Offsetting legal deficits of native vegetation among Brazilian landholders: Effects on nature protection and socioeconomic development

Freitas, Flavio L. M.; Sparovek, Gerd; Mörtberg, Ulla; Silveira, Semida; Klug, Israel; Berndes, Göran

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.07.014

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“…Here we used maps of private properties and of microwatersheds, as proxies for properties, to assess the role of soy expansion on recent land use trends and the potential effects of zero‐conversion production. Our study focuses specifically on soy‐ and Cerrado‐specific trends and context, building upon previous work that analyzed expansion of croplands and FC compliance more generally (de Freitas et al., ; Gibbs et al., ; Noojipady et al., ; Soares‐Filho et al., ; Sparovek, Berndes, Barretto, & Kulg, ). These results are particularly relevant for stakeholders there, which include soy trading companies, retailers, and environmental groups, who are actively considering how to implement zero‐deforestation commitments in the Cerrado (FAIRR, ).…”

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Soy expansion in Brazil's Cerrado

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The Cerrado biome is Brazil's breadbasket and a major provider of ecosystem services, though these dual roles are increasingly at odds, in part because there are few mechanisms to protect remaining vegetation from large‐scale agricultural expansion. We assessed Cerrado conversion to soy using over 580,000 property boundaries, covering 77% of the biome that is eligible for commercial land use, and using microwatersheds, to cover 100% of eligible areas. Soy expansion accounted for 22% of conversion during 2003–14. Only 15% of clearing exceeded restrictions on private properties under the Forest Code (FC). However, 51% of soy farms have violated the FC, five times the rate of other farms. As a leading cause of both Cerrado conversion and FC violations, the soy sector has environmental and economic incentives to shift production to already cleared land. We used suitability maps to identify potential pathways for soy expansion across both old and new cropland frontiers.

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Soy expansion in Brazil's Cerrado

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Schelly

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“…The literature mainly focuses on large/medium-scale assessment of ES trade-offs. For example, Mazzaro De Freitas et al (2017) evaluated the different offsetting implementation practices and their effects on nature conservation and socioeconomic development in Brazil. Bottalico et al (2016) used an integrated GIS-based approach for scenario analysis and economic valuation of wood production and carbon sequestration trade-offs in forests of the Molise region (Italy).…”

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A Decision Support System for trade-off analysis and dynamic evaluation of forest ecosystem services

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2018

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This paper presents an open-source Decision Support System (DSS) able to quantify the economic value of forest ecosystem services and their dynamic trade-offs. Provisioning, regulation and support services, as well as cultural services, can be evaluated by the model. Best management forestry practices can be identified by optimizing specific objective functions, e.g., maximizing the economic value or identifying the ideal rotation period. The model was applied to a silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) stand in central Italy as a case study. Results show the importance of economic parameters (e.g., discount rate) and management practices (e.g., presence/absence of silvicultural thinning) in defining forest values. The main strengths and weaknesses of the DSS are discussed in light of its potential for application in the sector of Payment for Ecosystem Services.

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“…The first scenario considers that all the area that should be restored due to legislation constraints would be fully restored (i.e. de facto legislation according to Freitas et al, 2017a). Under this scenario, we estimated a total of 0.17 Gt of total deficit (Legal Reserve: 0.05 Gt; Permanent Preservation Areas: 0.12 Gt).…”

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“…Our study area was the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, which has a total area of 28.4 million ha, 45.5 million inhabitants and over 257 billion US$ of GDP in 2017(IBGE, 2018. It is one of the most well-studied states of Brazil, resulting in extensive scientific databases available FREITAS et al, 2017a). Climate is stratified from the coast to the continental interior with more precipitation climates tending to be oceanic (Cfb) and tropical rainforest (Af) transitioning to humid subtropical (Cfa) and dryer tropical savanna (Aw), according to Koppen's classification .…”

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“…Based on current legislation requirements (BRASIL, 2012) and on available databases of private rural properties (SPAROVEK et al, 2015;FREITAS et al, 2017a;GUIDOTTI et al, 2017) we calculated the legal deficits of forest area cover for the state of São Paulo. These calculations considered the Legal Reserve (RL) and Permanent Preservation Areas (APP) areas around rivers and water springs on rural properties.…”

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Agradecimentos "O presente trabalho foi realizado com apoio da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior -Brasil (CAPES) -Código de Financiamento 001" Burocracias à parte, gostaria de agradecer a todos que tomaram café, chás, águas e afins comigo nesses últimos dois anos. Meus agradecimentos, no entanto, são mais do que proporcionais. Alguns cafés foram pontuais e valeram muito, outros foram diários, semanais, alguns por só um mês, apenas um esbarrão na copa, mas por cada um desses momentos eu agradeço, pois você estava lá por mim. Esses momentos, por mais que tenham sido banais, são os que guardo com mais carinho. Às pessoas diretamente envolvidas na execução desse trabalho: Ao meu orientador Renato Lima que teve a paciência e disponibilidade infinitas para lidar com minhas limitações, que forneceu conselhos e experiência para mais do que o meio acadêmico. Por ser mais que um orientador, um verdadeiro amigo. Ao meu co-orientador Paulo Inácio, pelas reuniões semanais e pelo bom humor, palavras de motivação e observações pontuais que mudaram radicalmente a direção do trabalho mais de uma vez. A Milton Ribeiro e Luiz Magnago que me confundiram com enxurradas de ideias em cada uma das reuniões de comitê de acompanhamento. Mas que com cada confusão, me levaram a ter novas reflexões e foram essenciais na construção desse trabalho. À Vera Lima que sempre esteve disponível na parte administrativa, cuidando da máquina burocrática que é a USP. Seu conhecimento, agilidade e destreza nos processos fez a diferença incontáveis vezes. Índice Introdução Geral

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Offsetting legal deficits of native vegetation among Brazilian landholders: Effects on nature protection and socioeconomic development

Cited by 40 publications

References 29 publications

Soy expansion in Brazil's Cerrado

Soy expansion in Brazil's Cerrado

A Decision Support System for trade-off analysis and dynamic evaluation of forest ecosystem services

O balanço de carbono em paisagens tropicais antropizadas

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