About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Editorial Lines and Areas of knowledge covered
1. AIR AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Sources of air pollution and their control. Air quality, modeling and monitoring. Vehicle pollution. Global climate change. Protection of the ozone layer.
2. WATER
Sources of water pollution and their control. Water quality, modeling and monitoring. Bathing. Hydrology and hydrometry. Water management and governance.
3. SOIL, VEGETATION AND GROUNDWATER
Quality and contamination of soil and groundwater. Solid waste and its management. Application of residues and effluents in the soil. Contaminated areas, management, remediation. Vegetation. Fauna.
4. PUBLIC AND ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH
Health effects, toxicity, environmental contaminants. ecosystems. Population ecology. Conservation units and their management.
5. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
Environmental licensing. Inspection, auditing, expertise. Environmental Management Systems. Risk analysis. Chemical emergencies. Environmental legislation and standardization.
6. PUBLIC POLICIES AND SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainable development. Public policies and their instruments. Environmental planning. Environmental services. International conventions.
Frequency
Continuous flow.
Charge for Submission of Articles
The journal will not charge for the submission of articles.
Peer Review Process
“Revista Ambiente” uses the double blind peer review system, in which the article is sent to two reviewers (Ad Hoc reviewers), who are professors, researchers and specialists in the subject of the work. The reviewers will not have access to the names of the authors and vice versa, in order to guarantee the transparency and impartiality of the process, as well as the confidentiality of the information.
Privacy Policy
The names, addresses and other data sent to “Revista Ambiente” will be used exclusively for the defined purposes, and will not be used for other purposes or made available to third parties.
Exemption Policy
The publication of the article does not mean approval, endorsement or recommendation, by CETESB - Environmental Company of the State of São Paulo, of products, services, processes, methodologies, techniques, technologies, companies, professionals, ideas or concepts mentioned in the work.
Plagiarism Check Policy
All papers sent to “Revista Ambiente” for evaluation will be submitted to the similarity evaluation in Turnitin platform or similar.
Historic
The “Ambiente, Revista CETESB de Tecnologia” was published by CETESB between 1987 and 1994, focused on the publication of original or review works on Environmental Technology, “comprising studies of ecosystems aiming at their preservation, and technical innovations in processes and structures of environmental quality control.” The institution's scientific and technological production has always been significant and CETESB has always been a school.
The CETESB Higher School (ESC) was created in 2013 by decision of the Board of Directors. In 2015, it was accredited by the State Council of Education as an institution dedicated to the development of professionals with higher education, as well as authorized to teach postgraduate courses in the environmental field.
