O trabalho abordará as conseqüências dos atos terroristas no meio ambiente. A aplicação da disciplina da responsabilidade civil é o mecanismo jurídico adequado para o enfrentamento da questão referente à responsabilidade pelos danos causados ao meio ambiente pela atividade terrorista. Os atos terroristas, que atualmente assombram a comunidade mundial, além de acarretarem inúmeras e terríveis mortes humanas, acarretam também danos ambientais, que podem prejudicar, em muitos casos, grande parte da população mundial, colocando o futuro da humanidade em grave perigo. O meio ambiente é essencial para a sadia qualidade de vida e está interligado ao direito à saúde e à vida, sendo caracterizado como um direito da pessoa humana de terceira geração. Assim, abordaremos o direito a um meio ambiente equilibrado e sadio como um direito fundamental do homem. O meio ambiente reflete valores comuns e superiores e constitui interesse comum de toda a sociedade. Dessa forma, estabelecer o responsável pelos danos ambientais ocorridos e que sejam decorrentes dos atos terroristas mostra-se extremamente relevante, vez que esses atos estão cada vez mais audaciosos e têm prejudicado um número maior de comunidades. Os assuntos relacionados ao terrorismo não conhecem fronteiras, especialmente no que diz respeito às questões sobre as conseqüências desses seus atos no meio ambiente. O mundo não pode ficar inerte a tais acontecimentos. Nesse sentido o Estado desempenha um papel fundamental, tendo em vista possuir o dever na repressão e prevenção do terrorismo e o dever maior da preservação do meio ambiente para as presentes e futuras gerações. / The work will deal with the consequences of terrorist acts on the environment. The application of civil responsibility is the proper legal mechanism to face up to the issue of responsibility for the damage caused to the environment by terrorist activity. The acts of terrorist s, which currently haunt the world community, in addition to resulting in the countless and terrible loss of human life, also cause environmental damage, which in many cases put large swathes of the world s population at risk, placing the future of humankind in grave danger. The environment is essential to a healthy quality of life and is intertwined to the right to health and life, which is a third generation human right. Thus, we deal with the right to a balanced and healthy environment as a fundamental right of man. The environment reflects common and higher values and constitutes a common interest of all society. Hence, to establish those responsible for environmental harm resulting from terrorist acts has been shown to be of extreme relevance, given that these acts are increasingly audacious and have been harming a greater number of communities. Terrorism-related issues know no borders, especially as regard the consequences of these acts for the environment. The world cannot remain inert to such events. To this end, the State exercises a fundamental role, bearing in mind it has a duty to repress and prevent terrorism and the greater duty to conserve the environment for present and future generations.

Cette thèse étudie le rôle et l’impact des groupes de pression dans le processus d'adoption d'uneréglementation environnementale. En effet, les controverses scientifiques de ces dernières années(OGM, Médiator, gaz de schiste) nous interrogent sur leurs effets, notamment lorsque la réalisation oul'ampleur d'un dommage environnemental et / ou sanitaire sont incertaines. En particulier, lors d'unedemande d'Autorisation de Mise sur le Marché d'un produit potentiellement dangereux, noussupposons que deux groupes de pression s'affrontent, représentant, respectivement, les intérêts d'uneindustrie et ceux des victimes d'un dommage : le premier milite pour son autorisation et le second pourson interdiction. Dans ce contexte, l'information détenue par le régulateur bénévole est primordiale.Présumant qu’il est inconscient, ex ante, de l'ampleur du dommage, nous nous interrogeons sur lapertinence d'écouter les groupes de pression afin de prendre une décision socialement efficace dans lecas où le groupe industriel fait face à un système de responsabilité, ex post. Pourtant, l'application dece système est imparfaite, suite à l'insolvabilité de l'industriel ou par le fait qu'il ne soit pas poursuiviou reconnu coupable. Lorsque le régulateur prend sa décision après l'affrontement des groupes depression, la mise en place d'un contest séquentiel, avec l'outsider qui joue en premier, est socialementpréférable. Par ailleurs, les conditions sous lesquelles le régulateur doit accorder son attention auxgroupes de pression plutôt que prendre sa décision sur la base d'une analyse coûts-bénéfices, utilisantses croyances a priori sur le dommage, sont caractérisées / This thesis examines the role and the impact of pressure groups in environmental regulation process.Indeed, in recent years, scientific controversies (GMO, Médiator, shale gas) have lead us to wondermore about their effects, especially when the achievement or the extent of environmental damage and /or health are uncertain. In particular, in the context of a market approval process of a potentialdangerous product, we assume that two pressure groups are fighting, representing respectively theinterests of industry and those of victims of damage: the first campaigns for its authorization and thesecond for its prohibition. In this context, information available to the voluntary regulator is important.Assuming that he is unaware of the magnitude of the damage ex ante, we question the relevance ofpaying attention to lobbyists to take a socially efficient decision, in a case where the industrial groupfaces a responsibility system, ex post. However, the application of this system is imperfect, because ofthe insolvency of the industry or by the fact either that the industrial group responsibility is notrecognized, or that the victims group does not request compensation for damages. When the regulatortakes his decision based on a contest, the introduction of a sequential contest in which the outsidermoves first is socially preferable. Moreover, the conditions under which the regulator has to payattention to the pressure groups rather than taking his decision based on a cost-benefit analysis, usinghis prior beliefs on damage, are characterized.

