Cidadania ambiental e participação: o diálogo e articulação entre distintos saberes-poderes

Abstract

RESUMO Nas últimas décadas, a biodiversidade tem estado no centro do debate da crise ecológica. Esta discussão mobiliza cientistas, políticos, sociedade civil e as populações em todo o mundo, apelando à necessidade de criar estratégias sustentáveis para a sua preservação e enfatizando abordagens mais holísticas entre natureza, sociedade e cultura para a sua promoção. Nesta análise, consideramos fundamental partir da desconstrução do desenvolvimento social e ambiental, dando especial relevância aos aspetos estruturais que o condicionam, nas suas relações e manifestações sociais, culturais e ambientais, mas, sobretudo, à agência dos indivíduos, evidenciando os conhecimentos plurais que veiculam e os espaços de emancipação e democracia participativa que requerem.

Natures instead of nature—plural perceptions and representations of nature and its challenges for ecological transition: a systematic review of the scientific production

“…Therefore, four challenges stand out: (1) to consider the agency and the interdependency of humans and nonhumans for a better understanding of social practices [61]; (2) the recognition of different forms of social participation through the engagement of communities with the social-cultural world and nature, implying bottom-up policies to face the effects of climate change [62]; (3) the conception and implementation of policies that consider effectively the local sociocultural specificities and needs, and local effects imposed by climate change, to deal, sustainably and inclusively, with the ecological and environmental crisis [63]; (4) to consider in the deliberative and participatory settings different forms of knowledge (traditional, erudite, ecological, local, scientific, artistic, popular, lay, among many others), language and actors. Also, it includes the kind of knowledge born out of the struggles of the social movements for human dignity and, thus, the epistemological diversity of the world against the dominant ways of knowing [64][65][66].…”

Plural Nature(s): An Overview of Their Sociocultural Construction

“…Recognise different forms of social engagement within communities and their connection to the socio-cultural world and nature. This requires the adoption of grassroots policies to combat the impacts of climate change, as proposed by Alves et al [25].…”