O povo ao poder: reconhecendo o potencial do desenvolvimento socioambiental através da participação popular no Município de São Felipe - Ba

Abstract

Recognizing that each person has a great knowledge of the environment and that the power to participate in the decisions that affect the possibilities of projects and planning are built for each society, based on their demands and realities, thus meeting the popular demands. It demonstrates possibilities for ways to make feasible the strengthening of popular participation and, thus, promote socio-environmental development from the local level through creative and peculiar solutions to combat a serious environmental crisis, as in Agenda 2030, the latest to global first model for development, said sustainable. The opportunities for the socio-environmental development of São Felipe-BA were examined through the strengthening of the participation of research on municipal environmental policies. A publication on the approach of the mechanisms of popular participation in the environmental policies of the municipality; with an implementation of Agenda 2030 at the local level; and indicated opportunities for expansion of popular participation to promote social and environmental development. The methodology used consisted of searches on the websites of the UN, IBGE, the National Confederation of Municipalities, the official website of the city hall and local news sites that could contribute documents and information about the municipality from a socio-environmental perspective, Agenda 2030 and participation. popular, as well as field research with unstructured participation. The results pointed to the need to adapt the goals and indicators of Agenda 2030 to the reality of São Felipe and demonstrated that a popular participation is still associated with issues of absence or low participation. It is recommended to increase popular participation, especially from the promotion of citizen education and a culture of participation that takes into account the knowledge of the communities involved.