A proteção ambiental na Comunidade Européia é implementada por artigos dos seus Tratados Constitutivos consubstanciados na política ambiental, no estabelecimento do mercado interno e no princípio da integração desta finalidade a ser incorporada na aplicação das demais políticas e ações da Organização. O trabalho visa verificar a proteção ambiental na Comunidade por duas bases filosóficas que se intercomunicam: o antropocentrismo relacionado à missão comunitária de obtenção do desenvolvimento sustentado, o qual é a realização do princípio da integração interligando as políticas comunitárias, e o biocentrismo na conexão da missão comunitária de promover o alto nível de proteção ambiental e a melhora da qualidade do meio ambiente com a atuação setorial da política ambiental comunitária. Esta missão comunitária, tendo em vista a proteção dos elementos naturais e a biodiversidade, causa uma afetação maior na concorrência e nos intercâmbios comunitários comparado à promoção do desenvolvimento sustentado. Fundamentam esta pesquisa conceitos de Nathalie Hervé-Fournereau e José Rubens Morato Leite, tendo o Direito comunitário e estudos de casos, decididos pelo Tribunal de Justiça da Comunidade Européia, para corroborar as afirmações contidas nela. / The environmental protection in the European Community is implemented by articles of its Constitutive Treaties consubstantiated in the environmental policy, in the establishment of the domestic market and in the principle of integration of such target, to be incorporated in the implementation of the other policies and actions of the Organization. This study aims to verify the environmental protection in the European Community through two philosophical bases which intercommunicate with each other: the anthropocentrism related to the community mission of acquisition of sustained development, the accomplishment of the principle of integration interconnecting the community policies, and the biocentrism in the connection of the community mission of promoting the high level of environmental protection and the improvement of the quality of the environment with the sectorial action of the environmental community policy. Such community mission, considering the protection of the natural elements and the biodiversity, causes a higher aggression in the competition and in the community exchanges compared to the promotion of the sustained development. This study is founded on the concepts of Nathalie Hervé- Fournereau and José Rubens Morato Leite, having the Community Law and case studies decided by the Court of Justice of the European Communities, to corroborate the statements that this study contains.

Climate change may have detrimental effects on agriculture productivity (Challinor et al., 2009). At the same time, agriculture also plays a role in contributing to the causes of global warming (IPCC, 2009). The present research examined current agro-management practices of select agriculture management practices and products with a threefold objective, namely i) to understand the possible impact of climate change on crop yields, ii) to examine the carbon sequestration potential of select agricultural crops and management practices, and iii) to conduct a thorough life cycle assessment to estimate the carbon footprint of select agriculture crops and management practices, so as to help policy makers, planners and business managers in devising appropriate mitigation and adaptation policy frameworks and make sensible management decisions in the context of climate change. The research was conducted in a series of three studies. The first study investigated future corn and soybean yields in the Raccoon watershed in the US Corn Belt using projected climate data. This study used the Environment Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) model to estimate the impact of climate change for 2015-2099 with data downscaled from eight atmosphere-ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs) with three emissions pathways reflecting low, medium and high greenhouse gas scenarios. Soil properties were gathered from the Soil Survey Geographic Database and data on crop rotation was derived from CropScape, a geospatial cropland data layer product of the US National Agricultural Statistics Service. Our findings show that 5-year averages of both corn and soybean yields for 2095-2099 depicted by all eight AOGCMs under low and medium carbon scenarios will increase in comparison to the 5-year average yields for 2015-2019. However, under the high carbon scenario, 5-year averages of both corn and soybean yields for 2095-2099 will decline in comparison to the 5-year average yields for 2015-2019 pointing to the effects of climate change. The study also examined the possible impact of carbon fertilization on yields. The results show that carbon fertilization of soybean, a C3 plant, may contribute to an increase in yield of 3% to 22% while its contribution to the growth of corn, a C4 plant, will be much lower. The second study focused on land-based carbon sequestration possibilities. Land-based carbon sequestration constitutes a major low cost and immediately viable option in climate change mitigation. Using downscaled data from eight atmosphere-ocean general circulation models for a simulation period between 2015 and 2099, the study examined the carbon sequestration potential of alternative agricultural land uses in an intensively farmed Corn Belt watershed and the impact of climate change on crop yields including impact on switchgrass. The results of the study show that switching from conventional tillage and continuous