ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSING PROCESS OF THE DRILLING PROJECT OF FZA-M-57, 86, 88, 125 AND 127 BLOCKS LOCATED AT THE AMAZON CONE BASIN

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the inconsistencies and influence of public participation in the Environmental Licensing Process of the Drilling Project of FZA-M-57, 86, 88, 125 and 127 Blocks conducted by the company Total, at the Amazonas River Mouth Basin, through a qualitative research, analyzing the public documents of the process. The degree of importance of the theme enabled a wide possibility of discussion and debates about the way and effectiveness that the company used in the activity environmental studies, which contained mostly only secondary data and presented a very precarious and reductionist approach to environmental and social issues. It can be concluded that the environmental studies lack a relevant contextualization and evaluation to show the magnitude and the region socioenvironmental significance affected by a project of this typology and, consequently, highlighted the social concern with the region of the Amazonas River Mouth Basin, refuge of very important Brazilian ecosystems.