Coastal and Marine Environmental Education

Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes is a biologist with a PhD in Marine Ecology from the University of Sao Paulo. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Federal University of ABC in Santo Andre (Sao Paulo State, Brazil). Her main research interests are related to the development and evaluation of marine and coastal environmental education activities, and citizen science protocols. She also develops studies on the ecology of rocky shore benthic communities. Flavio Berchez is a biologist with a PhD in Marine Ecology from the University of Sao Paulo (USP). He is currently a Professor of the Biosciences Institute at USP. His main research interests are descriptive ecology of hard bottom benthic communities, particularly the habitat patterns and the effects of water motion extreme events, and the creation, application and evaluation of marine ecosystems' environmental education models.

1. Introduction: Marine Environmental Education: Challenges and Possibilities.- 2. Marine Environmental Education Projects in Brazil.- 3. The Importance of "Ocean literacy" in the Anthropocene.- 4. Linking Ecologic and Social Monitoring towards Earth Stewardship.- 5. Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches for Marine Environmental Education.- 6. Marine Environmental Education and Climate Change.- 7. Environmental Education and Conservation in Brazilian Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).- 8. Recreational and Educational Materials as a Way to Promote Marine Environmental Education.- 9. Using Different Medias as Vehicles for Marine Environmental Education.- 10. Evaluation of Environmental Education Activities.