Atuação do Conselho Gestor na gestão ambiental do Parque Metropolitano de Pituaçu

Abstract

This study aims to contribute for the reflection on environmental participative management on the Conservation Unit and its applicability as one of the planning instruments, the Management Council. The Metropolitan Park of Pituaçu, object of study of the dissertation, as a Conservation Unit, is classified in the category of sustainable use as Urban Park through the State System of Conservation Unit, established by legal means in 2006. Participatory environmental management in UC is consolidated by the area planning, management plan and an advisory or deliberative council. The relevance of the collegiate in Conservation Unit is in the social participation in the management and decentralization in governmental decisions. The research investigates the contributions that have been made, and the results obtained in the consolidation of a democratic, sustainable and participative management with the institutionalization of social participation in the management, if this is forming social and environmental relevant policies directed to the Unit and the surrounding communities in the exercise of the Collegiate The methodology applied in the data collection procedure was obtained through the reading and interpretation of the meetings minutes from the board, gathering the necessary information in the case study. Collection of data specific to the unit with the objective of analyzing the conflicts, the problematic political partner of the Metropolitan Park of Pituaçu and its institutional complexity; Carrying out bibliographical research, documentary analysis, description of successive legislative acts in the consolidation of the Park's areas, and consulting the laws and decrees regarding public policies of the state in the environment and urban green areas. As the final product of the research, a socio- environmental action plan was established; Based on the diagnosis built with the interpretation and analysis of reports, minutes of council meetings and minutes of meetings with the surrounding community, transmitting the collective will of the social actorsinvolved.