Organizações não governamentais e turismo sustentavel : trilhando conceitos de participação e conflitos / NGOS and Sustainable Tourism : tracks concepts of participation and conflicts

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

The Sustainable Tourism (ST) is recognized by various social and political actors as an opportunity for environmentally correct use of natural resources. What is observed is that the increased practices of ST in Brazil is not proportional to the environmental sustainability and to the improvement of the quality of life where it occurs, what should theoretically be a direct consequence of the Tourism which is really sustainable. A verified constant is the increase of social conflicts caused by more pressure on the use of natural resources which, in turn, causes the attention and interference of environmentalism, through the national and transnational Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). These interferences promote the articulation between different political segments. The creation and/or worsening of socio-environmental conflicts arising from practice s conservation and ST bring to light the question of the legitimacy, representativeness, level and the form of participation of NGOs and their actions. The search for dialogue has forced the participation of those involved in organizations of a politics especially created. This study aims to verify and analyze the socio-environmental conflicts locally, resulting from the implementation of projects and programs of ST made by national and transnational NGOs, selected for this study, in different locations in Brazil, where they act. Its specific objectives are to diagnose, know and understand the current moment of programs and projects of ST made by NGOs in Brazil, as well as the influence of the practices of NGOs in relation with natural resources and local public policies, and to monitor and analyze the concepts of sustainability and participation that shape the programs and projects of ST promoted. This research focuses on Miscellaneous NGOs with relevant experience in programs and projects of ST. The guiding hypothesis is that the NGOs strongly influence the local debate on environmental sustainability and are likely to generate new inequalities, enclaves and regional conflicts, and new levels of participation and empowerment of social actors involved. The research, in its most part, was done through direct observation recorded in a field diary, documental and literature search, supplemented by empirical research, drawn from semi-structured and recorded interviews with members of NGOs

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organizações não-governamentais non-governmental organizations turismo development sustainable desenvolvimento sustentável meio ambiente - aspectos sociais environment tourism

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