The idea of nature as a public asset: a walk through history

Authors

  • Cynthia Roncaglio Universidade de Brasília

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v19i0.14517

Keywords:

natureza e sociedade, representações sociais, patrimônio natural, nature and society, social representations, natural patrimony

Abstract

The article establishes historical connections between some social representations of nature existing in and about Brazil that allows us to see, over time, how the idea of nature as common heritage was construed. For such, it discusses the various discoveries of Brazil as a nation and the attempts, contrary and contradictory, of the public authorities and their representatives to protect nature and to give it the status of public asset. Even though some conservationists have tried to overcome a utilitarian and an-thropocentric view of nature, this is what has prevailed in Brazilian public policy.

Author Biography

Cynthia Roncaglio, Universidade de Brasília

Doutora em Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento pela UFPR e Professora do Curso de Arquivologia, do Departamento de Ciência da Informação e Documentação da Universidade de Brasília.

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Published

2009-06-14

How to Cite

Roncaglio, C. (2009). The idea of nature as a public asset: a walk through history. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 19. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v19i0.14517

Issue

Vol. 19 (2009): Culture, Nature and Sustainability: different perspectives

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