The article is an opinion piece by Guilherme Castro on the relationship between democracy and landscape management. The author highlights that how society uses the territory is a central issue for the democratization of landscapes.
The text points to a continuous intensification in the adoption of extractivist production models, which are characterized by intensive exploitation of natural resources without sufficiently considering long-term environmental and social impacts.
The author also criticizes the persistence of models that generate exclusive benefits, meaning those that concentrate profits and advantages in specific groups, without equitable distribution of results among the affected population.
The expressed opinion suggests that the lack of democratic practices in territorial management contributes to the perpetuation of these predatory models, advocating for a more inclusive and participatory approach to landscape governance.
