Environmental Conflict Analysis: Mining Activities in Rural Communities and Environmental Protected Areas (APA)

Authors

  • Daniel Trento Nascimento Ministério do Meio Ambiente
  • Maria Augusta Almeida Bursztyn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v22i0.20348

Keywords:

environmental conflicts, environmental management, southern Santa Catarina State

Abstract

This article explores an environmental conflict that occurs in rural communities of Santa Cruz and Esperançain the city of Içara, Santa Catarina State. The site of the conflict is also an environmental protectedarea (APA) and the dispute is with a large coal mining company that is trying to be installed in the samearea. The case analysis was developed on the assumption that the increasing of environmental conflictsis one of the determining factors for the strengthening of environmental actions and for the formation oflocal environmental governance structures, and, consequently, for the institutionalization of the municipalenvironmental management. Therefore, after a theoretical review of environmental conflicts and coalmining in the region, the main actors and conditions that shaped the dispute were identified. Finally,based on conflict analysis, a conflict mapping was designed and the main outcomes of the conflict thatconfirms the research hypothesis were identified.

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Published

2010-12-23

How to Cite

Nascimento, D. T., & Bursztyn, M. A. A. (2010). Environmental Conflict Analysis: Mining Activities in Rural Communities and Environmental Protected Areas (APA). Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 22. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v22i0.20348

Issue

Vol. 22 (2010): Socio-Environmental Conflicts, Conservation and Management of Natural Resources: The Local and the Global

Section

Conflitos Socioambientais, Conservação e Gestão de Recursos Naturais: O Local e o Global

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