História e memória do ambientalismo no Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Abstract

The dissertation História e Memória do Ambientalismo no Vale do Rio dos Sinos (History and Memory of Environmentalism at Rio dos Sinos Vale) pro poses an historical analysis of protection initiative to the environment that happened at Rio dos Sinos Drainage-Basin region (Rio Grande do Sul). This analysis starts from the beginning of Brazilian environmentalist movement, retaking the work started by Henrique Luiz Roessler with the foundation of União Protetora da Natureza (Nature Protector Union) (1955), and extends until early in the 90ths and stands out relevant environmentalist struggles in Vale do Rio dos Sinos and observing aspects of environmentalism that the geographic space approached by the research. The proposal that lead the research construction inserts itself in the line of Environmental History, and more specifically, in the line of historical studies faced to the understanding of contemporary environmental problems. Inside this perspective, the research has prized cultural practices that make po