Conflicts between the Comperj and the Management of Protected Areas: the Central Fluminense Mosaic as a Possibility of Confronting Socio-Environmental Impacts from Large Industrial Enterprises

A implantação do Complexo Petroquímico do Rio Janeiro – Comperj, na cidade de Itaboraí-RJ, tende a gerar impactos socioambientais sobre as unidades de conservação circundantes, reunidas no âmbito do Mosaico da Mata Atlântica Central Fluminense (MCF). Durante o processo de licenciamento ambiental desse empreendimento foram constatadas contradições, que ensejaram tensões com as áreas protegidas, movimentos sociais e o Ministério Público Federal. Interpretando este caso à luz da ecologia política e da justiça ambiental, o presente trabalho discorre sobre a ação institucional dos conselhos de mosaicos e de unidades de conservação na gestão e no enfrentamento dos impactos socioambientais associados à instalação de grandes empreendimentos industriais, destacando em particular a atuação do conselho do MCF e sua capacidade de mediação com os setores empresarial e governamental.The implementation of the Petrochemical Complex of Rio de Janeiro – COMPERJ in the city of Itaboraí-RJ, tends to generate social and environmental impacts on the surrounding protected areas, within the Atlantic Forest Central Fluminense Mosaic (MCF). During the licensing process of this enterprise, contradictions were found, which rose tensions among protected areas, social movements and the Federal Prosecution Service. Interpreting this case in light of concepts used in the field of political ecology and environmental justice, this paper discusses the institutional action of the councils of mosaics and protected areas in managing as well as addressing social and environmental impacts associated with the installation of large industrial enterprises, highlighting in particular the role of the council of the MCF and its mediation capacity with the government and corporate sectors