Use of ICTs in Environmental Education processes linked to the Licensing of oil and natural gas activities in the Campos Basin-RJ. Brazil

Abstract

The change processes that trigger the widespread diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) have important effects on the economic, social and cultural life of the countries of Latin America, helping to mitigate social asymmetries and to foster the expansion of citizenship in all their areas. variants. In this context, the project Petroleum Territories - Royalties and citizen vigil, the focus of the work, is included. It meets the legal conditions of federal environmental licensing (IBAMA) for the production of oil and gas by Petrobras in the Campos Basin region, State of Rio de Janeiro. The project aims to develop Environmental Education actions in ten municipalities in the region, which promote and expand the public public discussion of the processes of distribution and application of financial resources from government participation in oil income (royalties and special participation) in order to combat the disinformation, promoting digital inclusion, the use of technologies (cinema-debate, search and production of websites, applications, audiovisual production, among others) applied to citizen formation and the expansion of community participation in the social control of oil revenue. This work presents the legal foundations that form the basis of the project's conception, explaining its objectives as well as the first results obtained.