GEOGRAFIA POLÍTICA E RECURSOS NATURAIS (political geography and natural resources)
Abstract
Este trabalho objetiva apresentar algumas reflexões envolvendo a geografia política e o ambiente. Ele parte do princípio de que a sociedade de escassez na qual vivemos desperta necessariamente a atenção para a capacidade de reposição da base material da existência. Daí decorrem perspectivas distintas de acessar aos recursos naturais necessários para construí-la: o comércio e o conflito. Ambas alternativas configuram espacializações que devem ser interpretadas pelos geógrafos, destacando desde convenções internacionais até políticas públicas que abordem os temas ambientais. O texto apresenta uma reflexão sobre a geografia política e depois casos em que se aplicam as teorias na gestão dos recursos naturais em escala internacional. Ao final, são comentados trabalhos de membros do grupo de pesquisa Geografia política e meio ambiente.
Palavras chave: Geografia Política, meio ambiente, Convenções Internacionais, recursos naturais.ABSTRACT
This work objectifies to present some considerations (reflections) involving the political geography and the environment. It parts from the beginning that the scarcity society we live awakes necessarily the attention to the capacity for replacing the material basis of the existence. Thence it passes away different perspectives of accessing the necessaries natural resources to build it: the trade and the conflict. Both alternatives need be interpreted by geographers, detaching since international conventions until public politics that approach environmental themes. The text presents one reflection about political geography and after cases which apply the theory in the natural resources management in international scale.
Key words : Political Geography, environment, international conventions, natural resources.
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