Atuação do Conselho Municipal do Meio Ambiente de Tefé, Am.

Abstract

Participatory councils in different areas and levels of public administration is important in Brazil and has established a new relationship between the State and society in order to discuss and decide on public policies at the municipal level. The municipality of Tefé, AM, presents several environmental problems, such as water contamination, collection and disposal of solid residues, among other factors that lead to environmental degradation. In this context, the present study analyzed the performance of the Tefé Municipal Environmental Council, through the analysis of the Minutes of its meetings. Were analyzed 79 Minutes of meetings from 2009 to 2023. Information such as dates and regularity of ordinary and extraordinary meetings, presence and participation of institutions and the topics discussed were tabulated and analyzed, with referrals and resulting actions. The results showed that Council meetings recorded in Minutes have an average of just 5 meetings per year, which represents 46% of the meetings that should have taken place in the analyzed period. Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development, Amazonas State University of and the Prelacy of Tefé, were the most present institutions at the meetings. Those also had the highest average number of participants in the discussions. Were recorded 345 subject’s discussions, categorized into 11 different themes, with an average of 4.7 agendas per meeting. Of these topics, 24.9% generated referrals and only 9.5% resulted in actions. So, 10 discussions on the same topic are needed to generate one action. Even so, despite the difficulties observed, Tefé Municipal Environmental Council is considered to be a fundamental instance for the environmental development of the municipality, and that it should receive greater attention and commitment to remedy the difficulties encountered, providing actions for change of the life quality at Tefé.