摘要：The article establishes historical connections between some social representations of nature existing in and about Brazil that allows us to see, over time, how the idea of nature as common heritage was construed. For such, it discusses the various discoveries of Brazil as a nation and the attempts, contrary and contradictory, of the public authorities and their representatives to protect nature and to give it the status of public asset. Even though some conservationists have tried to overcome a utilitarian and an-thropocentric view of nature, this is what has prevailed in Brazilian public policy.
其他摘要：The article establishes historical connections between some social representations of nature existing in and about Brazil that allows us to see, over time, how the idea of nature as common heritage was construed. For such, it discusses the various discoveries of Brazil as a nation and the attempts, contrary and contradictory, of the public authorities and their representatives to protect nature and to give it the status of public asset. Even though some conservationists have tried to overcome a utilitarian and an-thropocentric view of nature, this is what has prevailed in Brazilian public policy.
关键词：natureza e sociedade;representações sociais;patrimônio natural;nature and society;social representations;natural patrimony
