The QR Code use for inclusive management in the urban forestry of Bagé, RS

Abstract:

The Urban Forestry Program: An Exercise of Citizenship and Socio-Environmental Sustainability, from the Federal University of Pampa (UNIPAMPA), in the city of Bagé, RS, developed a project aimed at the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and accessibility, which added the context of social inclusion to the work of identifying trees in the city’s squares. The basis for this work was the Arboreal Inventory of the Main Streets and Squares of the City of Bagé, RS, carried out from 2014 to 2016, voluntarily, by educational institutions and community volunteers. Given the relevance of the social inclusion theme, tools were developed focusing to meeting special needs, aimed at the interaction of groups with hearing and visual impairments with the information collected in the arboreal inventory, about the species occurring in the Praça do Coreto, located in the central region of the city. Plates containing QR Codes were used to direct the reader to videos in Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) – for the access of the hearing impaired – and a central plate with resources in Braille – for the access of the visually impaired –, aiming to popularize the scientific data of the arboreal inventory and expand the reach of the Environmental Education work for other groups in society with no opportunity to access information about urban forestry.

Keywords:
urban forestry; social inclusion; Information and Communication Technologies; Environmental Education