A participação social no licenciamento ambiental na Bahia: sujeitos e práticas sociais

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

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Environmental licencing is one of the most controversial instruments in Brazilian environmental policy. It faces many technical and operational problems and political and economic restrictions in its implementation. As a consequence, different sectors of Brazilian society question the efficiency and effectiveness of licensing for the purpose of controlling environmental damages, while others defend it and demand that enviromental management agencies enforce it more decidedly. Defenders of this instrument seek to consolidate social participation in environmental licensing, so that affected communities may contribute to the process and allow information to flow more freely and openly, independently of political and economic influences. This study examined the contributions of social participation in the decision-making process of environmental licencing, specifically in the Brazilian state of Bahia. Field research allowed the collection of data and information concerning two distinct moments of public participation in environmental licencing. The first relates to preliminary and public hearings, in which individuals participate directly, without discussions with other parties. The second involves the State Environmental Council (Cepram), in which representatives of environmental organizations participate in the decision-making process. Pertinent information was processed on the basis of the method of discourse analysis, that divides matters into context, discoursive practice and social practice. Research confirmed that society has a fundamental role in the implementation of environmental licensing, despite several obstacles to its effective participation, indicating that it should be improved.

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participação social licenciamento ambiental política ambiental gestão ambiental outros

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