corn to no-till corn-soybean can sequester the equivalent of 192.1 MtCO2 eq of soil organic carbon per hectare with a sequestration rate of 2.26 MtCO2 eq ha-1 yr-1. The results also indicate that switchgrass can sequester the equivalent of 310.7 MtCO2 eq of soil organic carbon per hectare with a sequestration rate of 3.65 MtCO2 eq ha-1 yr-1. The findings of this research suggest that climate change does not have a significant effect on switchgrass yields, unlike on corn and soybean yields, possibly due to the carbon fertilization effect. As mentioned, agriculture can contribute to climate change mitigation efforts by providing low–land-based options through changes in agricultural management practices. A thorough life cycle assessment is necessary to compare various opportunities provided by a variety of agricultural approaches. The last study is a cradle-to-farm gate life cycle assessment of the contributions of select agricultural practices to mitigate global warming. The study focused on land-based practices including crop rotations instead of just individual crops. In the assessment, the study also included examinations of below-the-ground soil to determine the organic carbon sequestration potential of such practices, which most of the time is ignored in life cycle assessments due to lack of data. Specifically, the study examined three farming practices in the intensively farmed Raccoon watershed: continuous corn rotation with conventional tillage, corn-soybean rotation with no-till, and switchgrass. The assessment was conducted based on land units (hectares), instead of utilizing the usual practice of reporting life cycle assessment in product units, such as kilograms. The results of the life cycle assessment reveal that among the three agricultural practices, switchgrass has the lowest carbon footprint overall, and continuous corn rotation has the highest. Switching from continuous corn to switchgrass would reduce the overall greenhouse gases the most, by 6.30 Mg CO2eq/ha/yr, or by 62% compared to the emissions generated by the continuous corn rotation. Similarly, planting switchgrass instead of a corn-soybean rotation would reduce the overall emissions of greenhouse gases by 1.84 Mg CO2eq/ha/yr, or by 32% compared to the corn-soybean rotation. Finally, switching from continuous corn to the corn-soybean rotation would reduce overall greenhouse gases emissions by 4.46 Mg CO2eq/ha/yr or by 44% of the emissions generated by continuous corn. These findings can inform policy discussions on the potential of agriculture’s role in climate change mitigation.

MIRANDA, Lúcio Correia. Diagnóstico geoecológico como subsídio ao planejamento ambiental na Ilha do Príncipe – São Tomé e Príncipe – África. 2013. 193 f. : Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, Fortaleza-CE, 2013. / Submitted by guaracy araujo (guaraa3355@gmail.com) on 2016-05-13T17:19:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2013_dis_lcmiranda.pdf: 10275902 bytes, checksum: 18d67fecab8b87abf8334ed0c6e177f2 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by guaracy araujo (guaraa3355@gmail.com) on 2016-05-13T17:20:20Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2013_dis_lcmiranda.pdf: 10275902 bytes, checksum: 18d67fecab8b87abf8334ed0c6e177f2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-13T17:20:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2013_dis_lcmiranda.pdf: 10275902 bytes, checksum: 18d67fecab8b87abf8334ed0c6e177f2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / This research had as main purpose the development of a socio-environmental diagnosis on Principe Island, from geoecology conceptions of landscapes as a way to support the activities of environmental planning. Thus, we sought to incorporate in the analyses some natural aspects, historiographical and cultural economic intrinsic to social and environmental formation of São Tomé and Príncipe archipelago, the main focus being directed to the Príncipe Island. It is understood that the promotion of environmental quality reflects positively on the living conditions of local populations. Moreover, it is believed that promote environmental quality is realized simultaneously with the application of a participatory environmental planning. Thus, expanding, and improving access to health services and education, the inclusion of communities in local development processes are established as relevant measures for the realization of improved local quality of life and environmental conservation measures. Throughout the chapters, we sought to examine the geological characteristics, geomorphological, pedological, climatic, socio-economic, among others. Believing that the constant exchange interactions of energy and matter, these factors produce positive and negative impacts that affect both the dynamics of rural ecology units and the living conditions on the island. Based on this conjecture, we developed a historical analysis of the cultural, socio-economic and political development of the island, covering periods before and after the independence of Portuguese colonization. It is understood that historical knowledge of environmental relationships, besides providing the ability to relate events in different moments, adds support for understanding the existing relations and, together, provide the relevant precepts to actions planning effectiveness and sustainable territorial management of the Príncipe Island. / Este trabalho teve como objetivo principal a elaboração de um diagnóstico socioambiental na ilha do Príncipe, a partir das concepções da geoecologia das