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The Ecological Economic Zoning (EEZ) is an environmental management tool established in the National Environmental Policy (PNMA) and present in all states of Brazil. Since the 1990s, it has been implemented in Brazil; however, the attempts at implementation and the results obtained so far do not provide evidence of its effectiveness. Thus, this article seeks to understand the implementation of EEZ in Tocantins by analyzing the perceptions of local actors through the Collective Subject Discourse (CSD) method. The conclusion is that EEZ in Tocantins has not been implemented. Among the identified causes, institutional factors such as low administrative capacity, governance, and "political will" associated with the disconfiguration of its normative character prevail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The proposal of a cartography of colonialism incites indisciplinary thinking, which transits in the interregnum of readings that analyze the movement of commodity capitalism, environmental conflicts and struggles for libertarian zones. In Brazil, the destruction of the Amazon forest, the mining tragedies and the violence against forest peoples are examples that place nature in a condition subdued by the colonialism of power. In this article, affiliat with epistemologies of the South to rethink the place of nature in environmental policy from the handicraft socioenvironmental practices in the Amazon, as in the case of Indigenous Lands and Extractive Reserves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzed, for the Brazilian case, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The concept of negative externality and market failure was used to understand the need for environmental policies capable of favoring the sustainable development of countries. The results show the importance of scale for the registration of projects. The energy sector, for example, has more small-scale projects that were created to simplify procedures and lower costs. It was concluded, in general, that the CDM has become an international historical landmark, as it is an innovative tool in contributing to the mitigation of climate change. However, despite its importance being recognized globally, it was observed that the mechanism has weakened over time and there are uncertainties regarding the validity of the Kyoto Protocol. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brazil is experiencing a severe environmental crisis, which culminates with the dismantling of the National Environmental Policy. The recent changes carried out since 2019 by the Brazilian government have been widely reflected negatively in the national and international scientific communities, bringing to light the importance of Brazilian biomes for the sustainable development. This article aimed to investigate and reflect on the encounters and disagreements of Law no. 6,938, of August 31, 1981, discussing the current National Environmental Policy. For this, exploratory research with a qualitative approach was carried out, based on a literature review. Data analysis was performed using the complex-systemic approach method. The results indicate that there was a denaturation of the National Environmental Policy, thus making the law ineffective for the preservation of Brazil's environmental heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Historically, quilombola communities have occupied a place of subordination in the official history, motivated by the enslavement process of African people. These communities have created and continually recreate their spaces and movements of resistance to the various forms of oppression experienced. The organization for the assurance of rights has been necessary since the first steps into Brazil, extending to the current days. In the past there were escapes and rebellions, today the fight is against the obstacles of territorial demarcation, absence of public policies and environmental racism practiced by the State or private agents. Thus, the quilombola movement remains fundamental for the defense of life and the collective territory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Pilot Program was an initiative of the Brazilian government, the G7 countries and the World Bank in international cooperation to conserve the Brazilian rain forests. Compatibility between ecological, economic and social interests should be proved, revaluing the natural legacy, production potentialities and the cultural diversity of the regional population. The subprograms concentrated on supporting sustainable production, implementation of protected areas, strengthening of regional public institutions, responsible for environmental management, support of scientific research and cooperation with NGOs. In spite of structural deficiencies, the Program was one of the most successful examples in conserving tropical rain forests and in sustainable use of natural resources. The Pilot Program stood for the beginning of a new phase of responsible environmental policy for the Amazon region, with social participation, public-private partnership and qualification of people and institutions in environmental management. After the conclusion of the Program which has fallen into oblivion in the meantime, the positive results should be much more considered in future environmental programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El trabajo tiene como objetivo estudiar los impactos en el presupuesto público de los municipios del Valle de Itajaí alcanzados por catástrofes naturales en el período 2007 a 2010. Se trata de una pesquisa descriptiva, con abordaje cuali-cuantitativo, realizada por medio de pesquisa bibliográfica y documental. Los catorce municipios estudiados fueron definidos con base en la relación de decretos de estado de calamidad pública del site de la Defensa Civil