Could private land reserves in Brazil’s Amazon be a viable conservation strategy for forest protection? An overview of the challenges and opportunities-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Could private land reserves in Brazil’s Amazon be a viable conservation strategy for forest protection? An overview of the challenges and opportunities

Published:2023-12-13 Issue:12 Volume:15 Page:15953-15972
ISSN:1989-4155
Container-title:Cuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo
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Author:

Hess Chris Alan,Siciliano Salvatore,Vidal Marcelo Derzi

Abstract

This paper identifies Reservas Particulares do Patrimônio Natural, a Brazilian legal land use distinction, as an enabling framework for investment and sustainable development. Brazilian Amazon rainforest contains private land but is a threatened and undervalued public good which humanity needs for climate stability, human health, and cultural and natural heritage. Amazon land use strategy over the last 50 years has divided between strict conservation on public lands that allows nearly no economic activity, and rapid forest conversion on private lands to produce commodities. A third path for private lands promoting biodiversity-based value chains could better incentivize preservation over conversion.

Publisher

South Florida Publishing LLC

Subject

General Medicine

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