2022-11-102022-11-102014-11CARVALHO, André Cutrim et al. Instituições e mecanismos de governança ambiental sob a ótica do novo institucionalismo. In: COLÓQUIO SOCIEDADE, POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS, CULTURA E DESENVOLVIMENTO, 4., Crato, 2014. Anais eletrônicos [...]. Crato: URCA, 2014. p. 581-603. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ufpa.br:8080/jspui/handle/2011/14974. Acesso em:.2316-3089https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/14974The aim of this paper is to present a theoretical discussion of the New Institutional Economics. Institutions are characterized by a set of formal rules, informal constraints by, as well as mechanisms for the promotion and enforcement of laws, ie, institutions are formed to reduce uncertainty in human interactions and the ability to delimit choices and possess mechanisms governance and decision-making, soon evolved an institutional system can help in promoting development. Accordingly, the mechanisms of environmental governance adopted in national and state management policies to combat forest clearing in the Amazon region, especially with the implementation, monitoring and use of environmental licensing, bovine traceability chain and rural environmental record, has obtained positive results.Acesso Abertohttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/Nova economia institucionalInstituiçõesMecanismos de governançaNew institutional economicsInstitutionsMechanisms of Environmental GovernanceInstituições e mecanismos de governança ambiental sob a ótica do novo institucionalismoArtigo de EventoCidades, Governança Territorial e DesenvolvimentoGestão Econômica, Social e Ambiental