del Estado de Santa Catarina. Los créditos extraordinarios fueron obtenidos en el portal del ciudadano, en la página electrónica del Tribunal de Cuentas del Estado de Santa Catarina, e informaciones complementares fueron obtenidas por entrevistas semi-estructuradas con los municipios. Los resultados muestran que el mayor impacto presupuestario ocurrió en el ejercicio 2009, cuando un municipio realizó la apertura de crédito extraordinario correspondiente al 63,30% de su presupuesto y otro realizó la apertura correspondiente al 29,08% del gasto fijado. Otro punto verificado en la pesquisa es que, independientemente de haberse decretado estado de calamidad pública, cinco municipios no abrieron créditos extraordinarios en el período analizado. Se resalta la importancia de que los gestores públicos se preocupen con estos impactos en el presupuesto decurrentes de gastos imprevistos, no solamente con la recuperación, sino también con las acciones que busquen la prevención de estas catástrofes naturales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concern about the effectiveness of environmental protection is growing up in face of the growing awareness of society regarding the environment that surrounds them and the need for effective maintenance life on Earth. For that arise various instruments to be followed for installation of activities that may be degrading the environment, fitting into this article as a way to introduce a new regulatory instrument that is not yet regulated by a specific law in Brazil. The article has the purpose of analyzing the possible application of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in the Brazilian legal system. Aiming to EXAMINE the significance of the SEA and its need for inclusion in the Brazilian legal system, and specific goals CONCEPTUALIZE the Institute of Environmental Impact Assessment; DEMONSTRATE the concepts and requirements of the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) and IDENTIFY the concept, requirements and applicability of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). At the methodology was used the inductive method ate the research phase; at the data processing the Cartesian method and at the research report the inductive base. Were also triggered the techniques of referent, category, operational concepts, literature research and book report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Researches about environmental perception are important for investigations of knowledge, values, beliefs, attitudes and expectations that people have about their place of residence, since every human being perceives, reacts and responds differently to the environment in which they live. In this sense, the present study aimed to analyze the environmental perception of the different social actors about the Abreu's Lake in Formosa-GO. For this, we conducted semi-structured interviews with both locals and regulars to the place, and photographic records and observations held in place. The main problems identified by respondents were carelessness and neglect of the landscape, with the infrastructure, security, the environment and cleaning. These problems were constantly allocated to the Government as the main generator. In this perspective, it is expected that the government and residents commit to take care this important place of the municipality of Formosa-GO. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paperbringsthe themes of theimpact caused by developmentof the oil activitythat providesso manyriches andconflicts. The approach is madeupon theimpacts ofoil extraction andutilization of gasfrom wellsin theremovedthermal powerplantco-generation Vale doAçu,Jesus SoaresPereira. It is based on a literature search and field survey data. It coversthe main pointsof history, the composition of the oil, mining, production, geopolitical and the development of the oil activityin the territoryof Rio Grande do Norte, with the characterization of the municipality ofAlto do Rodrigues, made by thereport of the MRCP(2005), abrief reporton natural gasand presentation of data thatwere collected duringthe planttechnical visit, wherenotedthe importance of activity for the state and concern about environmental issues and no toxic fumes or gases company, which is still responsible for the production of water vapor that is injected in some wells -demonstrating the interaction between the mining activity and the generation of energy and wealth for the territory of RioGrande do Norte. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two main drivers shape the global governance of climate change: "climate power" and climate commitment. Climate power refers to the level of influence of certain agents over the climate social outcome at the systemic level. Climate commitment recalls the fact that the logic of global climate governance is also defined by the interaction of reformist and conservative forces, with the former willing to take post-sovereigntist measures to tackle the crisis, and the latter resisting any major changes in the way business is conducted. This article analyses the role of Brazil in global climate governance, considering both climate power and climate commitment. It argues that the country transitioned from a conservative great climate power to a moderate conservative position over the last decade, based on three pillars: reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the adoption of domestic climate policies, and a shift in its international standing on the issue. However, since 2011 the process has stalled and partially reversed. The aim of this article is to address that transformation and explore its perspectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the area of environmental management, the environmental consulting and advisory services stand out as promising segments. The demand for this line of work has grown