The main part of this thesis is composed of three separate chapters, each using an innovative approach to analysing externalities from economic activity. The general introduction and overall conclusion sections complete the structure of the thesis. Chapter one examines the value of statistical life, an essential parameter used in ascribing monetary values to the mortality costs of air pollution in health risk analyses. This willingness to pay estimate is virtually non-existent for most developing countries. In the absence of local estimates, two major benefit transfer approaches lend themselves to the estimation of the value of statistical life: the value transfer method and the meta-regression analysis. Using Nigeria as a sample country, we find that the latter method is better tailored than the former for incorporating many characteristics that vary between study sites and policy sites into its benefit transfer application. It is therefore likely to provide more accurate value of statistical life predictions for very low-income countries. Employing the meta-regression method, we find Nigeria’s value of statistical life estimate to be $489,000. Combining this estimate with dose response functions from the epidemiological literature, it follows that if Nigeria had mitigated its 2006 particulate air pollution to the World Health Organisation standards, it could have avoided at least 58,000 premature deaths and recorded an avoided mortality related welfare loss of about $28 billion or 19 percent of the nation’s GDP for that year. The second chapter applies the quantile fixed effects technique in exploring the CO2 environmental Kuznets curve within two groups of economic development (OECD and Non-OECD countries) and six geographical regions – West, East Europe, Latin America, East Asia, West Asia and Africa. A comparison of the findings with those of the conventional fixed effects method reveals that the latter may depict a flawed summary of the prevailing income-emissions nexus depending on the conditional quantile examined. We also extend the Machado and Mata decomposition method to the Kuznets curve framework to explore the most important explanations for the carbon emissions gap between OECD and Non-OECD countries. We find a statistically significant OECD-Non-OECD emissions gap and this contracts as we ascend the emissions distribution. Also, had the Non-OECD group the incomes of the OECD group, the former would pollute 26 to 40 percent more than the latter ceteris paribus. The decomposition further reveals that there are non-income related factors working against the Non-OECD group’s greening. We tentatively conclude that deliberate and systematic mitigation of current CO2 emissions in the Non-OECD group is required. The final chapter employs the Arellano-Bond difference GMM method in investigating the oil curse in OECD and Non-OECD oil exporting countries. Empirical studies investigating the natural resource curse theory mostly employ cross-country and panel regression techniques subject to endogeneity bias. Also, most of these studies employ GDP in its aggregate or per-capita terms as the outcome variable in their analyses. However, the use of GDP measures of income for resource curse investigations does not portray the true incomes of resource intensive economies. Standard national accounts treat natural resource rents as a positive contribution to income without making a corresponding adjustment for the value of depleted natural resource stock. This treatment, inconsistent with green national accounting, leads to a positive bias in the national income computations of resource rich economies. Our paper deviates from most empirical studies in the literature by using the Arellano-Bond difference GMM method. We test the robustness of the curse in the predominantly used measures of national income, GDP, by investigating the theme in genuine income measures of economic output as well. We employ two alternative measures of resource intensity in our explorations: the share of oil rents in GDP and per-capita oil reserves. Our results provide evidence of the curse in Non-OECD countries employing aggregate and per-capita measures of genuine income. On the other hand, we find oil abundance to be a blessing rather than a curse to the OECD countries in our sample.

