Forest Policy Enforcement At The Amazon Frontier
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Forest Policy Enforcement At The Amazon Frontier
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Author : Sheila Avelina Wertz-Kanounnikoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Forest Policy Enforcement At The Amazon Frontier written by Sheila Avelina Wertz-Kanounnikoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
Forest Policy Enforcement At The Amazon Frontier
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Author : Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Forest Policy Enforcement At The Amazon Frontier written by Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
Government And The Economy On The Amazon Frontier
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Author : Robert R. Schneider
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 1995
Government And The Economy On The Amazon Frontier written by Robert R. Schneider and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Business & Economics categories.
World Bank Environment Paper No. 11.Addresses issues of local governance in frontier economies in relation to environmental and political sustainability. Covers problems of mining, farming, and disincentives.
Reducing Forest Emissions In The Amazon Basin
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Author : Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Reducing Forest Emissions In The Amazon Basin written by Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Carbon sequestration categories.
Land-use change and deforestation in Latin America generally, and in the Amazon Basin specifically, are driven primarily by economic profitability (agricultural expansion and logging) and governance weaknesses (notably, lenient law enforcement), and only to a much lesser extent by deterministic poverty cycles. Nevertheless, poor forest dwellers (indigenous communities, smallholders, rubber tappers) have the potential to be important stakeholders in stabilizing Amazonian land use. Changing incentives for big deforestation actors will likely have indirect effects also on these poor people, to the extent that they might gain or lose from deforesting and degrading activities. Large-scale strategies to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation will thus require social impact assessments that account for leakage and perverse incentive scenarios. Latin America has been a pioneer in testing and implementing PES ('Payments for environmental services') schemes in developing countries, and these experiences are of high value to regional REDD ('Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation') policy design. However, ideological resistance against PES/REDD in Amazonia also exists due to fears that such schemes will lead to the loss of land rights or of sovereignty. In these situations, intermediaries whom both service buyers and sellers trust can play an important role in mediating and catalyzing initiatives. In addition, a significant share of deforestation in the Amazon (and in other tropical forest frontiers) happens through private illegal, but often tolerated, occupation and clearing of government-owned forestlands. This type of deforestation cannot be stopped through landowner payments of the PES type since there are no legitimate landowners available to compensate for their conservation efforts.
Tackling Deforestation At Subnational Scales In The Brazilian Amazon
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Author : Paulo Eduardo dos Santos Massoca
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Tackling Deforestation At Subnational Scales In The Brazilian Amazon written by Paulo Eduardo dos Santos Massoca and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Deforestation categories.
The Brazilian Amazon is a mosaic of social-cultural and environmental realities, urban and rural. Home to 28 million people living across hundreds of municipalities, the region has been the stage for conflicting narratives and demands over conservation and development. How do agents across diverse municipalities respond to national anti-deforestation policies in the Amazon? This dissertation examined the development of the Brazilian forest legislation, the trajectory of colonization, territorial occupation, and development of Amazonian municipalities, and the implications of one emblematic national anti-deforestation policy targeting municipalities along the region's expanding frontier: the List of Priority Municipalities (LPM). The LPM policy has imposed tough sanctions on municipalities considered hotspots of deforestation, being considered innovative for requiring both individual and collective actions to curtail deforestation. This research adopted a social-ecological system's perspective, drawing upon the Institutional Analysis and Development framework to guide systematic data collection, integration, and analysis. Mixed methods were combined to analyze archival documents, geospatial and official secondary datasets compiled for 530 municipalities in the Amazon biome, and in-depth case studies and interviews with diverse stakeholders. That provided complementary evidence to the multi-spatial and temporal analysis of three questions. First, the dissertation drew upon archival research and past forest regulations to ask how narratives and values about forests have evolved. Second, it compiled official secondary data at the municipal level and used logistic regression models to inquiry about the factors and local attributes affecting compliance with the LPM policy. Third, the research combined multivariate analysis and in-depth case studies to examine interactions both between the geographical context of listed municipalities and within the region's moving frontier, as well as to analyze factors underlying collaboration among local agents. Findings show that forest legislation and narratives about the value of forests have expanded in scope, resulting in more stringent and comprehensive regulations. However, interest groups have recurrently contested the societal value of forests, undermining forest regulations that threaten sectoral activities. Further, results revealed that historical-geographical factors defined municipal attributes and conditions across the moving frontier that have either facilitated or hindered local responses to LPM sanctions. The location of municipalities in areas undergoing different phases of occupation and transformation significantly affected the ability of local agents and municipal governments to comply with criteria applied similarly across the region. The analysis highlights the importance of strengthening law enforcement and municipal environmental governance, and the relevance of inter-institutional cooperation among governments, markets, and civil organizations. The study shows both challenges and opportunities for balancing regional development and forest conservation through collaboration among diverse groups of agents and levels of governance.
