Direct conservation payments in the Brazilian Amazon: Scope and equity implications

Börner, Jan; Wunder, Sven; Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S.; Tito, Marcos Rügnitz; Pereira, Lígia C.; Nascimento, Nathália

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.11.003

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“…However, this work has been restricted to relatively small geographical areas (14)(15)(16), and the findings are hard to generalize. Second, regional assessments have been conducted for the entire BLA by combining agricultural census data and remote sensing analyses aggregated at the scale of municipalities (13,17), or by using the size of deforested patches as a proxy for the spatial distribution of deforestation activities of different actor groups (18,19). Although these approaches address the entire BLA, they deal with relatively large geographic units.…”

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Actor-specific contributions to the deforestation slowdown in the Brazilian Amazon

Godar

Gardner

Tizado

et al. 2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Significance The Brazilian Amazon is at a critical juncture after the recent stabilization of deforestation rates. Identifying opportunities for continued deforestation reductions requires an understanding of the contribution of different actors to overall deforestation. We provide the first such assessment, to our knowledge, that reports on two headline findings. First, between 2004 and 2011, areas dominated by properties larger than 500 ha accounted for 48% of the deforestation compared with only 12% for smallholders (<100 ha). Second, the deforestation share attributed to the largest properties (≥2,500 ha) declined by 63% from a peak in 2005, whereas that of smallholders increased by 69%. Further reductions in deforestation are likely to require a shift toward more incentive-based policies that are tailored toward different actors.

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Section: Significancementioning

confidence: 99%

Actor-specific contributions to the deforestation slowdown in the Brazilian Amazon

Godar

Gardner

Tizado

et al. 2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

206

137

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“…5 No entanto, há uma questão-chave sobre a temporalidade: quando este cadastro de propriedade estaria suficientemente avançado para servir como um instrumento (pré-condicionado) para implementação das CRA em grande escala? A velocidade de implementação do CAR é muito desigual entre os estados, especialmente em algumas potenciais áreas de oferta da Amazônia, onde a posse da terra não é clara e provavelmente vai inibir a participação nas CRA -da mesma forma que inibe a implementação de outros instrumentos de gestão territorial baseados em áreas, tal como os pagamentos por serviços ambientais (PSA) (Börner et al 2010). …”

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Cotas de reserva ambiental no novo código florestal Brasileiro: Uma avaliação ex-ante

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Bernasconi²,

Wunder³

et al. 2015

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“…OCA may be appropriate for setting prices in places like the Amazon, where most deforestation leads to the production of high value industrial agricultural products such as soy and beef that are easily distributed into regional markets [44]. However, in indigenous subsistence systems the full value of agricultural products and land use is not captured in their market prices.…”

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Challenges of Opportunity Cost Analysis in Planning REDD+: A Honduran Case Study of Social and Cultural Values Associated with Indigenous Forest Uses

Plumb

Nielsen

Kim

2012

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Abstract:The REDD Programme is predicated on the assumption that developed countries will provide sufficient funds to offset opportunity costs associated with avoiding deforestation. The role of non-market values in indigenous land management may challenge the efficacy of compensation schemes targeted at meeting opportunity costs as calculated in traditional opportunity cost analysis (OCA). Furthermore it is unclear how these economic incentives might affect social and cultural values linked to land-use norms, livelihoods, and local governance. This study explores the economic, social and cultural values of forest uses for a Miskito community in the Rio Plátano Biosphere Reserve in Honduras. Data were collected using household surveys, farm visits, and community workshops. OCA indicates potential for successful REDD+ payment schemes; however it is an inadequate method to account for subsistence and cultural opportunity costs associated with avoided deforestation. Compensation to change land-use practices may undermine governance institutions necessary to address deforestation in the region. Our results indicate that small-scale agriculture and other forest-based subsistence activities are important cultural practices for maintaining Miskito identity and forest management institutions. Recommendations are offered for using OCA to develop REDD+ projects that recognize the linkages between social and cultural values and forest management by OPEN ACCESSForests 2012, 3 245 focusing on approaches that consider a full range of economic, social and cultural opportunity costs.

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Direct conservation payments in the Brazilian Amazon: Scope and equity implications

Cited by 224 publications

References 21 publications

Actor-specific contributions to the deforestation slowdown in the Brazilian Amazon

Actor-specific contributions to the deforestation slowdown in the Brazilian Amazon

Cotas de reserva ambiental no novo código florestal Brasileiro: Uma avaliação ex-ante

Challenges of Opportunity Cost Analysis in Planning REDD+: A Honduran Case Study of Social and Cultural Values Associated with Indigenous Forest Uses

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Direct conservation payments in the Brazilian Amazon: Scope and equity implications

Cited by 224 publications

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Actor-specific contributions to the deforestation slowdown in the Brazilian Amazon

Actor-specific contributions to the deforestation slowdown in the Brazilian Amazon

Cotas de reserva ambiental no novo c&oacute;digo florestal Brasileiro: Uma avaliação ex-ante

Challenges of Opportunity Cost Analysis in Planning REDD+: A Honduran Case Study of Social and Cultural Values Associated with Indigenous Forest Uses

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Cotas de reserva ambiental no novo código florestal Brasileiro: Uma avaliação ex-ante