O papel do comitê de bacia dos afluentes mineiros dos rios Mogi-Guaçu e Pardo (MG): uma análise da efetivação da gestão descentralizada e participativa dos recursos hídricos

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the main aspects related to participation in river basin committees and as in the practical implementation of the deliberative, participatory and decentralized nature of water resources management, taking as a case study of the role of the Committee of Miners Basin tributaries rivers Pardo and Mogi Guaçu ( MG, Brazil ). The analysis of a Committee activities along its trajectory is important for the inference stage of implementation and consolidation of each management tools established by the National Water Resources Policy, established by Federal Law No. 9433/97. The methodology was based on literature review throughout the research, documentary research on the study committee, participation in various committee meetings, a questionnaire to members of management 2010-2013, with analysis of results and production coroplético a map of the spatial distribution of the number of representatives of municipalities of the Committee, comparing the last two administrations. The results of this analysis show that there is a concentration of representatives in some municipalities, which shows a perspective view of the predominance of the interests of municipalities in decision making. The results of this case study indicated technical, political, administrative, managerial and institutional difficulties of operation and consolidate the management of water resources through a watershed committee, showing that one must make a reflexive analysis of the role and performance of basin of watershed Committees, which according to the current model of water resources management in Brazil, must be decentralized, participatory and integrated. Some initiatives are analyzed and shown to future studies of this research committee