Open AccessHistory and Evolution of the Environmental Management System in Brazil
Author(s) -
Valdir Fernandes,
Cleverson Vitório Andreoli,
Gilda Collet Bruna,
Arlindo Philippi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
historia ambiental latinoamericana y caribeña
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2237-2717
DOI - 10.32991/2237-2717.2021v11i2.p275-310
Subject(s) - political science , environmental movement , politics , theme (computing) , kyoto protocol , sustainable development , natural (archaeology) , process (computing) , environmentalism , public administration , environmental planning , environmental ethics , geography , law , climate change , ecology , archaeology , philosophy , computer science , biology , operating system
The idea of sustainable development emerges first as a socio-political movement, from a series of questions and concerns that have arisen at the international level, related to the contamination of natural environments and human beings, a result of industrial activities. From these concerns, a series of events and movements caused significant changes in international and national policies, leading to the construction of a significant legal framework and institutional apparatus, never seen in any other theme. The establishment of environmental management systems in most countries was a direct reflection of an international agenda launched during the Stockholm Conference, in 1972, which was continued with several other conferences and protocols, such as Rio-92, Rio+20, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, among others, that have consolidated an international environmental agenda over the past 50 years. In Brazil, this process generated direct reflexes with the construction of a significant legal framework and institutional apparatus. In this article, we describe this process, an important part of both the world’s and the Brazilian environmental history until 2014.