This article addresses the issue referred to harmful lawful acts which also generate liability, thus ruling out the unlawfulness as an essential element for the generation of liability. In this regard, the author makes a conceptual analysis of the unlawfulness or illegality, and he examines three cases of liability, such as environmental damage, the interim resolution and withdraw the work of trade; demonstrating, effectively, the dispensable nature of the unlawfulness and the existence of scenarios of liability arising from harmful lawful acts. / El presente artículo aborda la temática referida a los actos lícitos dañosos, los cuales también generan responsabilidad civil, descartando así a la ilicitud como un elemento indispensable para la generación de responsabilidad civil. En este sentido, el artículo parte del análisis conceptual de la ilicitud o antijuridicidad, para luego arribar al examen de tres supuestos de responsabilidad civil, como lo son el daño ambiental, la resolución cautelar y el retiro de la obra del comercio; demostrando, efectivamente, el carácter prescindible de la ilicitud y la existencia de escenarios de responsabilidad civil derivados de actos lícitos dañosos.

Nowadays there is an increasing pressure on manufacturing companies to reduce their impact on the environment. This thesis seeks to address two approaches to reducing the environmental impact - legislative and voluntary. The theoretical part defines the procedure for environmental risk assessment under applicable law and the implementation of cleaner production in the company. The practical part describes the evaluation of risks arising in all production areas of the company and implementing the cleaner production program in the selected department. The introduction of cleaner production is economically evaluated by the simple return on investment method.

Since the transportation sector still relies mostly on fossil fuels, the emissions and overall environmental impacts of the transportation sector are particularly relevant to the mitigation of the adverse effects of climate change. Sustainable transportation therefore plays a vital role in the ongoing discussion on how to promote energy insecurity and address future energy requirements. One of the most promising ways to increase energy security and reduce emissions from the transportation sector is to support alternative fuel technologies, including electric vehicles (EVs). As vehicles become electrified, the transportation fleet will rely on the electric grid as well as traditional transportation fuels for energy. The life cycle cost and environmental impacts of EVs are still very uncertain, but are nonetheless extremely important for making policy decisions. Moreover, the use of EVs will help to diversify the fuel mix and thereby reduce dependence on petroleum. In this respect, the United States has set a goal of a 20% share of EVs on U.S. roadways by 2030. However, there is also a considerable amount of uncertainty in the market share of EVs that must be taken into account. This dissertation aims to address these inherent uncertainties by presenting two new models: the Electric Vehicles Regional Optimizer (EVRO), and Electric Vehicle Regional Market Penetration (EVReMP). Using these two models, decision makers can predict the optimal combination of drivetrains and the market penetration of the EVs in different regions of the United States for the year 2030. First, the life cycle cost and life cycle environmental emissions of internal combustion engine vehicles, gasoline hybrid electric vehicles, and three different EV types (gasoline plug-in hybrid EVs, gasoline extended-range EVs, and all-electric EVs) are evaluated with their inherent uncertainties duly considered. Then, the environmental damage costs and water footprints of the studied drivetrains are estimated. Additionally, using an Exploratory Modeling and Analysis method, the uncertainties related to the life cycle costs, environmental damage costs, and water footprints of the studied vehicle types are modeled for different U.S. electricity grid regions. Next, an optimization model is used in conjunction with this Exploratory Modeling and Analysis method to find the ideal combination of different vehicle types in each U.S. region for the year 2030. Finally, an agent-based model is developed to identify the optimal market shares of the studied vehicles in each of 22 electric regions in the United States. The findings of this research will help policy makers and transportation planners to prepare our nation*s transportation system for the future influx of EVs. The findings of this research indicate that the decision maker*s point of view plays a vital role in selecting the optimal fleet array. While internal combustion engine vehicles have the lowest life cycle cost, the highest environmental damage cost, and a relatively low water footprint, they will not be a good choice in the future. On the other hand, although all-electric vehicles have a relatively low life cycle cost and the lowest environmental damage cost of the evaluated vehicle options, they also have the highest water footprint, so relying solely on all-electric vehicles is not an ideal choice either. Rather, the best fleet mix in 2030 will be an electrified fleet that relies on both electricity and gasoline. From the agent-based model results, a deviation is evident between the ideal fleet mix and that resulting from consumer behavior, in which EV shares increase dramatically by the year 2030 but only dominate 30 percent of the market. Therefore, government subsidies and the word-of-mouth effect will play a vital role in the future adoption of EVs.