The notion of sustainable development is employed by governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to solve problems related to human occupation in conservation units. In these areas there are problems between development and conservation. It arouses debates around the notion of sustainable development. This paper analyses the development proposals - which includes conservation - to the Environmental Protection Area of Guaraqueçaba, located in the north of the state of Paraná, working on some elements that concern social scientists. Among these elements, we take notice that in the proposals to solve environmental problems caused by local agriculture, there is a process of naturalization of the society.
Sustainable development; Society and environment; Conservation units