A participação da sociedade civil em instrumentos da política ambiental brasileira

• Main Author: Roseli Nunes Coletti
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2012-06-01
• Series: Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente
• Subjects: Public participation; Decision-making; Environmental zoning; Environmental impact assessment; Environmental licensing
• Online Access: http://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/made/article/view/25544/18572

This paper focuses on the evaluation of the civil society participation in the decision-making process of a number of instruments of the Brazilian environmental policy, such as: environmental zoning, environmental impact evaluation, environmental licensing. The current relevance of the matter is emphasized. A brief literature review of the issue is done in order to establish a conceptual theoretical framework about the opportunities for public participation in environmental decision-making process. The need to improve the instruments, techniques and communicative processes is emphasized through documental analysis, in order to encourage a wide and unrestricted participation of the civil society in decision--making of the environmental processes.