Challenges and opportunities for large-scale reforestation in the Eastern Amazon using native species

Nunes, Sâmia; Gastauer, Markus; Cavalcante, Rosane Barbosa Lopes; Ramos, Silvio J.; Caldeira, Cecílio Fróis; Silva, Daniel S.; Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro; Salomão, Rafael de Paiva; Oliveira, Mariana Gomes de; Souza-Filho, Pedro Walfir M.; Siqueira, José Oswaldo

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118120

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“…The recommendation is that reforestation actions must be implemented in these areas, aiming at the environmental conservation of these fragile areas and at the landscape composition that can enhance other areas with greater ecotourism potential. Several authors demonstrate the effectiveness of reforestation in combating various environmental problems, such as [74][75][76][77], reinforcing the importance of forest restoration for local ecosystem services.…”

Section: Z1-low Potential For Ecotourism Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

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Mapping Potential Zones for Ecotourism Ecosystem Services as a Tool to Promote Landscape Resilience and Development in a Brazilian Municipality

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In recent decades, with the increasing global need for sustainable development, ecotourism has emerged as one of the most efficient activities that can be used to reconcile economic development with environmental conservation. A growing interest in the ecotourism and ecosystem services provided by landscapes makes such services increasingly necessary within municipal planning processes. This study aims to construct a geoenvironmental model based on geographic information systems (GISs) to spatially identify areas with greater capacity to promote ecotourism, with a practical case study of the city of Brotas, Brazil. The model can produce an integrated analysis of landscape components using geoenvironmental, topographic, and urban data. As a result, four zones were classified according to their ecotourism potential, with 81% of the overall local territory showing great potential, which not only reinforces the territory’s resilience regarding sustainable development, but also demonstrates that ecotourism should be included in discussions related to environmental planning in Brotas, as well as in other municipalities that have ecotourism potential.

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Section: Z1-low Potential For Ecotourism Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

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Mapping Potential Zones for Ecotourism Ecosystem Services as a Tool to Promote Landscape Resilience and Development in a Brazilian Municipality

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“…In Brazil, the forest formations located on the banks of rivers, lakes, water springs and hilltops are called riparian forests (Suganuma and Durigan 2014). These forests are included in the category of permanent preservation areas (Nunes et al 2020), and their importance is due to the maintenance of water quality, soil stability, regularization of hydrological alteration and stabilization of riverbanks, avoiding siltation and soil erosion (Holanda et al 2010, Keram et al 2019. The riparian forests are established as forest formations to be conserved or recovered, therefore, to avoid degradation, planning and strategies are priorities for the preservation of riparian zones (Webb andErskine 2003, Iori et al 2019).…”

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“…For a successful recovery of riparian lands, the chosen forest species should be adapted for their local environment, including characteristics as drought tolerance, deep root system, vigorous growth, survival in conditions of low fertility and effectiveness in soil cover (Silva et al 2018, Nunes et al 2020. The lack of knowledge of the environmental impacts caused by riparian forest exploitation puts at risk the sustainability of land and water resources in Ribeira de Iguape river basin (Iori et al 2012), and although the agricultural use of permanent preservation areas is prohibited, a part of these areas has been used for agriculture and sand extraction in river beds (Soares-Filho et al 2014, Marçal et al 2017.…”

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Impact of sand mining: A case study of initial growth of forest species for recovery of degraded areas

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The Vale do Ribeira region has a large extension of Brazilian Atlantic Forest, and in most cities, low environmental impact activities predominate, such as sand mining. Sand mining has been trying to adapt their industrial activities to low environmental impact, aiming at the protection of permanent preservation areas (PPAs) of riparian forests. The objective of this work was to conduct a case study focused on monitoring and initial growth of forest species by 18 months. This study was performed in a riparian forest site on the Ribeira de Iguape River, Registro, state of São Paulo, Brazil, in a PPA with extraction of river bed sand. Forest species height, stem diameter and mortality index, and rainfall were evaluated in the period. Non-pioneer species accounted for 42.7 % of the forest, while pioneer species accounted for 53.1 %. These proportions are in accordance with local legislation, which establishes a lower limit of 40 % in planting for both groups. Drought periods and leaf-cutting ants at the beginning of growth stages contributed to a higher mortality index and irregular development of some species, however, even during such adversities, forest species indicated resistance to these conditions. Pioneer species had more important development, with emphasis on Senna multijuga, Alchornea triplinervia, Citharexylum myrianthum and Trema micranta, these species must be taken into consideration during the first stages of a project which aims at recovering degraded areas in riparian forests of Atlantic Forest.

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“…Thus, farm area, resource endowment, farm composition, land tenure and agglomeration effects are all factors that can influence the possibilities for agricultural diversification beyond the current agro-industrial model in Paragominas. Policy mechanisms (e.g., Payment for Ecosystem Services, Clean Development Mechanisms) are, however, needed to gear the direction towards more diversified and sustainable production models in the region based on tree-like systems, such as agroforestry and integrated crop-livestock-forestry systems (Alves et al, 2017;Nunes et al, 2020).…”

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“…The financial viability of agroforestry systems is another critical aspect for any prospects of implementing these systems at the landscape scale in Paragominas. One of the main barriers for its implementation is the shortage of local processing, storage, marketing facilities and access to seeds and seedlings in the region (Browder et al, 2005;Nunes et al, 2020 (Stabile et al, 2020).…”

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Perspectives for multifunctional landscapes in the Amazon : Analyzing farmers’ strategies, perceptions, and scenarios in an agricultural frontier

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Challenges and opportunities for large-scale reforestation in the Eastern Amazon using native species

Cited by 52 publications

References 119 publications

Mapping Potential Zones for Ecotourism Ecosystem Services as a Tool to Promote Landscape Resilience and Development in a Brazilian Municipality

Mapping Potential Zones for Ecotourism Ecosystem Services as a Tool to Promote Landscape Resilience and Development in a Brazilian Municipality

Impact of sand mining: A case study of initial growth of forest species for recovery of degraded areas

Perspectives for multifunctional landscapes in the Amazon : Analyzing farmers’ strategies, perceptions, and scenarios in an agricultural frontier

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