ANÁLISE SITUACIONAL DA GESTÃO AMBIENTAL MUNICIPAL NO ESTADO DA PARAÍBA

Abstract

With the intent of LC 140 in 2011, the challenge of decentralizing environmental management as a result of common powers between the union, states and municipalities to protect the environment seems to have become even more complex. It is in this context that the present study inserts its objectives and discussions. Having as a thematic focus the process of municipalization of environmental management in the state of Paraíba. For this purpose, environmental management was evaluated in the 223 municipalities of Paraíba under analysis of the existing administrative organizational capacities in these, to then draw a situational diagnosis and generate technical knowledge for decision making compatible with the state reality. To achieve these objectives, bibliographical research, document analysis and the elaboration of instruments for data collection were carried out, applied with the municipal public managers of the referred municipalities. The methodological path transited through action-research and participant research, within a qualitative approach and critical-collaborative assumptions in order to promote thinking-acting for the training of managers involved in the research. The collected data were constructed and treated using techniques such as simple statistical analysis, content analysis, sometimes with data and information triangulation. Which brought results with several analytical aspects considered positive in the development of the study and understanding of all the problems involved. The process of municipal action in environmental management has not been easy, it has been built under significant technical and regulatory constraints, but it has also been a unique opportunity to build knowledge that is increasingly sought with zeal by municipal representatives. Giving rise to a process of municipalization of singular environmental management. And in this sense, the study offers an unprecedented contribution to the development of environmental public policies that seek the sustainability of the state of Paraíba. The results indicate positive points, but that deserve to be strengthened, and aspects that need more attention so that the Paraíba municipalities understand all the potential producer of development of the municipalized environmental management.