O cuidado da natureza: a Fundação Brasileira para a Conservação da Natureza e a experiência conservacionista no Brasil: 1958-1992

Abstract

The text examines the Fundação Brasileira para a Conservação da Natureza (FBCN, Brazilian Foundation for Nature Conservation), created in 1958, Brazil’s most important and influential environmental organization for many years. It considers the national and international context of conservation ideas in which the organization was born and evolved. Its general strategies and major accomplishments are discussed. Also present is a brief evaluation of the attacks that the organization suffered from younger organizations of the Brazilian environmental movement. The conclusion is that the inclusion of more radical social goals in contemporary environmental concerns does not override the importance of the strict defense of biodiversity against its most powerful enemy, the expansion of human productive activities.