%0 Journal Article %T A participa o da sociedade civil em instrumentos da pol¨ªtica ambiental brasileira %A Roseli Nunes Coletti %J Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente %D 2012 %I Universidade Federal do Paran¨¢ %X This paper focuses on the evaluation of the civil society participation in the decision-making process of a number of instruments of the Brazilian environmental policy, such as: environmental zoning, environmental impact evaluation, environmental licensing. The current relevance of the matter is emphasized. A brief literature review of the issue is done in order to establish a conceptual theoretical framework about the opportunities for public participation in environmental decision-making process. The need to improve the instruments, techniques and communicative processes is emphasized through documental analysis, in order to encourage a wide and unrestricted participation of the civil society in decision--making of the environmental processes. %K Public participation %K Decision-making %K Environmental zoning %K Environmental impact assessment %K Environmental licensing %U http://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/made/article/view/25544/18572