Citizen Participation and Local Public Management the Case of Municipal Environmental Councils in Brazil

Castro, Biancca Scarpeline de; Costa, Lucas Teixeira; Young, Carlos Eduardo Frickmann

doi:10.22370/rgp.2019.8.2.2460

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“…Municipal environmental councils (ECs) have emerged as a way to include local interests in the environmental management process, aiming at sustainable development and better control and use of natural resources (CASTRO et al, 2019;FERREIRA AND FONSECA, 2014). This indicator sought to assess the legal environmental support in the municipality, which consisted of the existence of an EC and its environmental legislation.…”

Section: Legal Environmental Infrastructurementioning

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Attractiveness of municipalities in Minas Gerais for the installation of forest-based companies

Pereira Silva,

Marques,

Coelho Junior

et al. 2024

IGEPEC

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This paper measured the attractiveness of municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG) for projects in the steel, cellulose and paper, furniture, energy and wood panel industry segments. A questionnaire was used to construct an index of attractiveness of the forestry sector for each municipality. As a result, it was found that 40% of the municipalities presented “average” or higher attractiveness. The mesoregions with the greatest potential for forestry development were the Metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, Southwest of Minas and Zona da Mata. The steel and cellulose and paper segments found attractive factors in 74.08% and 72.79% of the municipalities, respectively. It was concluded that the methodology applied showed how close a location was to meeting the characteristics of forest-based industries. It is expected to encourage future research and influence strategic planning for the expansion of the forestry sector across the country.

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Section: Legal Environmental Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

Attractiveness of municipalities in Minas Gerais for the installation of forest-based companies

Pereira Silva,

Marques,

Coelho Junior

et al. 2024

IGEPEC

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Participatory environmental management beyond the boundaries of Protected Areas: a democratic advancement or nature privatization? A systematic review

Souza,

Damásio,

Andrade

et al. 2024

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In recent decades, environmental management has undergone changes that have dispersed decision-making power, from a model centralized in public authorities to one with power also distributed to other stakeholders, such as community members, companies, and non-governmental organizations. Participatory environmental management favors conflict reduction, increased legitimacy and compliance with decisions, and community empowerment, fostering more effective and equitable socio-environmental management. However, conciliation of divergent interests, the need for greater investments in time, logistics, capacity building, and power asymmetries are possible limitations to the outcomes of this model, enabling its use in favor of minority interests, especially outside Protected Areas. Numerous studies have been developed on the subject, but its relevance demands an analytical compilation of these works. This review aims to fill this gap by critically synthesizing participatory environmental management case studies in territories outside the Protected Areas, extracted from 145 systematically selected publications. The analysis of aspects such as study location, management group format, level of participation of civil society and traditional communities, factors influencing participation, financial support, difficulties, strategies, and outcomes indicates that, in many cases, the diversity of stakeholders has turned the decentralization of power into an aggravating factor for the vulnerability of weaker parties. Nevertheless, observed advancements in participation corroborate the feasibility and importance of inclusive management. This review provides a current, integrated, and critical overview, useful for the global understanding of the subject and studies improvement and participatory processes in the planning or execution phase.

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Citizen Participation and Local Public Management the Case of Municipal Environmental Councils in Brazil

Cited by 2 publications

References 10 publications

Attractiveness of municipalities in Minas Gerais for the installation of forest-based companies

Attractiveness of municipalities in Minas Gerais for the installation of forest-based companies

Participatory environmental management beyond the boundaries of Protected Areas: a democratic advancement or nature privatization? A systematic review

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