paisagens, como forma de subsidiar as ações de planejamento ambiental. Deste modo, buscou-se incorporar nas análises alguns aspectos naturais, históricogeográficos e econômicoculturais intrínsecos à formação social e ambiental do arquipélago de São Tomé e Príncipe, sendo o maior enfoque direcionado à ilha do Príncipe. Entende-se que a promoção da qualidade ambiental reflete positivamente nas condições de vida das populações locais. Por outro lado, acredita-se que a promoção da qualidade ambiental se concretiza concomitantemente com a aplicação de um planejamento ambiental participativo. Assim, a ampliação, melhoria e o acesso aos serviços de saúde e educação, a inclusão das comunidades nos processos de desenvolvimento local se estabelecem como sendo as medidas relevantes para a efetivação da melhoria na qualidade de vida local e nas medidas de conservação ambiental. No decorrer dos capítulos, procurou-se analisar as características geológicas, geomorfológicas, pedológica, climática, socioeconômicas, entre outros. Acreditando-se que na constante interação de troca de energia e matéria estes fatores produzem impactos positivos e negativos que interferem tanto na dinâmica das unidades geoecológicas como nas condições de vida na Ilha. Com base nessa conjectura, desenvolveu-se uma análise histórica das relações culturais, socioambientais e político-econômica da ilha, abrangendo período anterior e posterior a independência da colonização portuguesa. Entende-se que o conhecimento histórico das relações socioambientais, além de proporcionar a possibilidade de relacionar fatos em momentos diferenciados, agrega suporte para a compreensão das relações vigentes e, em conjunto, proporcionam preceitos relevantes à efetivação de ações de planejamento e gestão territorial sustentáveis da ilha do Príncipe.

Esta tese é resultado de pesquisa que teve o objetivo de compreender o processo de desenvolvimento do Território Bico do Papagaio, no estado do Tocantins (TBP-TO), com base na implantação de projetos PROINFs, vinculados aos Programas PRONAT e PTC, visando explicitar efeitos, avanços e limites das políticas públicas territoriais em regiões com baixos índices de desenvolvimento. Nesta pesquisa utilizou-se de múltiplas estratégias para a coleta e análise de dados, seguindo os princípios e técnicas da triangulação, que constitui uma das formas de combinar métodos qualitativos entre si e de articular métodos quantitativos e qualitativos. Foi realizada, por meio de estudo de caso, em sete projetos implantados no TBP-TO. Uma questão importante, do ponto de vista metodológico, foi a oportunidade de fazer uma imersão no contexto investigado, observando e participando diretamente com os atores envolvidos na implantação e execução dos projetos PROINFs no referido território. Lançou-se mão de informações obtidas por observações, entrevistas, participação em reuniões, seminários, conversa com diferentes atores territoriais, moradores e membros do colegiado, gestores e beneficiários destes projetos. Os resultados levaram a uma compreensão das diferentes dimensões do desenvolvimento territorial e seus efeitos na vida dos beneficiários e na região. Os indicadores de desenvolvimento territorial, do ponto de vista econômico, foram avaliados entre ruins e críticos, dando a entender que a operacionalização da política territorial no TBP-TO reflete a própria história das relações de poder e dominação já existentes. Por outro lado, do ponto de vista social, foi observado o empoderamento da sociedade civil, especialmente nos casos das duas Escolas Família Agrícola (EFAs). Nesse sentido, esta tese contribuiu, não só para entender as dimensões do desenvolvimento territorial, seus desafios e possibilidades, mas para demonstrar que se não houver maior diálogo entre poder público (nas esferas municipal, estadual e federal), sociedade civil e os beneficiários dos projetos, o desenvolvimento territorial pode ficar comprometido. Diante dos resultados da pesquisa conclui-se que, nesse momento de retrocesso da política de desenvolvimento territorial, é necessário repensá-la, especialmente em relação ao exercício do poder e à autonomia dos Colegiados Territoriais. A organização dos colegiados territoriais e a união de seus membros em torno de objetivos comuns podem ser consideradas o motor propulsor da consolidação das EFAs, possibilitando a educação profissional de seus jovens. Esta organização é o maior indicador de desenvolvimento, na dimensão social, observado na pesquisa. / This thesis is the result of research that aims to understand the development process of the Parrot´s Beak Territory in the State of Tocantins (PBT-TO), based on the implantation of PROINFs projects, linked to PRONAT and PTC programs with the goal of clarifying effects, advances and limits of territorial public policies in regions with low levels of development. In this research, it was used multiple strategies for data collection and analysis, following the principles and techniques of triangulation, which is one of the ways to combine qualitative methods among themselves and to articulate quantitative and qualitative methods. The research was done through the case study in seven projects implanted in PBT-TO. An important thing, from the methodological point of view, was the opportunity to do an immersion in the context investigated by observing and participating directly with the actors involved in the implementation and execution of the projects PROINFs, in that territory. It was used the information obtained by observations, interviews, participation in meetings, seminars, talking with different territorial