3 research outputs found
A reforma do Altar cristão segundo o Concílio Vaticano II e a sua importância na disciplina de Educação Moral e Religiosa Católica : contributo para a unidade letiva “A Partilha do Pão” do 6.º ano do programa de Educação Moral e Religiosa Católica
O Altar cristão é para os crentes o local central para a expressão pessoal e comunitária
da sua fé, nomeadamente, na Eucaristia. Ao mesmo tempo, permite uma aproximação entre o
humano e o divino. É preciosa a perceção da importância do Altar por parte dos alunos e do seu
real significado como local sagrado, de encontro com a alteridade, de partilha e de dádiva total
de cada um. No contexto atual, a linguagem simbólica tem um papel fundamental na
transmissão de uma mensagem e, por isso, o ensino de Educação Moral e Religiosa Católica
não pode perder a oportunidade de dar a conhecer os símbolos da fé cristã. Sabemos que a
cultura, a história e a identidade do mundo Ocidental tem as suas raízes na cultura cristã que
não devemos esquecer. Por isso, conhecer o Altar e o que ele significa é mergulhar na nossa
origem e identidade.The Cristian Altar is the focal point for personal and community expression of their faith
for believers, namely, in the Eucharist. At the same time, it allows an approximation between
the human and the divine. Students´ perception of the importance of the Altar and of its real
meaning as a sacred place, where they can meet with otherness, share and give themselves away
totally is paramount. In the current context, symbolic language plays a fundamental role in the
transmission of a message and, therefore, the teaching of Catholic Moral and Religious
Education should not miss out the opportunity to allow students know the Christian faith
symbols. We know that Western world culture, history and identity have its roots in Christian
culture, so we must not forget it. This is why knowing the Altar and what it means is to dive
into our origin and identity
NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics
Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data
NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics
Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal species that (1) transposed a geographical barrier and (2) were voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into the Neotropics. Our data set is composed of 73,738 historical and current georeferenced records on alien mammal species of which around 96% correspond to occurrence data on 77 species belonging to eight orders and 26 families. Data cover 26 continental countries in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico and its frontier regions (southern Florida and coastal-central Florida in the southeast United States) to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay, and the 13 countries of Caribbean islands. Our data set also includes neotropical species (e.g., Callithrix sp., Myocastor coypus, Nasua nasua) considered alien in particular areas of Neotropics. The most numerous species in terms of records are from Bos sp. (n = 37,782), Sus scrofa (n = 6,730), and Canis familiaris (n = 10,084); 17 species were represented by only one record (e.g., Syncerus caffer, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Canis latrans). Primates have the highest number of species in the data set (n = 20 species), partly because of uncertainties regarding taxonomic identification of the genera Callithrix, which includes the species Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii, Callithrix penicillata, and their hybrids. This unique data set will be a valuable source of information on invasion risk assessments, biodiversity redistribution and conservation-related research. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this data paper when using the data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us on how they are using the data