Resolução Nº 507/2024 do Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente: os discursos presentes em seu processo de elaboração

Abstract

Uma vez que as concepções sobre o manejo florestal sustentável (MFS) são moldadas por discursos que propõem distintas "visões de mundo", baseados na teoria do discurso, caracterizamos os discursos e narrativas presentes no processo de elaboração da Resolução Nº 507/2024 do Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente, voltada à regulamentação do MFS da Caatinga. A produção da Resolução foi marcada por discursos e coalizões que propõem narrativas alternativas e, em certo grau contrastantes, sobre a atuação institucional relacionada à gestão florestal e ao MFS, e sobre a exploração sustentável dos recursos florestais. O predomínio do discurso da simplificação administrativa reflete o desbalanceamento de poder e a consolidação de uma abordagem “técnico-burocrática” da gestão florestal e do MFS. Porém, foi comum o entendimento de que o MFS permitiria superar o extrativismo florestal, constituindo-se uma política florestal necessária à sustentabilidade da Caatinga. Given that conceptions about sustainable forest management (SFM) are shaped by discourses that propose different "world views", we characterise, based on discourse theory, the discourses and narratives present in the drafting process of Resolution No. 507/2024 of the Brazilian National Environmental Council, aimed at regulating the SFM of the Caatinga. The production of the Resolution was marked by discourses and coalitions that propose alternative and, to some extent, contrasting narratives about institutional action related to forest governance and SFM, as well as to the sustainable exploitation of forest resources. The dominance of the administrative simplification discourse reflects an imbalance of power and the consolidation of a “technical-bureaucratic” approach to forest management and SFM. However, it was widely understood that SFM could enable the transition beyond forest extractivism, establishing itself as a forestry policy essential for ensuring the sustainability of the Caatinga. Given that conceptions about sustainable forest management (SFM) are shaped by discourses that propose different "world views", we characterise, based on discourse theory, the discourses and narratives present in the drafting process of Resolution No. 507/2024 of the Brazilian National Environmental Council, aimed at regulating the SFM of the Caatinga. The production of the Resolution was marked by discourses and coalitions that propose alternative and, to some extent, contrasting narratives about institutional action related to forest governance and SFM, as well as to the sustainable exploitation of forest resources. The dominance of the administrative simplification discourse reflects an imbalance of power and the consolidation of a “technical-bureaucratic” approach to forest management and SFM. However, it was widely understood that SFM could enable the transition beyond forest extractivism, establishing itself as a forestry policy essential for ensuring the sustainability of the Caatinga. Given that conceptions about sustainable forest management (SFM) are shaped by discourses that propose different "world views", we characterise, based on discourse theory, the discourses and narratives present in the drafting process of Resolution No. 507/2024 of the Brazilian National Environmental Council, aimed at regulating the SFM of the Caatinga. The production of the Resolution was marked by discourses and coalitions that propose alternative and, to some extent, contrasting narratives about institutional action related to forest governance and SFM, as well as to the sustainable exploitation of forest resources. The dominance of the administrative simplification discourse reflects an imbalance of power and the consolidation of a “technical-bureaucratic” approach to forest management and SFM. However, it was widely understood that SFM could enable the transition beyond forest extractivism, establishing itself as a forestry policy essential for ensuring the sustainability of the Caatinga.