actors, residents and members of the board, managers and beneficiaries of these projects. The results led to an understanding of the different dimensions of territorial development and its effects on the lives of beneficiaries and in the region. The indicators of territorial development, from an economic point of view, were evaluated between bad and critical, implying that the operationalization of territorial policy in the PBT-TO reflect the history of the relationships of power and domination that exists. On the other hand, from the social point of view, it was observed the empowerment of civil society, especially in the cases of the Escolas Família Agrícola (EFAs). In this sense, this thesis has contributed not only to understand the dimensions of territorial development, its challenges and opportunities, but to demonstrate that if there is no greater dialogue between public authorities (in all spheres: Municipal, State and Federal), civil society and the beneficiaries of the projects, the territorial development may be compromised. On the research results it is concluded that, in this moment of backsliding of territorial development policy, it is necessary to rethink it, especially in relation to the exercise of power and the autonomy of Territorial governance bodies. The Organization of territorial governance bodies and the Union of its members around common goals, can be considered the impeller motor on consolidation of EFAs enabling professional education of their young. This organization is the greatest indicator of development in the social dimension, observed in the survey.

The diploma thesis deals with the analysis, assessment and implementation of environmental policy in selected company. The subject of the thesis is the introduction of environmental policy and its operation across the European Union and the Czech Republic. The main aim of this work is to analyze and evaluate the environmental policy in EGEM Ltd. The partial aim of the thesis is to analyze the functioning of environmental policy in the European Union and the Czech Republic. This thesis is divided into two basic parts, the first of which presents a theoretical description of environmental policy including its object and subjects. It also deals in more detail with environmental policy objectives and instruments. It will then analyze environmental policy in the Czech Republic and the European Union. The second part is the qualitative research of company EGEM Ltd., which deals with the provision of services in the field of electricity generation and distribution, heating and industry, in terms of its environmental situation and attitudes towards environmental protection. The conclusion of the diploma thesis brings an overall picture of the analyzed environmental policy issues in the selected company on the basis of the acquired knowledge with the addition of the discussion.

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A proteção ambiental na Comunidade Européia é implementada por artigos dos seus Tratados Constitutivos consubstanciados na política ambiental, no estabelecimento do mercado interno e no princípio da integração desta finalidade a ser incorporada na aplicação das demais políticas e ações da Organização. O trabalho visa verificar a proteção ambiental na Comunidade por duas bases filosóficas que se intercomunicam: o antropocentrismo relacionado à missão comunitária de obtenção do desenvolvimento sustentado, o qual é a realização do princípio da integração interligando as políticas comunitárias, e o biocentrismo na conexão da missão comunitária de promover o alto nível de proteção ambiental e a melhora da qualidade do meio ambiente com a atuação setorial da política ambiental comunitária. Esta missão comunitária, tendo em vista a proteção dos elementos naturais e a biodiversidade, causa uma afetação maior na concorrência e nos intercâmbios comunitários comparado à promoção do desenvolvimento sustentado. Fundamentam esta pesquisa conceitos de Nathalie Hervé-Fournereau e José Rubens Morato Leite, tendo o Direito comunitário e estudos de casos, decididos pelo Tribunal de Justiça da Comunidade Européia, para corroborar as afirmações contidas nela. / The environmental protection in the European Community is implemented by articles of its Constitutive Treaties consubstantiated in the environmental policy, in the establishment of the domestic market and in the principle of integration of such target, to be incorporated in the implementation of the other policies and actions of the Organization. This study aims to verify the environmental protection in the European Community through two philosophical bases which intercommunicate with each other: the anthropocentrism related to the community mission of acquisition of sustained development, the accomplishment of the principle of integration interconnecting the community policies, and the biocentrism in the connection of the community mission of promoting the high level of environmental protection and the improvement of the quality of the environment with the sectorial action of the environmental community policy. Such community mission, considering the protection of the natural elements and the biodiversity, causes a higher aggression in the competition and in the community exchanges compared to the promotion of the sustained development. This study is founded on the concepts of Nathalie Hervé- Fournereau and José Rubens Morato Leite, having the Community Law and case studies decided by the Court of Justice of the European Communities, to corroborate the statements that this study contains.