Forest Resource Policy In Latin America
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Author : Ronnie de Camino
language : en
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Forest Resource Policy In Latin America written by Ronnie de Camino and has been published by Inter-American Development Bank this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
"Forest Resource Policy in Latin America" gathers the thinking of a score of experts on sustainable use and management of forests, including incentives for investment. The authors tackle the thorny social issues of property rights, deforestation, and forest management and ownership by indigenous people and take a hard look at the trade and environmental issues in forest production that will affect future directions for sustainable forestry development in Latin America. Some argue that the main opportunity to conserve natural forests lies in recognizing and paying for the environmental services they provide. In addition, compensatory measures such as the establishment and better management of strictly protected areas appear to be the best tools to delay the loss of ecosystems and species. Alternative forest concession policies and trade and environmental issues in forest production are also analyzed.
Policy Implementation In A Frontier Region
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Author : Carolina Navarrete Frias
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Policy Implementation In A Frontier Region written by Carolina Navarrete Frias and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
The 21st Century Fight For The Amazon
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Author : Mark Ungar
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-10-13
The 21st Century Fight For The Amazon written by Mark Ungar and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-13 with Political Science categories.
This book is the most updated and comprehensive look at efforts to protect the Amazon, home to half of the world’s remaining tropical forests. In the past five years, the Basin’s countries have become the cutting edge of environmental enforcement through formation of constitutional protections, military operations, stringent laws, police forces, judicial procedures and societal efforts that together break through barriers that have long restrained decisive action. Even such advances, though, struggle to curb devastation by oil extraction, mining, logging, dams, pollution, and other forms of ecocide. In every country, environmental protection is crippled by politics, bureaucracy, unclear laws, untrained officials, small budgets, regional rivalries, inter-ministerial competition, collusion with criminals, and the global demand for oils and minerals. Countries are better at creating environmental agencies, that is, than making sure that they work. This book explains why, with country studies written by those on the front lines—from national enforcement directors to biologists and activists.
Government Policies And Deforestation In Brazil S Amazon Region
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Author : Dennis J. Mahar
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 1989
Government Policies And Deforestation In Brazil S Amazon Region written by Dennis J. Mahar and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Political Science categories.
The Fate Of The Forest
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Author : Susanna B. Hecht
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2011-01-15
The Fate Of The Forest written by Susanna B. Hecht and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-15 with History categories.
The Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometers, amid the territories of nine different nations. It represents over half of the planet’s remaining rain forest. Is it truly in peril? What steps are necessary to save it? To understand the future of Amazonia, one must know how its history was forged: in the eras of large pre-Columbian populations, in the gold rush of conquistadors, in centuries of slavery, in the schemes of Brazil’s military dictators in the 1960s and 1970s, and in new globalized economies where Brazilian soy and beef now dominate, while the market in carbon credits raises the value of standing forest. Susanna Hecht and Alexander Cockburn show in compelling detail the panorama of destruction as it unfolded, and also reveal the extraordinary turnaround that is now taking place, thanks to both the social movements, and the emergence of new environmental markets. Exploring the role of human hands in destroying—and saving—this vast forested region, The Fate of the Forest pivots on the murder of Chico Mendes, the legendary labor and environmental organizer assassinated after successful confrontations with big ranchers. A multifaceted portrait of Eden under siege, complete with a new preface and afterword by the authors, this book demonstrates that those who would hold a mirror up to nature must first learn the lessons offered by some of their own people.