due to the Brazilian Environmental Legislation to have one of the most elaborate in the world and the rigorous control by environmental agencies, for companies to comply with the requirements of the law. The studies found that it is still a small number of companies looking for consulting or advisory services in the municipal studied. There was greater planning in relation to environmental issues, and many organizations consider the issues in their budgets and the service sector is one that seeks to identify further opportunities to reduce costs facing the environment. Still, as the performance of the environmental manager noted that there is a resistance to the incorporation of actions which minimize the impacts of its projects on the environment and the lack of information on environmental management systems and the performance of professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study, holding as background the conflicts that involve the environment, analyzes the fraternity principle, from the perspective of the theory proposed by Baggio, concluding that the official pattern of environmental litigations composition that exist in Brazil --solidified by the obsolete monopoly of Judiciary-- consolidated on a Law's positivism and on a competitive point of view of the society, does not contemplates the fraternity as a legal value. In other hands, the paper starts to focus the mediation, making clear that this alternative way of contest's solution not only disposes with justness to the environmental conflicted issue but --remarkably by its communicative characteristic acting and shared true-- deeply excited by the fraternity idea. The subject has been researched in the specialized literature, making sure about the precarious systematization of the mediation as management way of environmental conflicts, as well as a lack on the approach of the fraternity as juridical category of potential incidence at the environmental field. In the end, the analysis concludes that the eco mediation may appease the insertion of the fraternity component on arguing related to environmental estates, generally ruled by the radicalization and a vision of world's representationalism, contributing perhaps to the co-operation construction of a new paradigmatical systemic epistemology for conflicts solutions, that insures the emphasized roll to fraternal as imperative of conduct. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The creation of policies for managing the water resources, such as charging policies for the use of the water, has been influenced by different perspectives that not only affect the views that people have of the world, but also their actions. This paper discusses the different perspectives that influence the process of creation and implementation of these policies, seeking to evaluate their consequences on the system of charging for the use of water resources in Brazil. It was observed that although the Brazilian legislation on water resources has been created in a context of discourses of sustainable development, the focus of its implementation is, basically, the technical-driven perspective, with an anthropocentric and utilitarian view, relegating social and ecological sustainability to second place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The demographic and epidemiological transition is resulting in global population aging, this phenomenon is at different stages in the world, requiring a reorganization of Health Population aging in Brazil is growing in numbers, approaching the values of developed countries, however the question social does not follow this path. This study aims to stimulate discussion of the need for public policies on elderly care interface with the Health and Environment as a strategy for care and health promotion. It is grounded in a theoretical study of literature. We conclude that health promotion involves the educational and environmental support. The interdisciplinarity of courses with the health of natural areas is one way to develop innovative approaches to finding solutions and promoting health for the elderly interface environment. The Environment and health are inextricably linked, in that case the relationship between humans and the environment may be favorable or detrimental to health, so your compression is essential for health promotion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effectiveness of the environmental policy is a recurrent theme in the debate on environment and development in Brazil. Each environmental policy constitutes an institutional arrangement that allows for legislation fulfillment and sets a new relation between humans and the environment. The aim of this paper is to comparatively evaluate the implementation of three environmental policies provided by State of Paraná in recent decades, by analyzing their institutional arrangements in order to identify particular fragilities. The policies in analysis are the Ecological-Economic Zoning (ZEE), the Coastal Management (GERCO) and Incentive policies to agroecology. The hypothesis is that the difficulty of implementing these environmental policies in the state is due to the inherent weaknesses of their institutional arrangements. Among them, there are the diversity of interests and conflicts between actors and between local, state and federal institutions; the incapacity of the environment institutions to enforce its policies in the context of economic development; and the financial, material, technical and personnel deficiencies of environmental agencies. It concludes by pointing out the lack of long-term vision that transforms these policies into government actions instead of State policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study sought to understand how a Family Health team (FHT) identifies the environmental issues present in their geographic jurisdiction, which