Beyond the mining pit: the academic role in social deliberation for participatory environmental planning

Autor(es)

Pena, Joao Carlos de Castro ^{[1, 2, 3]} ; de Assis, Julia Camara ^{[4, 5, 6]} ; da Silva, Rafaela Aparecida ^{[4, 5]} ; Honda, Laura Kyoko ^{[4, 5, 6]} ; Pagani, Maria Inez ^[5] ; Ribeiro, Milton Cezar ^{[5, 6]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Inst Ciencias Biol, Dept Zool, Lab Ornitol, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Inst Ciencias Biol, Programa Posgrad Ecol Conservcao & Manejo Vida Si, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil

^[3] Embrapa Recursos Genet & Biotecnol, Lab Ecol & Conservacao, Brasilia, DF - Brazil

^[4] Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Programa Posgrad Ecol & Biodiversidade, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[5] Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Ecol, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[6] Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Ecol, Lab Ecol Espacial & Conservacao, Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION; v. 15, n. 3, p. 194-198, JUL-SEP 2017.
• Citações Web of Science: 1

Resumo

Although mining activities are required to supply human needs, the academic participation on the allocation and planning of mining activities is reduced. We presented our experience in the participatory review of Rio Claro's (Sao Paulo, Brazil) master plan. In 2015, Rio Claro City Hall triggered a multi-agent discussion about new perspectives on local environmental planning to improve human life quality. Representatives of economic sectors were invited for public consultations, while civil society was neglected. The academic participation was represented by amendment proposals that intended to represent common interests of society (e.g.: reducing the impacts of clay extraction on the population). We discuss the need of greater appreciation of university outreach initiatives for their high impact on public issues. Academia may ensure an equitable balance of interests between different sectors of society, aiding in the pursuit of quality of life improvement and natural resources preservation for future generations. (c) 2017 Associacao Brasileira de Ciencia Ecologica e Conservacao. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 13/50421-2 - Novos métodos de amostragem e ferramentas estatísticas para pesquisa em biodiversidade: integrando ecologia de movimento com ecologia de população e comunidade
• Beneficiário: Milton Cezar Ribeiro
• Linha de fomento: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular