O conflito ambiental explicitado durante o licenciamento de um complexo portuário na “Capital Nacional do Petróleo” (Macaé – RJ)

摘要

Since the 1970s, the city of Macaé, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, has experienced a drastic socio-spatial alteration in its territory due to the arrival of the oil and gas industry.There were several conflicts related to the oil and gas industry with the arrival of enterprises.In the present work, we focus on a case study: the conflict between the Parque Nacional da Restinga de Jurubatiba and a seaport which is in the process of requesting environmental licenses.In order to understand the conflict, some of the published documents were analysed, such as the successive Environmental Impact Reports (RIMA, abbreviation in Portuguese) prepared by the entrepreneurs, transcripts of the public hearings, and some opinions and letters issued by the environmental agencies involved.From the analyses, it was observed that the conflict occurs around the Environmental Impact Studies (EIA, abbreviation in Portuguese) and Environmental Impact Reports (RIMA), because researchers, members of environmental movements and ICMBio experts report that important impacts on the Conservation Unit were underestimated.