About the Journal

Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente (DMA) is a bilingual, open-access journal from UFPR's Graduate Program in Environment and Development, founded in 2000. Indexed in the Web of Science, Scopus and other databases, DMA has an international reach and is a traditional and highly regarded scientific vehicle in its field in Latin America and Portuguese-speaking countries. The journal's focus is the interdisciplinary discussion of issues at the interface between society and nature, seeking an innovative and critical approach and fostering the dialogue between different areas of knowledge. Its objectives are to publish and widely disseminate original quality articles on socio-environmental issues, aimed at the academic public, but also of interest to readers outside academia, such as government agencies, civil society organizations, social movement entities, and business segments.

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Current Issue

Vol. 67 (2026): Communication of Socio-environmental Risks and Disasters
Capa do volume 67, em laranja e marrom

Special section editors

Eloisa Beling Loose
Luciana R. Londe

Published: 2026-04-16

Communication of socio-environmental risks and disasters

  • Editorial – Communication of socio-environmental risks and disasters in Brazil: An area under development

    Eloisa Beling Loose, Luciana R. Londe
    218-221
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v67i.102669

  • Perception of air quality in a metropolis in Northeastern Brazil as a basis for risk communication

    Anselmo César Vasconcelos Bezerra, Carlos Eduardo Menezes da Silva , Max Antônio Silva Pessoa, Michele de Lima Silva, Rosane Silva Avelino dos Santos , Maria Clara Vidal de Freitas , Helen da Costa Gurgel , Alexandra Monteiro
    222-240
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v67i.99281

  • Disaster risk communication organizational capacities at the age of extremes

    Victor Marchezini, Monique Ribeiro Polera Sampaio, Paula Sayeko Souza Oda, André Luiz Martins Cotting, Karolina Gameiro Cota Dias
    241-266
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v67i.99225

  • Popular communication and health surveillance: strategies to address the oil spill crime/disaster on the northeastern coast

    Thayna Karen, Rosely Fabrícia de Melo Arantes, Nathalie Alves Agripino , José Erivaldo Gonçalves , Cláudio Luiz de França Neto, André Wolmer de Melo, Idê Gomes Dantas Gurgel, Mariana Olívia Santana dos Santos
    267-287
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v67i.98706

  • The impact of nomenclature attributed to victims of technological environmental disasters: the case of the Fundão dam collapse

    Andreza Aparecida Franco Câmara , Ludmilla Pereira Massoto Laranjeiras
    288-313
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v67i.99754

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