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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Environmental Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 |
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1517653
This article is part of the Research Topic Wetlands: Vulnerability and Challenges of their Management under Climate Change View all 5 articles
Integrating Education and Conservation: A Case Study of the Huaper Wetland
Provisionally accepted
Bruno Kadafi Cardenas Morales *
Saríah Fanny Oré Gálvez * Antony Aguilar Ozejo * Rubén Ñaupari Molina * Walter Victor Castro Aponte * Fernando Gari Huayhua Levano * Manuel Mendoza Colos *- National Autonomous University of Huanta, Huanta, Peru
Wetlands are essential for biodiversity, climate regulation, and the provision of vital ecosystem services, such as water filtration, flood protection, and carbon sequestration (De et al., 2018).Despite their significance, urbanization, pollution, and climate change have accelerated their degradation worldwide (Adhya & Banerjee, 2020;Gao et al., 2023). As highlighted by (Adeeyo et al., 2022), the loss of wetland functionality threatens both ecological integrity and human livelihoods, necessitating urgent, evidence-based conservation strategies.The Huaper wetland, located in the community of Azángaro, Luricocha district, Huanta province, exemplifies the challenges faced by wetlands at the regional level. Issues such as solid waste accumulation, declining water levels, intensive grazing, and limited environmental awareness among local residents mirror global trends (Dadzie-Paintsil & Mensah, 2022;Mandishona & Knight, 2019). These challenges underscore the need for targeted conservation initiatives that combine community engagement with robust environmental education programs.
Keywords: Environmental Education, Wetland conservation, ecosystem services, Learning Methodologies, Community Engagement
Received: 26 Oct 2024; Accepted: 06 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Cardenas Morales, Oré Gálvez, Aguilar Ozejo, Ñaupari Molina, Castro Aponte, Huayhua Levano and Mendoza Colos. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Bruno Kadafi Cardenas Morales, National Autonomous University of Huanta, Huanta, Peru
Saríah Fanny Oré Gálvez, National Autonomous University of Huanta, Huanta, Peru
Antony Aguilar Ozejo, National Autonomous University of Huanta, Huanta, Peru
Rubén Ñaupari Molina, National Autonomous University of Huanta, Huanta, Peru
Walter Victor Castro Aponte, National Autonomous University of Huanta, Huanta, Peru
Fernando Gari Huayhua Levano, National Autonomous University of Huanta, Huanta, Peru
Manuel Mendoza Colos, National Autonomous University of Huanta, Huanta, Peru
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