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7 7D
The Ecological Risks and
Disasters in Hillsides and
Mountainous Areas in Brazil:
A Socio-environmental
Perspective
Ricardo Stanziola Vieira, 1 Nicolau Cardoso Neto 2
and Fernando José Passarelli Neme 3
“Disorder in nature is refl ection of disorder in society”
Nonuya Leader interviewed in the
Columbian Amazon
Context—Introduction
The ecological disasters, either of natural or technological origin, can be
understood as some of the important subjects of the current environmental
law, for its aggravation before the climatic changes, intensifi cation of the
risk generation due to the fast technological development, but especially
as a consequence of the environmental vulnerability generated by poverty,
1 Brazilian Environmental Law Institute, Instituto de Estudos de Direito e Cidadania
(IEDC).
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2 Professor of Environmental Law and Public Health at Fundação Universidade de Blumenau
(FURB) and Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial (SENAI), Blumenau/SC - Brazil.
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3 Secretaria Nacional de Ações com a Sociedade e o Governo (SASG - Meio Ambiente) da
Comunidade Bahá'i do Brasil.
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# Corresponding author: fl [e-mail]