Análise espaço temporal dos termos de ajustamento de conduta do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul na tutela do meio ambiente

Abstract

The environment is constantly being degraded. Nevertheless, some people still need to adapt to their environment to have access to an ecologically balanced environment. The Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Rio Grande do Sul plays a fundamental role in protecting the environment, particularly in taking terms of conduct adjustment concerning criminal misdemeanors in environmental matters. The objective of this research was to carry out an environmental temporal mapping in which the Public Ministry signed commitment terms, ended with the adjusted conduct, and those in which there was no compliance with what was agreed in these terms during the period from January 2011 to December 2020. A brief inference was also carried out correlating the environmentally licensable activities in the State, through data obtained by the National Environmental Licensing Portal of the Ministry of the Environment in the State, with the possible activities related to the matters of the term of adjustment of conduct signed. There were significant differences in the number of terms signed in 2011 compared to 2020. As of 2016, new issues emerged regarding conduct adjustments such as pesticides, sanitary sewage, water resources, solid waste - others, revocation, and an environmental license. On the other hand, there is an expressive number of adjustment terms signed in the subject group: other hypotheses denoting the importance of the emergence of new environmental themes to be protected and classified. In terms of the environment, the subject groups in which the most terms were signed in the period were flora (42%), other hypotheses (35%), fauna (7%), noise pollution (5%), and water pollution (4% ), urban solid waste (4%), atmospheric pollution (2%). This result is very similar to that found in other states, such as Minas Gerais, Paraná, and Santa Catarina. Therefore, the delimitation of the regions in which each infraction occurs most makes this study of great relevance so that environmental educators and inspection bodies can act in the education and reprimand these infractions.