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Historically, the establishment of Protected Areas (UC's), part of Brazilian environmental policy, has constituted a face of the conflictive relationship between traditional peasant and indigenous communities and urban-industrial society UC's were implanted, especially from the 1950s, on territories historically occupied by traditional and original populations and became another factor in transforming the territoriality of these communities, which already suffered from the advance of the agricultural frontier and the modernizing project of the period. The struggle for territory, associated with a part of the environmental movement, led to the conquest of some rights, including access to land, through protected areas of sustainable use. However, environmental policy has been used to solve territorial issues and has therefore been a mediator of the territorialities of peasant communities. In this article we discuss how the establishment of protected areas tends to replace land policies, analyzing the contradictions that arise from the mediation of access to the traditional territory for environmental conservation, and we argue that this trend has been constituting at the same time a strategy for maintenance of the Brazilian agrarian structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Environmental policies, when practiced, make - is critical to balance the relationship between man and the natural environment. Since the maintenance of life on planet earth depends on certain conditions which, in turn, altered tend not to recover within a short time. Upon such concerns companies have taken some decisions in the political sphere in order to address environmental issues as a focus of discourse. Highlighting the conference of Estolcomo (Sweden) in 1972, as the first UN conference whose focus was the Environment. Thus, this paper aims to present the challenge of environmental issues in the municipality of Buritizeiro / MG. So, presents a historical framework of the Municipal Environmental Defense - CODEMA and presents forms of emancipation of environmental policies for the municipality mentioned. The methodology used - whether literature review, document retrieval in City Hall Buritizeiro / MG, especially in the analysis of the Laws 1.103/2006 and 1.104/2006 which present the legal basis for the institution of CODEMA and environmental policies at the municipal level. Used - if participant observation in board meetings above and photographic record of results of positive result of the implementation of environmental policies in the municipality. Satisfactory results from the existence of the Council are exposed in activities such as ban on cutting specimens Monkfish (Enterolobium contortisiliquum), located along Avenida Manoel Joaquim de Melo by Normative Resolution 005/2009; planting species White Ipe (Tabebuia rosea-alba) in urban areas and monitoring of building Barraginhas at the head of streams: Stream Canoes and Stones. Suggests - is therefore the creation of Department of Environment in Buritizeiro so that municipal environmental policies can be structured in a consistent manner, allowing the performance of his players in possession of a legal foundation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present research intents at reviewing the environmental movement within an unfinished modernity, studying the peculiarities of the phenomenon and the incorporation of everyday life in the diffusion of environmental issues. The proposal is to discuss the history of environmentalism in this socio-historical context, to then understand the relevance and possibilities in the communicative processes and then to proceed with specific examples that can illustrate the relationship of the environmental movement with everyday life in a society in which the postmodern condition highlights a still unfinished modernity, which deserves an attention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The environment is essential for life. However, the model of human exploration, mainly for economic reasons, is predatory. More and more, the ecological crisis and the social risks are growing. In this sense, the environmental protections cannot be evidenced as exclusive task of the state. The citizen must effectively participate in environmental preservation, inclusively through judicial instruments. Therefore, the Popular Environmental Action is an important mechanism of defense of diffuses interests. Although the environmental, citizenship is insipient. With the objective of promoting environmental awareness and dialogue between generations, through solidarity values, this study discusses the theoretical model of the Environmental Rule of Law and the integrated environment. Thus, this research intent to analyze the Popular Environmental Action and the solidarity support of the Environmental Rule of Law, looking for the effects of the judicial participation of the population in the environmental management. The methodology is bibliographic, descriptive and exploratory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The last decades were marked by the large amount of transborder environmental problems and, consequently, the increase in the number of related international regimes. However, the creation of a regime per se does not guarantee that it be implemented nor that its objectives be fully attained, much less that the issue be solved. This fact has been stimulating an interesting debate: are international regimes really effective to deal with environmental issues? This article discusses the main methods of analyzing environmental regime effectiveness. For that purpose it presents general conceptual issues related to regime effectiveness, discusses the main questions and specific methodological needs in the specific case of international environmental policy, analyses its most important findings, and focuses on the factors that contribute to effectiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article intends to study the evolution of the participation of the private sector in the Global Environmental Governance (GEG), identifying the contributions and the main obstacles faced by this actor. To achieve this goal, emphasis was done on qualitative research strategy based on analysis of academic literature, working papers, diagnostics and institutional reports. It shows that the participation of business in the GEG occurs through the process of formation and implementation of international environmental regimes and the development of hybrid and private environmental governance schemes. In conclusion, this article defends that the private sector can contribute to the effectiveness of GEG, however, there are several obstacles to a stronger participation of this actor in the world ecopolitics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]