Reflexões sobre o paradigma da economia ecológica para a gestão ambiental

Abstract

Este estudo ressalta a ausência de conhecimento sobre a economia ecológica por parte do crescente número de profissionais formados em Gestão Ambiental. O autor realiza uma síntese dos princípios e fundamentos da economia ecológica, especialmente por meio das ideias de dois dos seus principais pensadores (Georgescu-Röegen e Boulding) e indica porque conhecer as ideias principais dessa escola de pensamento é fundamental para profissionais de Gestão Ambiental. Argumenta-se que esses profissionais não podem prescindir da economia ecológica, sob pena de caírem na ilusão do mito da hipótese win-win e terem uma visão incompleta das dificuldades de estabelecermos uma sociedade sustentável.<br>his study draws attention to lack of knowledge regarding Ecological Economics amongst the growing number of professionals graduating in the field of Environmental Management. The author offers a synthesis of the main principles of Ecological Economics, with particular focus on two of its main thinkers (N. Georgescu-Röegen e K. E. Boulding) and indicates why such knowledge is of fundamental importance for Environmental Management. The paper argues that environmental managers cannot ignore Ecological Economics; else they may fall prey to the myth of the win-win hypothesis and thus have an incomplete perception of the difficulties involved in establishing a sustainable society

Circular economy: analysis of the implementation of practices in the Brazilian network

“…Although it was beyond the scope of this paper, the study of CE practices led to the identification of barriers to its implementation. There is a gap between the expansion of environmental management and the application of a beneficial economy to the environment (Fuks, 2012). Consensus was found among the players interviewed that CE practices compete with other priorities, and for financial reasons, are often overlooked.…”

The impacts of the construction of hydroelectrics on indigenous communities. Displacement, division and pilgrimage among The Tuxá peoples of Bahia state, Brazil

“…This approach shows us how the socioeconomic system is based and depends on natural systems. It transforms them by underestimating other species' right to exist (FUKS, 2012;MAY, 2018). Interviewees explained that the lack of contact with their traditional territories led many Tuxá people to lose their ancestral territorial practices, including cultivating food, hunting and fishing, which allowed the people to maintain a healthy diet rich in animal proteins.…”

The historical error of economic science: a rescue of Georgescu-Roegen’s work

“…Ao contrário da visão newtoniana, em que um sistema apresenta reversibilidade temporal, permanecendo idêntico; a segunda lei da entropia indica uma mudança qualitativa unidirecional e irrevogável: a magnitude de energia não disponível de um sistema fechado aumenta continuamente. Para diminuirmos a entropia de um sistema, necessitamos obter energia do exterior, o que implica aumentar o déficit entrópico global (Fuks, 2012).…”