Environment and society: the Sinos River Basin and public policies

<p>This study discusses the tensions and conflicts in the relationship between environment and society in the Sinos River Basin, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. An environmental disaster in 2006, which resulted in the death of 100 tons of fish in the Sinos River, is the dividing lin...

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Main Authors: V Pedde, JAS Figueiredo, MF Nunes, CC Prodanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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description <p>This study discusses the tensions and conflicts in the relationship between environment and society in the Sinos River Basin, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. An environmental disaster in 2006, which resulted in the death of 100 tons of fish in the Sinos River, is the dividing line for this study. A review of documents and field interviews with representatives of the municipal government and companies in the region were used to analyze the impact of public policies on the environment and which deficiencies remain<xref ref-type="fn" rid="fn01"><sup>1</sup></xref><fn fn-type="other" id="fn01"><label>1</label><p>We thank Malcon Naor Voltz and Ana Arnoldo, undergraduate research grant holders, for their participation in data collection for this study.</p></fn>.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-1eb8c92076724d4c9b24ac354d44ffa62022-12-22T03:24:06ZengInstituto Internacional de EcologiaBrazilian Journal of Biology1678-4375752 suppl12813610.1590/1519-6984.1313S1519-69842015000300021Environment and society: the Sinos River Basin and public policiesV PeddeJAS FigueiredoMF NunesCC Prodanov<p>This study discusses the tensions and conflicts in the relationship between environment and society in the Sinos River Basin, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. An environmental disaster in 2006, which resulted in the death of 100 tons of fish in the Sinos River, is the dividing line for this study. A review of documents and field interviews with representatives of the municipal government and companies in the region were used to analyze the impact of public policies on the environment and which deficiencies remain<xref ref-type="fn" rid="fn01"><sup>1</sup></xref><fn fn-type="other" id="fn01"><label>1</label><p>We thank Malcon Naor Voltz and Ana Arnoldo, undergraduate research grant holders, for their participation in data collection for this study.</p></fn>.</p>http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842015000300021&lng=en&tlng=enSinos River Basinpublic policiesenvironmental impact
spellingShingle V Pedde
JAS Figueiredo
MF Nunes
CC Prodanov
Environment and society: the Sinos River Basin and public policies
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public policies
environmental impact
title Environment and society: the Sinos River Basin and public policies
title_full Environment and society: the Sinos River Basin and public policies
title_fullStr Environment and society: the Sinos River Basin and public policies
title_full_unstemmed Environment and society: the Sinos River Basin and public policies
title_short Environment and society: the Sinos River Basin and public policies
title_sort environment and society the sinos river basin and public policies
topic Sinos River Basin
public policies
environmental impact
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