Os limites imanentes ao conceito de meio ambiente como bem de uso comum do povo

Abstract

The human being is the biggest predator of himself and the surrounding environment. The magnitude and the gravity of the problems created by this predatory behavior, as time goes by, made people conscious of the need of a new ecological awareness, with a focus on the environment and its preservation as a way to protect wildlife. The concept of environment is uncertain. In 1988 the Federal Constitution, however, innovating in terms of well-being, defined environment as a public property to be used by the people which is essential for a healthy life , this way creating a new category of public properties, formed by properties which are neither public nor private, but of general interest. As a consequence of this new concept, the Constitution established limits for the use of the environment immanent limits, in the right amount to guarantee a healthy way of life.