Implementing environmental policies in developing countries through decentralizationthe case of protected areas in Bahia, Brazil

Resumo

Governments have two apparently conflicting roles to play: promoter of economic development and protector of environmental quality. Economic development interests tend to have priority on the agenda of most developing country governments, creating obstacles to the implementation of environmental protection policies. This trend can be reversed by introducing environmental protection concerns into the mainstream development agenda by decentralizing environmental policy implementation to development-oriented agencies. In the case of the government of the Brazilian State of Bahia, the decentralized creation and administration of protected areas among several agencies at the state level primarily accounted for the ability of the state to establish a large number of protected areas. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2002

Instituição

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso restrito

DOI

10.1016/S0305-750X(02)00067-0

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/23027

Temas

EconomiaDesenvolvimento EconômicoMeio Ambiente

Palavras-chave

Environmental policyImplementationTourismDecentralizationBrazilBahiaLocal-communitiesNational-parkConservationEconomiaPolítica ambiental - BrasilTurismo - Bahia