WHY WE STILL, AND INCREASINGLY, NEED ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

revisiting a decade-old text

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18764/2178-2865v30n1e26500

Keywords:

História ambiental, realismo crítico, pesquisa socioambiental

Abstract

This text is an essay that reflexively revisits a ten-year-old article about environmental research and confirms, with regret, that the warnings issued at that time have materialized. Despite technological advances, the ongoing tragedies are presented as outcomes of a development model driven by capitalist interests and colonial legacies, which naturalizes risk and trivializes life. Even in the face of abundant knowledge and technology, the status quo persists, sacrificing people and territories in the name of profit. The article critiques the reproduction of romanticized environmental discourses and advocates for a radical confrontation with the structures that sustain environmental destruction.

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Author Biography

Ivan Fortunato, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo, Itapetininga

Doutor em Humanidades, Direitos e Outras Legitimidades (FFLCH/USP, 2022), Doutor em Desenvolvimento Humano e Tecnologias (IB/UNESP, 2018) e Doutor em Geografia (IGCE/UNESP, 2014).
- Professor em regime de dedicação exclusiva do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP), campus Itapetininga. Professor permanente no PPGEd/UESB, na Linha 1: Política Pública Educacional. Foi professor visitante na Universidade de Salamanca (Departamento de Didáctica, Organización y Métodos de Investigación - Salamanca - Espanha - 2024) e na Universidade de Bari (Dipartimento Jonico - Taranto - Italia - 2023)

Published

2026-07-02

How to Cite

FORTUNATO, Ivan. WHY WE STILL, AND INCREASINGLY, NEED ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH: revisiting a decade-old text. Revista de Políticas Públicas, São Luís, v. 30, n. 1, p. 446–458, 2026. DOI: 10.18764/2178-2865v30n1e26500. Disponível em: https://www.periodicoseletronicos.ufma.br/index.php/rppublica/article/view/26500. Acesso em: 5 jul. 2026.