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Orientador: Paulo Henrique Martinez / Banca: Janes Jorge / Banca: Claudio Hiro Arasawa / Banca: Célia Reis Camargo / Banca: Clodoaldo Bueno / Resumo: Uma das recomendações da Conferência da Biosfera, realizada pela UNESCO, em Paris (1968), foi a criação de um programa de cooperação científica internacional visando compreender os impactos das atividades humanas sobre os ecossistemas do planeta e a repercussão destas nas sociedades. O Programa Man and Biophere (MaB), lançado em 1971, é considerado pela UNESCO um de seus mais exitosos programas. Sua política de criação de Reservas da Biosfera assumiu em 2008 o desafio de se consolidar como espaços privilegiados na construção da sustentabilidade. Em 2012 somavam-se mais de seiscentas Reservas no mundo. Sua abrangência e reconhecimento no contexto da política ambiental internacional propiciou um instigante objeto de pesquisa e reflexão no confronto com as demandas locais. Demarcamos a atuação da UNESCO no debate internacional sobre desenvolvimento e meio ambiente ocorrido entre os anos de 1948 e 1972, pontuando a construção de uma agenda de pesquisa e projetos que subsidiaram a formulação do Programa MaB, aferida por meio de publicações e documentos oficiais. A declaração de Reservas da Biosfera, assim como a inscrição de bens na Lista do Patrimônio Mundial, se dá mediante pedido e compromisso de gestão que o país solicitante assume. Ainda que sejam titulações internacionais, tal característica demanda análise e compreensão também na escala nacional e local. Com sete Reservas declaradas entre 1991 e 2005, o Brasil tem um quadro complexo para proteção de seus biomas, inteligível pela perspectiva histórica da presença de condutas predatórias dos recursos naturais em favorecimento de interesses privados, tal como expõe os remanescentes de Mata Atlântica, localizados na porção densamente povoada e urbanizada do país. A Reserva da Biosfera do Cinturão Verde da Cidade de São Paulo ofereceu a experiência... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: One of the recommendations of the Biosphere Conference, held by UNESCO in Paris (1968), was the creation of an international scientific cooperation program aiming to understanding the impacts of human activities on the planet's ecosystems and its impact at the societies. The Man and Biophere Program (MAB), launched in 1971, is considered by UNESCO one of its most successful programs. In 2008 its policy of Biosphere Reserves creation took on the challenge of consolidate as privileged in building sustainability. In 2012 amounted more than six hundred reserves in the world. Its coverage and recognition in the context of international environmental policy provided an intriguing subject of research and reflection in the confrontation with local demands. We defined the role of UNESCO in the international debate on development and the environment occurred between 1948 and 1972, scoring the construction of a research agenda and projects that contributed to the formulation of the MAB Programme, measured through publications and official documents. The declaration of Biosphere Reserves, as well as the inscription of properties on the World Heritage List, is given upon request and appointment management assumed by the requesting country. Although these are international titrations this characteristic also demands analysis and understanding at the national and local levels. With seven Reserves declared between 1991 and 2005, Brazil has a complex framework for the protection of their biomes, intelligible by historical perspective of predatory behaviors presence of the natural resources in favor of private interests, such as the remnants of the Atlantic Forest exposes, located in densely populated and urbanized portion of the country. The Biosphere Reserve of São Paulo Green Belt has a concrete experience, exposing the internal contradictions of the environmental... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor