Desenvolvimento de Abordagens Participativas no Planeamento Florestal Português

 

Fernando Santos*¹, Helena Martins** e José G. Borges***

* Investigador

*** Professor Associado

Departamento de Engenharia Florestal. Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-018 LISBOA

** Engª Florestal

Metacortex, Modelação e Aplicações Tecnológicas. MADAN Parque, PCTAS, Campus da FCT-UNL, 2829-516 CAPARICA

 

Sumário. Os processos de planeamento devem ser desenvolvidos de forma participativa, com o envolvimento dos agentes com competências, responsabilidades e interesses no uso e gestão dos recursos naturais. Os benefícios resultantes de uma abordagem participativa podem verificar-se quer ao nível da elaboração, quer ao nível da implementação do plano. Apesar das barreiras que se colocam muitas vezes ao nível institucional e de alguns custos que estes processos acarretam, as vantagens do planeamento participativo são significativas.

A análise do contexto processual e a análise dos agentes são fases fundamentais que precedem o desenvolvimento do processo participativo associado ao processo de planeamento. A gestão da participação de forma integrada e estruturada procura garantir maior eficácia ao processo, e consequentemente ao próprio plano.

Este artigo visa apresentar e discutir o desenvolvimento de abordagens participativas no contexto nacional de planeamento florestal, analisando as suas principais condicionantes e potencialidades, procurando demonstrar a sua crescente importância ao nível dos processos de planeamento.

Palavras-chave: planeamento participativo; envolvimento de agentes; gestão integrada

 

Abstract. The participatory planning promotes the active involvement of the agents with competence, responsibilities and interests in the use and management of the natural resources. There are important benefits form the elaboration and implementation phases of the plan, despite the institutional barriers and sometimes high costs of the process.

The analysis of the context and the agents' perspectives are fundamental steps preceding the participatory process, regarding the development of planning process. The integrated management of participation aims a higher efficiency of the process and of the plan's implementation.

This paper aims to present and discuss the development of participatory approaches in the national forest planning context, analyzing the main costs and benefits and trying to demonstrate the growing importance of public participation at the planning process level.

Key word: participative planning; agents' involvement; integrated management

 

Résumé. La planification participative favorise la participation active des agents avec des compétences, des responsabilités et des intérêts dans l'utilisation et la gestion des ressources naturelles. Elle contribue avec des avantages importants aux phases d'élaboration et d'exécution du plan, malgré des barrières institutionnelles et des coûts parfois élevés du processus.

L'analyse du contexte et des perspectives d'agents sont des étapes fondamentales précédent le procédé participatif associé au procédé de planification. La gestion intégrée de la participation vise une plus grande efficience du procédé et de l'exécution du plan.

Cet article vise à présenter et à discuter le développement des approches participatives dans un contexte national de planification forestière, analyser les coûts et les avantages principaux et démontrer l'importance croissante de la participation publique au niveau des procédés de planification.

Mots clés: planification participative; engagement d'agents; gestion intégrée

 

 

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¹1º Autor E-mail: fernandots@isa.utl.pt