of teachers, investigators, students and other social actors by means of interchanging experiences to carry out projects of investigation and development, and the organization  of academic events (courses, seminaries, congresses, workshops, working time and lecturers) related to the environmental support in Latin American. The articulation among more than hundred institutions than conform REIMA, A.C. in 17 countries in Latin American, Europe and North America, has allowed that REIMA, A.C. has developed many congresses, the publication of almost 20 books, hundreds of post grades, courses, masteries and doctorates, as well as. The structuring platforms for coordinating work among more than 5 thousand members of this net.

Geography and the study of subjectivism have revealed that the territorial imaginary has great importance in the spatial behavior of the human being, in the territoriality where each individual exists, regulator of their social practices. The present work is aimed at revealing the contribution of local geographic knowledge to the perception of risk from extreme hydro meteorological hazards, in the daily environment of people. An educational intervention project is conceived, designed and validated with a study group, around their community, applying the psychometric method as a methodological approach, to understand some of the subject's actions as the basis of vulnerability to the specific danger that is analyze. The general cognitive guidelines are identified for the conception, design and implementation of a geographic educational strategy, which is also environmental, susceptible to its adaptation according to the contexts, which is aimed at the environmental citizen cultural training, capable of guiding the ways of daily actions towards the paths of sustainability.

aking into account the situation diagnosed in the Municipal Basic Sanitation Plan of the Mato Grosso city of São José dos Quatro Marcos, this study sought to identify the population’s perceptions about the supply and household use of water for human consumption in the city, from the application of a questionnaire to 419 heads of homes distributed in various neighborhoods. The results obtained indicated that the problems related to basic sanitation services, especially the supply of drinking water, influenced the emergence of negative perceptions of the population about the treatment, distribution and quality of the water offered through the public network. stimulating the use of alternative sources, even with the low existing sanitary drainage coverage. At the same time, they associate the intermittency in the water supply with the lack of investment in the supply system, and the measures they proposed show ignorance about the reality of the city and about its possibilities of reusing water.

La contaminación por metales pesados representa una preocupación mundial. La presente investigación persiguió evaluar la bioacumulación de mercurio y zinc en los tejidos branquial, hepático y muscular en especies ictícolas de la subcuenca del río Carrizal. Se establecieron 14 estaciones de monitoreo. Para la determinación de mercurio y zinc se aplicaron los métodos APHA AWWA WEF 3112-B y APHA AWWA WEF 3111-B-C, respectivamente. En Oreochromis niloticus, la mayor concentración de mercurio (0.300 mg/kg en agosto y 0.276 mg/kg en octubre) y zinc (0.371 mg/kg en agosto y 0.347 mg/kg en octubre) fue mayor en branquias. Para Hoplias microlepis el músculo fue el depósito de mercurio (1.615 mg/kg en agosto y 1.456 mg/kg en octubre) y de zinc (1.243 mg/kg en agosto y 1.069 mg/kg en octubre). El Aequidens rivulatus presentó los valores más altos de mercurio en músculo (2.034 mg/kg en agosto y 1.926 mg/kg en octubre). En cuanto al zinc, en agosto se encontraron 0.373 mg/kg en branquias. Durante el monitoreo realizado en agosto de 2017 existió mayor presencia de mercurio y zinc en las especies analizadas. Se deduce que la biomagnificación de metales pesados en la zona de estudio tiene relación directa con la utilización de insumos agrícolas.

As a result of the climatic changes that have taken place until today, an environmental vision has been taking a position in the world about environmental education. Against this, the general objective of the present study is to analyze the influence of environmental education in the integral education of primary school students. Next, the procedures that were carried out in the construction of the study consisted of the identification, classification and selection of various researches from Latin America, Oceania, Europe and Asia, which deal with contents related to environmental education and the integral training of primary school students. For this reason, the approach is qualitative, which responds to a documentary study developed from the literature review method. Finally, the results obtained in the research are the following, if there is a direct influence between environmental education and the educational field, it is evident that there is a direct relationship between environmental education with integral training and environmental education influences training integral of elementary students, that is, these results are the product of the direct relationship that the student maintains with the environment in his constant process of construction of learning.

