Proteção jurídica e gestão das cavidades naturais subterrâneas: a atividade minerária e o desenvolvimento sustentável

Resumo/Ementa

The Federal Constitution includes as Union property the subterraneous natural cavities and archeological and pre-historic sites . According to this express provision, by itself, highlight the value, just as well interest of the Brazilian society in the protection of this assets, which was clearly elucidate by lawgiver in 1988. As an environmental heritage to be preserved, the subterraneous natural cavities which doesn t have a current regulatory legislation, nothing more than Executive Branch norms about this issue (in special decree n. 6.649/2008) the natural cavities certainly deserve analyses and more specific problematization, specially over the conflicts with others equally constitutionals values, what raises a clash between exploitation of natural resources to supply the present capitalist mode of production against preserving speleological patrimony by multiples values offered at no charge to the humanity. For that all, it is necessary to identify, from the Constitution, the juridical nature and the legal regime applicable to subterraneous natural cavities, for purposes of it s preservation and implementation of sustainable development in relation to mining, under state management of Union. On this perspective, the present thesis objective (i) identify the environmental speleological patrimony protected constitutionally; (ii) approach of economical exploration over subterraneous natural cavities, in clash between necessity of preservation; (iii) discourse about biodiversity protection and scientific and cultural heritage involved in the environment of this cavities; and (iv) expose the interferences of the mining activity in subterraneous natural cavities and the unique natural resources in danger of extinction, by oversight of regulatory provisions in force and the Union management. Based in problematic exposed and with mainstay in the basic reference reunited law, legal doctrine, treaty, jurisprudence , concludes that decree n. 6.640/2008 is unconstitutional and the subterraneous natural cavities have multiple legal nature, than deserve special legal regulations and, therefore, there is the draft bill n. 5071/1990 specifically treats the natural cavities , which has been processed for two decades and it is only pending a review of changes proposed by Federal Senate Substitute, since September 2011