The Role Played by Some Actors in Search of Environmental Protection: Examples of Brazil and Peru

States play a significant role in environmental protection through the elaboration of treaties. International agreements shape national standards for environmental practices. However, where weaker standards are stated in international agreements, signatory states generally also set weak domestic standards. Continuing to promote such a model is not enough to support environmental protection, and other possibilities should be investigated. Environmental governance changes over time to incorporate other non-state actors to promote environmental protection. Nevertheless, an important question about this participation is how it can change a national reality to raise these protections locally. This document aims to analyze, in general terms, how the Brazilian state has been dealing legally, as well as the role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), consumers, and companies within the environmental preservation arena.

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