Bucaramanga es el polo de desarrollo del nororiente de Colombia; en ella el sector Ciudadela Real de Minas es una zona residencial altamente poblada y condensada. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo establecer las líneas estratégicas de acción para la adaptación y mitigación de los impactos asociados al cambio climático en dicho sector. Se tomaron como referencias las experiencias de gestión ambiental en ciudades de Europa, Suramérica y Colombia, cuya respuesta a la incidencia del cambio climático coincidiera con los elementos urbanos presentes en el enfoque de gestión territorial para contrarrestarlo en Colombia, tales como la gestión de residuos sólidos, protección y mejoramiento de las zonas verdes, mejora de la movilidad y la calidad del aire, parámetros ambientales para nuevas construcciones, y procesos de educación ambiental. Sobre esta base se diseñaron e implementaron las líneas estratégicas contextualizadas a las particularidades de la ciudadela. Se concluye que, la gestión ambiental urbana desarrolla focos de respuesta al cambio climático, por lo que su aplicación en el sector de estudio fortalece las acciones de adaptación y mitigación en ejecución, para trasformar física y socialmente el entorno y las condiciones de vida de los habitantes; las cuales pueden ser replicadas en toda la ciudad.

The study plan for the training of agricultural engineers has suffered from a holistic curricular approach in dealing with the sustainability of agricultural production with an agroecological focus. Hence the objective of the work is to carry out a critical analysis of the Study Plans for the Agronomy career in Cuba. Documentary and bibliographic research was used, as well as the theoretical considerations of the authors were incorporated, according to their teaching-research, scientific methodological and extension experience. It was shown that there is recognition on the part of graduates and to a lesser extent by employers, for the training they receive on the sustainable-agroecological approach to agricultural production throughout the career. The study concludes by stating that an analysis must be generated within the Faculties of Agricultural Sciences to determine how the teaching of Agronomy should be structured on the basis of agro ecological sustainability, in order to form a critical mass of graduates in the short and medium term, with capacities to face the challenges of continuing to move towards sustainable agriculture.

Graduates in Pedagogy-Psychology Education play an important role in the implementation of the Cuban State Plan for confronting to climate change, Life Task, due to their role as counselors aimed at achieving a responsible attitude towards the environment. The present work aims to propose actions for the preparation of students of Pedagogy - Psychology in the contents of environmental education. For this, methods of the theoretical level were applied, such as analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction, content analysis and modeling; empirical level, documentary analysis, observation and interview. The information was tabulated using descriptive statistics. The results allowed evaluations of the existing strengths and weaknesses in this field, suggesting the inclusion of various topics in the curriculum subjects as part of the initial training in the degree program, as well as the completion of an optional course in response to the detected deficiencies. It is concluded that the integration of the contents to the training curriculum in the Pedagogy-Psychology degree allows an increase in the preparation of future teachers, evidenced in 100% of students with five point evaluations and the high levels of satisfaction reported by the twelve teachers who participated in the research.

In mining activities developed in sulfide deposits there happen processes that influence in the ecosystems, the objective of the present work is to evaluate the negative impacts provoked by the acid mine drainage in the environment, using as case of study the location of Santa Lucía, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba. The samples were taken in the open quarry of the location, the exit of the old tunnel and the superficial glides coming from the mine that drain to Santa Lucia river. It was carried out a valuation of causes and the mechanisms of formation of the mine acid drainage. Its negative incidence was determined in the deterioration of the ecosystems associated to the exploitation of these deposits. It was identified as the main cause of heavy metals contamination on the studied deposit by the biotic and abiotic oxidation of the sulfides. Starting from the identified impacts, the mechanism formation of the acid mine drainage was designed in the ecosystems. The alternatives developed for the neutralization and treatment of the mine acid drainage in Santa Lucía deposit, are a proposal of responsible management for decisors.Keywords: environmental impacts, mining, sulfide deposits