MECANISMOS DE GESTÃO AMBIENTAL: DA AVALIAÇÃO À VALORAÇÃO AMBIENTAL / MECHANISMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: FROM EVALUATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the theoretical and methodological approaches of environmental management tools, focusing on environmental assessment and environmental valuation methods with a bias of environmental economics and ecological economics. It was considered that the theme is of interest to Geography, Economics and Ecology, as well as to other professionals involved in research on the environment. Part of the ecological premises in the management of the environment, as well as its applicability becomes an instrument for the treatment of the questions related to the environmental degradation. The imminence of measures that allow to protect ecosystems is recognized, an objective that can be reached through paths that introduce new paradigms and readings about the relations between nature and economy. In this way, studies on the mechanisms that contribute to a significant environmental management need to move forward and gain new foundations. Thus, the incorporation of economic and ecological contents contribute to the work related to Environmental Management.