CONTRIBUTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (SIA) IN THE PROCESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSING: THE PROMABEN CASE, BELÉM - PA

Abstract

doi: 10.12957/geouerj.2016.22297

The Environmental Information Systems (SIAs) are important tools in decision making in environmental of intervention processes that affect directly and / or indirectly to society, not only clarify, but provide enough information for reflection of a concrete praxis. However, even after the enactment of the Right to Information Act (Law 10,650, of April 16, 2003) a lot of information is still omitted or create difficulties for access, which could compromise the understanding of reality in its whole (holos) mainly by civil society. Thus, it has been aimed at understanding the contributions of SIAs in decision-making processes. Therefore was selected case of environmental licensing Macrodrainage Program of the Hydrographic Basin of New Road (PROMABEN) and its implementation nuances of the area of this watershed. The methodology is grounded in systemic bias, bibliographic and documentary surveys and field work to verify through systematic observation is the progress of the work follows the legal guidelines of the program.