O agenciamento entre regimes internacionais e políticas públicas de preservação ambiental na Amazônia brasileira à luz da teoria construtivista

Abstract

This research analyzes the agency of international environmental regimes on the formulation and implementation of environmental public policies aimed at the Brazilian Amazon, emphasizing the role of international cooperation and multilateral treaties in the process of normative internalization by the Brazilian state. Starting from the observation that contemporary environmental impacts transcend borders, the study places the Amazon at the heart of global governance, highlighting Brazil’s role as a key actor in environmental negotiations. Grounded in constructivism in International Relations, the research argues that treaties, beyond providing financial and technological resources, wield a strong normative and symbolic influence on the formulation of domestic policies. The methodology is qualitative, descriptive-analytical, based on documentary analysis and content analysis, following Bardin (1977), complemented by the process tracing method. The empirical corpus includes international treaties such as the UNFCCC, the Paris Agreement, the CBD, and the TCA, as well as national environmental policy documents like the PPCDAm, the National Climate Change Plan, the Brazil 2050 Strategy, and BNDES’s Amazon Fund reports. The results indicate that Brazil’s engagement in international environmental governance, especially from ECO-92 onward and after the Paris Agreement, progressively internalized environmental norms and values into its domestic agenda. The case of the Amazon Fund exemplifies this dynamic by showing how international cooperation mechanisms act both as financial instruments and as drivers of governance. The study concludes that international environmental regimes decisively shape Brazilian environmental policies by internalizing norms, building identities, and facilitating global socialization, making international cooperation a pivotal element for building effective and sustainable environmental agendas