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Role of the public prosecutor’s office experts in the environmental licensing of the Mexilhão Project, São Paulo, Brazil

Role of the public prosecutor’s office experts in the environmental licensing of the Mexilhão Project, São Paulo, Brazil

Authors :
José Eduardo Viglio
Lúcia da Costa Ferreira
Source :
Sustentabilidade em Debate, Vol 13, Iss 1 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Universidade de Brasília, 2022.

Abstract

The constitutional role and authority of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) as an enforcer of law warranted the MP protagonism in the enforcement of environmental legislation and accountability of environmental agencies in Brazil. The MP instituted regional offices to tackle the environmental issue and established a team of experts to provide technical support. This research analyzes the participation of the São Paulo State Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPSP) and the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) experts in the environmental licensing of the Mexilhão Project. The project was located in the coastal region of the state of São Paulo and initially aimed to reduce by half the volume of natural gas imported by the country. Based on the analysis of documents and interviews, this paper shows that there were different interpretations and framings among the MP experts concerning environmental impacts and risks of the project. This study also discusses MP's influence on the decisions of the federal environmental agency about the Mexilhão Project.

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian, French, Portuguese
ISSN :
21777675 and 21799067
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Sustentabilidade em Debate
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.0e6b9399b22c48f3b6abba17596cf7f5
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v13n1.2022.41492