2016_Efetividade das políticas ambientais.pdf

The contemporary socioenvironmental crisis emerged as a result of unsuccessful attempts to achieve sustainable development. Its factors and consequences must be understood in order to effect change. This work was developed based on a literature review of books, articles, journals, and the legislation, among other sources. The aim was to reflect on the interplay between man, the Law and the environment in the current socioenvironmental crisis, to assess the effectiveness of environmental policies. Environmental Law influences modern legal thought with the idea of mainstreaming environmental standards, especially with the principles of protection, participation and education. In general, the current Brazilian environmental policies are marked by compartmentalization, fragmentation and a consequent lack of universality. The cause of this inefficiency is a truncated historical construction, marked by a lack of environmental education, and founded on an individualistic instrumental rationality and a very small popular participation in the decisions made.