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:23:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mariana Battochio.pdf: 1323681 bytes, checksum: 31c6f600da075e729878c60253358ace (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-25 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / The purpose of this paper is to provide a study on the possibility of recognized the injuries caused to the right of the ecological balance, collective interest that transcends the private sphere of human damage, affecting the whole community. Initially, it will be necessary to analyze the Law in Postmodernity, checking the inevitable axiological content of standards involving the law of nature, inserted as a human right third generation. We will analyze some philosophical currents that support and assist the perception of contemporary environmental law, in particular his interpretation. Also be traced an overview of the evolution of environmental law by addressing their social, economic and ecologic character; and these pillars necessary for the realization of human dignity. Then, we intend to recognize the existence of a collective intangible heritage, analyzing the possibilities and difficulties of obtaining and quantify the damage of this nature, given the basic principles that will guide the collective protection. For this, we will study the civilian view of moral damage, through the transition that culminated in the extent of injuries caused to an ecologically balanced environment damage. Finally, we see the evolution of matter in the higher courts, analyzing aspects such as the quantification of collective damages and allocation of its resources to the defense fund of diffuse rights / A proposta do presente trabalho é oferecer um estudo sobre a possibilidade do reconhecimento de danos imateriais às lesões causadas ao direito ao equilíbrio ecológico, interesse metaindividual que transcende a esfera privada dos seres humanos, atingindo toda a coletividade. Inicialmente, será necessária uma análise do Direito na Pós-Modernidade, verificando o inevitável conteúdo axiológico das normas que envolvem o direito da natureza, inserido como direito humano de terceira geração. Para tanto, analisaremos algumas correntes filosóficas que embasam e auxiliam a percepção do direito ambiental contemporâneo, em especial a sua interpretação. Ainda, será traçado um panorama da evolução do Direito Ambiental, abordando o viés sustentável em seus aspectos social, econômico e ambiental; sendo esses pilares necessários para a concretização da dignidade da pessoa humana. Em seguida, pretendemos reconhecer a existência de um patrimônio imaterial coletivo, examinando as possibilidades e dificuldades de auferir e quantificar os danos dessa natureza, diante dos princípios basilares que vão nortear a tutela coletiva. Para isso, estudaremos a visão civilista dos danos morais, passando pela transição que culminou na extensão dos danos imateriais às lesões causadas ao meio ambiente ecologicamente equilibrado. Por fim, veremos a evolução da matéria nos tribunais superiores, analisando aspectos como a quantificação dos danos morais coletivos e a destinação de seus recursos ao fundo de defesa dos direitos difusos

Este trabalho estuda o instituto das medidas compensatórias como uma nova obrigação imposta pelo direito aos empreendimentos com potencial de causar impactos negativos ao meio ambiente. A pesquisa do tema se deu de forma crítica, enfrentando as contradições do sistema econômico vigente. Verificou-se que as medidas compensatórias emergiram da mais evidente crise ambiental ou à crescente escassez dos recursos naturais, buscando, ao mesmo tempo, a proteção ambiental e a manutenção do sistema de mercado. Procurando a melhor funcionalidade das medidas, pretendeu-se demonstrar que elas não se equiparam a uma forma de reparação por dano futuro, tampouco se enquadram necessariamente em uma espécie tributária; podem, como quis o Supremo Tribunal Federal, ser chamadas de compartilhamento de despesas entre o Poder Público e os empreendedores pelos custos da utilização dos recursos naturais no processo produtivo. Na verdade, em razão de serem dotadas das características da transversalidade e da interdisciplinaridade, as medidas compensatórias apresentam-se com diversas facetas, podendo mostrar características predominantes de mecanismos de comando e controle, como também de instrumentos econômicos. Assim, concluiu-se nesta tese ser um instituto híbrido, não enquadrável em uma categoria jurídica estanque. Verificou-se, ainda, ser necessária uma análise estrutural a fim de serem eficazes. Nesse sentido, propôs-se a sua instituição por normas primárias, nas quais se fixem padrões mínimos e com critérios objetivos de aplicação. Para tanto concluir, o estudo partiu dos debates já travados, tanto pela jurisprudência quanto pela doutrina, acerca da constitucionalidade, metodologia de cálculo e natureza jurídica de uma das medidas compensatórias, chamada compensação ambiental, instituída pela Lei nº 9.985/2000 (Lei do Sistema Nacional de Unidades de Conservação-SNUC). A partir daí, buscou-se demonstrar o processo subjacente