O Ministério Público brasileiro: a atuação extrajudicial no enfrentamento dos desafios ambientais do século XXI

Abstract

This dissertation introduces the Public Prosecutor as an effective agent and analyses his positive actions on the environment protection. The Public Prosecutor has, today, a privileged constitutional position as a defender of Democratic State of Right, abandoning the mere position of procedural participant. So, we will have the definition, the nature, the legal regime and ways of action by the Public Prosecutor, always respecting the Constitution. The risk society present today, for its relevance, starts to integrate the field of action of Public Prosecutor, in the presence of need of the environment defense. It will be complete with facing up to the environment issues, analyzing its instruments and efficacy. The Public Prosecutor, addressing the act proactively and noting the environmental principles and participatory democracy, has the assignment to overtake the maintenance and preservation to propose public policies aimed at the future: the fundamental right to the environment.