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Public Participation in the Environmental Impact Assessment Process in the State of Espírito Santo

open access: yesDesenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2017
Under the assertions of making the EIA process more agile and less bureaucratic, some countries have taken opposing measures to democratize environmental management by reducing public involvement by adopting controversial changes such as eliminating the ...
Giulianna Calmon Faria   +1 more
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Risks, the petroleum company, and the ongoing sustainable energy transition

open access: yesDesenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2023
This article scrutinizes oil companies’ ability to manage risks through the prism of the economic, sociological, and Political Science literature, notably the concept of Risk Society.
Francisco Ebeling
doaj   +1 more source

Controversies and hidden risks in biodiversity offsets in critically threatened Canga (ironstone) ecosystems in Brazil

open access: yesOryx, 2023
Canga, or ironstone, ecosystems are hotspots of old-growth plant diversity and highly specialized cave invertebrates. These ancient metalliferous habitats are amongst the most threatened ecosystems because of the destruction caused by large-scale iron ...
Flavio Fonseca Carmo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Obstacles to municipal environmental licensing - Analysis of the main difficulties and obstacles in the environmental licensing procedures of municipalities [PDF]

open access: yesCiência e Natura, 2018
Environmental licensing is one of the main instruments of the National Environmental Policy, mainly due to its nature of prevention of the significance of environmental damages. After the enactment of complementary law no. 140/11, municipalities were given the explicit competence to license enterprises and activities whose environmental impact is ...
Gabriel De Pinna Mendez   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

HYDROELECTRIC POWER IN THE AMAZON: A DISCUSSION OF THE IMPACTS OF BELO MONTE IN THE LIGHT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSING

open access: yesRevista Tempo do Mundo, 2022
This article aims to conduct a case study of Belo Monte considering environmental licensing for 2000 to 2015, seeking to analyze environmental policy challenges regarding the State/energy/social and environmental conflicts.
Lindomayara França Ferreira   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

New records and conservation status of tree species from environmental licensing studies in highly human-modified areas in Bahia, northeastern Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List
Based on fieldwork for licensing environmental impact studies in Bahia, northeastern Brazil, we present new records of five tree species, including two species known only from their type locality.
Aline Costa da Mota   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Environmental licensing and sustainability

open access: yesBoletim do Observatório Ambiental Alberto Ribeiro Lamego, 2010
Sustainability relies mostly on economic, environmental, and social pillars. However, it is not developed without political actions. Environmental licensing is a continuous process of public and private environmental management, and it is one of the main control instruments of the Brazilian environmental policy.
openaire   +2 more sources

TAMING THE TECHNOLOGICAL TYGERTHE REGULATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS -A SURVEY OF SOME CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES--PART TWO [PDF]

open access: yes, 1972
This article reviews the significance placed on environmental factors in nuclear plant licensing during -the 1960s, first considering the effect of recent legislation and the status of current controversies, and then briefly discussing proposals for ...
Davis, Joyce P.
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Building an Integrated Mining Licensing System in Order to Preserve the Environment in Indonesia

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2018
The consideration of economic interests (economic approach) has led to various problems in building a licensing system. In addition to economic sentiment, there are also sectoral ego of technical institutions and inconsistencies of various mining laws ...
Azhar Muhamad   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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