SAJEBTT, Rio Branco, UFAC v. 7 n. 2 (2020): Edição mai/ago, p. 71-92 ISSN: 2446-4821 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN THE PERCEPTION OF RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY OF SANTA RITA, BENJAMIN CONSTANT, AMAZONAS QUALIDADE AMBIENTAL NA PERCEPÇÃO DE MORADORES DA COMUNIDADE DE SANTA RITA, BENJAMIN CONSTANT, AMAZONAS Anna Caroline dos Santos Moura1; Daniel Felipe de Oliveira Gentil2; Catharine Montiel dos Santos Moura3; Renato Abreu Lima*4 1Docente da Secretaria de Estado de Educação e Desporto do Amazonas (SEDUC/AM); 2Docente da Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM); 3Bacharel em Administração; 4Docente do curso de Licenciatura em Ciências: Biologia e Química, Instituto de Educação, Agricultura e Ambiente (IEAA), Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM). *Autor correspondente: e-mail:
[email protected] ABSTRACT The present study was carried out in the community called Santa Rita Community, located on the right bank of the Solimões River and 5.3 km from the headquarters of Benjamin Constant city, Amazonas. The objective was to describe the environmental quality from the community residents' perception, aiming to contribute to the teaching of Environmental Sciences in Basic Education. To this end, interviews were conducted with 20 families of the community about quality, environmental quality and quality of life, which were conceptualized through adjectives related to their life and daily activities, evidencing that their practices contribute to maintain interdependence with the environment. So that both benefits from this relationship, since the human being takes care of the environment that provides him with the energy necessary for his survival. Therefore, this local knowledge of care for the environment needs to be disseminated, valuing the contextualization of Environmental Science teaching in the reality of the Alto Solimões region.