ECOLOGICAL COMPENSATION AND THE BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION IN MINAS GERAIS

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate if the Conservation Unit  areas of Integral Protection, created in Minas Gerais is receiving the environmental compensation aimed at them, for the protection of its biodiversity. This study will be through of the Environment Operational Audit Report prepared by the Court of Accounts of Minas Gerais, as well as the work of the Federal University of Lavras that evaluated the protected areas managed by the State. Therefore, will be analyzed: the land regularization, the area management plan; the collection and allocation of resources. The Court of Accounts of Minas Gerais having found a critical framework of application for the benefit for these areas, has determined to take urgent steps to remedy the deficiencies, which was accompanied by the Public Prosecutin, through its State Prosecutor of Cultural Heritage and Tourism of Minas Gerais. It was used a technical literature, as well as legal documentary. The research method used was the theoretical and legal, with deductive reasoning.