Ação civil pública e participação social: dano ambiental em Guarabira, Paraíba, um estudo a partir de uma petição inicial

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the institute of Public Civil Action and its applicability and effectiveness. At first, a practical case is analyzed, a public environmental civil action that was filed against the municipality of Guarabira-PB. The points that were deemed important were presented, such as the plaintiff, the defendant and the object protected in the action, highlighting the omission of a public entity which, as stated in the Federal Constitution, has the duty to preserve the environment and brings a brief analysis of the importance of the actions of those legitimated for the filing of public civil action. It describes the institute of public civil action as a tool to combat environmental degradation, more specifically environmental public civil action, and to keep the environment ecologically balanced for present and future generations. Finally, it makes a brief analysis of the principles of Environmental Law that guide the environmental public civil action analyzed.