Amazônia e a fomentação de suas políticas na contemporaneidade: integração, proteção e securitização

Abstract

This paper explores the importance of the Amazon rainforest, its significance to the international context and, especially, its value to the countries, which comprise its territory, through regionalization, regional integration and border integration. It reflects upon the security theory, mainly the concepts of securitization and desecuritization, opening space for questions regarding the actions that concerns the environment agenda and related responsibilities. It also draws up an analysis of the previous policies regarding this biome up to the present, in order to understand the history and motivation behind them. Lastly, it elucidates the anti-environment policy of Bolsonaro’s government and its consequences to the international stage. Observing these themes by the lens of the Academy of International Relations allows a more critical analysis, which seeks to understand the reasoning surrounding the Amazon rainforest`s policies throughout history and how they are more often insufficient or ineffective, despite the undeniable importance of this ecosystem and its preservation.