à edição de normas ambientais, recaindo nos princípios do Direito Ambiental, dentre eles o importante princípio do poluidor-pagador, cuja premissa é internalizar os custos pela utilização dos recursos naturais no processo produtivo, para não serem assumidos pelo Poder Público e por toda a coletividade. Ainda, buscou-se diferenciar os conceitos de dano ambiental e de impacto negativo ao meio ambiente, porquanto as medidas compensatórias visam a compensar o meio ambiente pelos impactos negativos, significando uma perda aceita, prevista e gerenciada; o dano ambiental, por sua vez, é algo intolerável, indesejado e, por isso, objeto de reparação civil objetiva, de responsabilidade administrativa e, ainda, da penalização criminal / This paper studies the institution of compensatory measures, considered as a new obligation imposed by law for projects with the potential to cause adverse environmental impacts. The theme was investigated critically, facing the contradictions of the current economic system. In this regard, we verified compensatory measures instituted to cope with an increasingly apparent environmental crisis and the growing shortage of natural resources, while seeking environmental protection and maintenance of the market. In the search for a better functionality of the measures, we sought to demonstrate that they do not represent a form of compensation for future damages, nor do they necessarily fall within the range of any legitimate taxation. In fact, these measures were adopted by the Supreme Court more as a sharing of costs between government and entrepreneurs for the use of natural resources in the production process. Fundamentally, the compensatory measures of this instrument, equipped with characteristics of transversality and interdisciplinarity, present different aspects, which can deploy features to carry out command and control mechanisms, as well as economic instruments. Our thesis has therefore led us to the conclusion that this instrument is not readily classifiable under any isolated legal category, and should be looked upon as a hybrid mechanism. Nevertheless, we considered that a structural analysis was necessary to ensure the effectiveness of the measures. In this respect, we proposed it be instituted on primary norms, with the establishment of minimum standards and objective application criteria. This required starting with debates conducted in jurisprudence and doctrine over the constitutionality, method of calculation, and legal nature of a compensatory measure called environmental compensation, established by Law No. 9.985/2000 (Law of the National System of Conservation Units, SNUC). From there, we sought to demonstrate the process behind the issuing of environmental standards falling within the principles of environmental law; among which the important polluter pays principle, which is premised on the environmental externalities of economic activities that use natural resources, and prevents that pollution costs be borne by Government and, ultimately, by the whole community. We went on by delimiting the concepts of environmental damage and negative environmental impact, considering that compensatory measures aim at providing compensation for adverse impacts, which signify accepted, provided and managed losses. Environmental damage, in turn, is something unacceptable and undesirable, and must therefore be subject to civil liability, as well as criminal penalties.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:24:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jose Francisco de Souza Rolim.pdf: 1528172 bytes, checksum: 09d85674190e863b2fc49d3a4f47cbbc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-22 / The present work has the scope to examine the new paradigms in human relationship with the environment, so that the right can respond effectively to the many emerging demands, without losing sight of the essential component of human dignity. Scientific analysis had as reference the doctrine study, native and foreign country, of the legislation and judicial behavior in face of the subject discussed. From this perspective, to analyze the current predisposition of the law, one seeks to understand how environmental laws can be related to fundamental rights and personality of the individual. By examining this dynamic, being the right to healthy and ecologically balanced environment a fundamental right, this right can perfectly merge with the general right of personality, forming a fundamental right of personality to the environment where humans can fully develop their qualities and essential attributes. The connection of environmental law with the fundamental right and the right to personality is supported on the theory of complexity of Edgar Morin, where it is possible to extend the legal nature of the right to the environment. In addition, the study faces the problem of how damage caused to the environment can affect the human being. For this purpose, the present study turns the attention to the theoretical aspects that allow the configuration of moral damage subject to compensation to the human being compared to the environmental damage. Thus, one can conclude that the ecological damage is not the only damage to the balance of the environment (pure environmental damage), affecting also other fundamental values, such as the right of personality and human dignity (environmental damage reflection or