A imagem georreferenciada como informação ambiental: contexto rural e repercussão no âmbito normativo

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate whether the georeferenced images, demanded by the Environmental Rural Register (Cadastro Ambiental Rural – CAR), are viable technological instruments when supplying environmental data that can improve public authorities’ action in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches of Government. By interviewing employees in institutions tied to environmental or rural issues, there was an assessment on how the images are incorporated into the labor routine of the interviewees and which were their perception of the use of said visual component as an information source. The goal of the study was to articulate practical and theoretical aspects of image use, based on published recommendations on the relevance of visual literacy for legal professionals. At first, a revision of literature was conducted, then, the interviews were recorded. Each interview had three open-ended questions which had their answers transcribed and treated under the methodology of the Collective Subject Discourse (Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo – DSC), allowing for social and cultural representation of a certain sample universe through the creation of synthesis discourses. Therefore, the tabulation and treatment of data were performed on the Qualiquantidoft software. The generated discourses indicated how images are developed as information source and the main challenges and advantages of their use. The study confirmed the importance of applying the recommendations of authors such as Kahan, Sherwin and Silbey, pointing out the need to create a policy aimed at visual literacy, aiming to stimulate and develop skills aimed at the interpretation of images, not only for legal professionals , but also to all professionals who work with images in their work routines. Ultimately, the dissertations revealed the need for linking theory and practice as to allow for the development of data that can help with the preservation, management and overseeing of natural resources, as well as offer informational subsidies for the elaboration of Public Policies, evidencing the importance of legal prevision that contemplates the use and interpretation of images.