potentiate the risk of contamination with intestinal parasites in the city of Venda Nova do Imigrante, Espíírito Santo state, Brazil. It also examines the actions of environmental monitoring and the use of data from the A form of the Primary Care Information System (SIAB) related to environmental planning, aiming at reducing the prevalence of such diseases. We chose a qualitative approach - case study - with descriptive purpose, and the focus group technique for data collection. Analysis of selected categories showed that the understanding of health professionals about the concept of environment is still confined to a naturalistic view - which does not relate the human being to the ecological dynamics of the life of an ecosystem - and that the FHT does not use data provided by the A form to plan actions related to environmental issues. As for the interaction with other government sectors, non-governmental organizations and the population itself, we found inertia concerning environment, since there is no dialogue or empowerment of these issues on the part of the FHT or the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present article aims to understand and analyze social policies concerning the environment, specifically on the management of solid waste in the Distrito Federal. At first we introduce the concept of public policy, its evolution, its actors and stages of formulation. The second topic provides the definition and classification of solid waste. In the third topic, shows the evolution of public environment policies in the world. Then, the evolution of public environmental policy at national level. Later, as it develops the issue of solid waste management in the Distrito Federal. Finally, there will be an evaluation of the suggested public policy for the management of solid waste in the Distrito Federal. At the conclusion, in addition to general observations about the various aspects covered in this paper, it is verified that there is little being made by the public policies developed on this theme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This text observe how the newspaper Gazeta do Povo (Curitiba) addresses environmental public policies during the period 2000 to 2009. The policies are the result of the attention that the government provides for certain topics and the need for a large number of people, in which case the environmental theme was highlighted from the last decades of the twentieth century, when the environmental problems brought to the attention of society . In this scenario, the media act as a space for debate, where we can see to what extent it gives the public discussion on the subject and also as a way to schedule the public sphere. The paper presents empirical data that allow you to observe what the most common themes and moments in which development of these actions the media gives more attention and makes the cover. The initial hypothesis that guides the work is that the themes do not appear in a balanced way and the media coverage has also fragmented, addressing the issue only as a means of disseminating the government agenda and not the debate preceding the establishment of policies and in its assessment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper wants to establish theoretical foundations and ideas about the environmental communication from the practice of research in Mato Grosso do Sul, in preserving the Pantanal biome. The production of news related to the Pantanal area in Mato Grosso do Sul, also is minimally present in the newspapers, as receive other approaches to environmental issues, showing that the preservation area is understood as the exploration area. It follows, by analysis, that the angle, presence and speech of news related to the Pantanal come as an instrument for firm economic issues, devaluing the biome and the relevant environmental considerations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study deals with the environmental regularization of mining activities in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, where such activities exhibit prominent economic, social and environmental importance. The main environmental rules and data from the licensing system are analyzed, focusing on the post-licensing stage, when the system is partially hampered due to insufficient technical assessment and nonsystematic inspection of the impacting activities by the environmental authorities. A preliminary assessment of the changes introduced in the environmental system in the last five years is also made, and comprise: the regional decentralization of the licensing system - and of the environmental management as a whole -, with eight regional offices, and the institution of the declaratory authorization for environmental operation of minor enterprises with potentially less degrading activities, in substitution of the traditional licensing system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article search to argue the perspectives of qualification and technological development in the field of the genetic breeding of plants for the near future ( years), searching elements to support the elaboration of essential policies for maintenance and strengthening of the ability installed in Brazil in face of the very fast advance of the knowledge, in the fields of the biotechnology and the information technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study on the history of Brazil and its natural ecosystems. It begins by taking a look at Brazilian society as it was during the 1500's when the indigenous people engaged in agricultural activities. Over time, nations decided to work together to fix the environmental crises that were occurring and to protect biological diversity. The article details the development of agricultural policies which would protect international interests concerning biodiversity and the preservation of forests.