Uma encruzilhada gerencial: a educação ambiental vs educação para o desenvolmento sustentável

International scene presence Environmental Education (EE) terms and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has crated divergence with respect to approach, theoretical position and methodologies. Some investigation support ESD (Gonzalez, 2006a y 2006b; Mayor, 2009; Novo, 2009) and argues EE don’t contemplate social stuff. Incorporation of any these terms, within the juridical framework, would decision affect made by environmental management. In the present work a documentary investigation was realized, with the purpose to know position different of both terms and to determine who of them prevails in the juridical platform in two South American countries (Venezuela and Colombia). It is concluded that for both countries the term is managed by EE, making it necessary to rethink and reconstruct mechanisms that fit the new realities in order to incorporate concepts that benefit society in the future.