Vol. 14 No. 1 (2023): Sustainability in Debate / Sustentabilidade em Debate

In this first issue of 2023, SiD, in its editorial, reflects on the (un)certainties and consequences of the rapid advance of artificial intelligence (A.I.), arguing that it might be the right time to extend the precautionary principle to this topic as well.

The Dossier "Dismantling of the Brazilian Environmental Policy" presents six articles, while the Varia section brings three additional articles. Additionally, SiD publishes a tribute note to the recently deceased Julie Thompson-Klein. The published articles evaluate the construction of Brazilian environmental policies and the recent abrupt changes. They also present the effects of former President Bolsonaro's administration on environmental analysts' actions in deforestation prevention and control policy in the Brazilian Legal Amazon. Besides, there is a discussion around Ibama's capacity and bureaucratic identity and a debate on dismantling the pesticide control policy. In addition, the political and institutional aspects that contributed, or did not, to funding biodiversity policies within the federal government and a discussion about the various difficulties in implementing environmental health actions in a municipality in southern Brazil are also presented. Finally, some articles discuss the potential use of treated sewage in the irrigation of crops produced in the state of Santa Catarina, a sustainability index (S.I.) of rural properties, and how the "soft system methodologies" contribute to building a representation of the different perspectives in the fruit and vegetable chain in Uruguay.