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Abstract

ABSTRACT
The highland area of Canipaco is characterized by the presence of human groups, collectives and the rural family that brings together nuclear and basically expanded households; In the family system, pubescent children and adolescents with rural experience share with grandparents, uncles, parents, siblings, neighbors, friends, acquaintances and fellow citizens with certain appreciations about the climate, nature and development of the genuine wild flora and fauna. Investigating and knowing rural practices regarding the environment allowed us to formulate the objective of identifying the meaning that the environment has for the adolescents of the Chala Nueva Population Center - Concepción - 2023. A qualitative study, with an ethnographic design, 10 adolescents were identified. of both sexes with rural experience, who were approached with an in-depth interview guide and a guide in order to obtain information about adolescent behavior towards nature. The findings show that rural adolescence knows, perceives and thinks about the environment, its meanings are associated with human life, flora and fauna, that the future of the world and rural areas is the responsibility of the community, educational institutions, health, municipalities and propose action proposals to preserve nature and the environment with the valuable participation of adolescents. It is concluded that the adolescent with rural experience possesses and executes meanings about the environment, associates and interrelates with life, future and responsibility; The community, the municipality, the health center and the educational centers contribute to this purpose.