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The present study is inserted in the field of regional development and makes an analysis of the environmental management performed by the tobacco industries located in the region of Vale do Rio Pardo in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), which has the particularity of being the main tobacco producer in Brazil. It has been realized that the tobacco industry is recognizing the importance of the environmental aspect in its decisions and, in this way, besides the recognition in the economic context, it is showing concern about the environmental managing, through initiatives that aim the preservation of the environment and the improvement of quality of life of its employees as well as of the worker in the field, the farmer. As work methodology it was decided to do initially a theoretical essay involving the systemic approach and the regional development, followed by a case study with a description of the environmental management practices of the industries that cause impact in the tobacco farmer?s activities.