rebound) / O presente trabalho tem o escopo de analisar os novos paradigmas na relação do ser humano com o meio ambiente, a fim de que o Direito possa responder com efetividade às múltiplas demandas emergentes, sem perder de vista o componente essencial da dignidade humana. A análise científica teve como referenciais o estudo de doutrina, pátria e estrangeira, da legislação e do comportamento jurisprudencial que envolve o tema abordado. Sob essa perspectiva, ao analisar a atual predisposição do Direito, busca-se compreender como o direito ambiental pode ser relacionado aos direitos fundamental e de personalidade do indivíduo. Ao se examinar essa dinâmica, sendo o direito ao meio ambiente sadio e ecologicamente equilibrado um direito fundamental, ele pode, perfeitamente, fundir-se ao direito geral de personalidade, formando um direito fundamental de personalidade ao meio ambiente, pelo qual o ser humano poderá desenvolver plenamente suas qualidades e atributos essenciais. A conexão do direito ambiental com o direito fundamental e o direito de personalidade encontra amparo na teoria da complexidade de Edgar Morin, que entende ser possível ampliar a natureza jurídica do direito ao meio ambiente. Além disso, o estudo enfrenta o problema de como os danos causados ao meio ambiente podem afetar a pessoa humana. Com esse propósito, a pesquisa enfatiza os aspectos teóricos que possibilitam configurar dano moral indenizável à pessoa humana quando houver lesão ambiental. Assim, conclui-se que o dano ecológico não consiste apenas e tão-somente na lesão ao equilíbrio do meio ambiente (dano ambiental puro), mas afeta, igualmente, outros valores precípuos fundamentais, como o direito de personalidade e a dignidade humana (dano ambiental reflexo ou ricochete)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:25:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carla Syane Moura Miranda Gama.pdf: 858666 bytes, checksum: 954a185562b90a28f41f85f99467825f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-10-23 / The problems associated to environmental depletion challenge society and its legal order, inviting social and political agents and the state to understand this complex phenomenon and to investigate the legal instruments essential to face this alarming scenario. Based on this concept, this work aims to study the interdependence between the dignity principles of the human being and the prevention from environmental damage and its effects on the legal order of the Brazilian democratic state, which is still undergoing changes. From an interdisciplinary method, which takes into consideration the political and axiological content of Law, in a tight link to reality, it displays the exam of philosophical, political, historical and ethical elements in order to depict the essential explicit relationship that exists between the human being and nature, as well as enabling the understanding of environmental depletion, in its full complexity, and of the possible democratic principles to dynamically ensure the right to life with a good quality. It also seeks concepts and entities from the philosophy of law, constitutional law and environmental law to study the effects the dignity principles of the human being and the prevention from environmental damage cause on the legal order of the Brazilian democratic state, as validation fundaments. In this way this work verifies that these principles, along with other environmental protection principles, strengthen the ruling power of the constitution and extent its efficiency to the administrative, legislative and judiciary branches of the state, besides shaping the positive Law in its interpretation and application to preserve life with a good quality / A problemática da degradação ambiental desafia a sociedade e sua ordem jurídica, convidando os agentes sociais e políticos e o Estado a uma compreensão deste fenômeno complexo e à investigação dos instrumentos jurídicos indispensáveis ao enfrentamento deste quadro alarmante. Neste contexto, este trabalho tem por objetivo o estudo da interdependência dos princípios da dignidade da pessoa humana e da prevenção ao dano ambiental em seus efeitos sobre a ordem jurídica do Estado Democrático de Direito brasileiro, em construção. Parte de um método interdisciplinar que, acolhendo o conteúdo político e axiológico do Direito, em estreita interação com a realidade, contém o exame de elementos da filosofia, economia, política, história e ética, para explicitar a relação essencial recíproca existente entre o ser humano e a natureza, bem como possibilitar a compreensão da degradação ambiental, em sua complexidade, e dos princípios democráticos hábeis à dinâmica de garantia do direito à vida com qualidade. Também busca conceitos e institutos de Filosofia do Direito, Direito Constitucional e Direito Ambiental para o estudo dos efeitos que os princípios da dignidade da pessoa humana e da prevenção ao dano ambiental irradiam sobre a ordem jurídica do Estado Democrático de Direito brasileiro, como fundamentos de validade. Desta forma, o trabalho verifica que estes princípios, em unidade com os outros princípios de proteção ambiental, robustecem a força normativa da Constituição e estendem sua eficácia sobre as atividades administrativa, legislativa e jurisdicional do Estado, moldando, inclusive, o direito positivo, sua aplicação e interpretação, para a preservação da vida com qualidade