Farmer perceptions, policy and reforestation in Santa Catarina, Brazil

Trevisan, Adriana Carla Dias; Schmitt-Filho, Abdon; Farley, Joshua; Fantini, Alfredo Celso; Longo, Caterina

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.06.024

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“…Brazil's Atlantic Forest originally covered approximately 150 million hectares, being one of the largest rainforests in America [1]. Home to two-thirds of Brazil's population [2] and exceptionally rich in biodiversity, it is the most threatened biome in Brazil [3]. The forest land area decreased to only 12% of its original extent [4], mainly as a result of intensive exploitation and conversion to other land-uses such as agriculture, plantation forests, and expanding urbanization [5].…”

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“…The effectiveness of such policy is, however, questionable. Various researchers argued that sustainable management of secondary forests providing income opportunities would be more effective in increasing the willingness of land owners to conserve and possibly even expand the forest, favoring local development through income generation [3,5,[8][9][10][11][12].…”

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“…Multiple studies have investigated the potential of secondary forest utilization in tropical regions [3,7,8]. However, although the Atlantic secondary forests may reach high productivity due to several fast growing species [8,11], only few studies have evaluated the utilization potential of these forests for timber production.…”

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Impact Assessment of Timber Harvesting Operations for Enhancing Sustainable Management in a Secondary Atlantic Forest

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Conservation and management of forest ecosystems are currently largely conflicting goals in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome. At present, all parts of the Atlantic Forest are protected and commercial logging is highly restricted. However, sustainable forest management systems can offer significant income opportunities for landholders, and thereby actively support the process of ecosystem rehabilitation and protection of the Atlantic Forest. This research is intended to contribute to enhancing the development of environmentally sound forest management alternatives in the Atlantic Forest biome. Through a case study, the harvesting impact of a conventional harvesting method (CM) was evaluated and compared with an alternative and improved harvesting method (AM), performed by a well-trained professional chainsaw operator experienced in reduced impact logging techniques, and included the use of a snatch block and a skidding cone. Following a full pre-harvest inventory, 110 different tree species were identified. The harvesting impact on the residual stand was classified and evaluated through a successive post-harvest inventory. Damage maps were developed based on interpolation of tree damage intensities with the triangular irregular networks (TIN) methodology. Our results showed noticeable high rates of tree hang-ups, observed for both harvesting methods. Furthermore, the harvesting damaged trees mainly in the lower diameter at breast height (DBH) classes. In comparison to winching, the felling process caused most of the damage to remnant trees for both methods, at 87% (CM) and 88% (AM). The number of damaged trees (above 11.9 cm DBH) per harvested tree, for CM, ranged from 0.8 trees to 2.5 trees and, for AM, ranged from 0.6 trees to 2.2 trees. Improvements of the AM method (operator skills, skidding cone and snatch block) over CM allowed for a reduction of the damaged basal area, a reduction of the “high damaged area” per plot, and a reduction of the winching disturbed ground area. Nonetheless, a suitable harvesting system should consider further improvements in the felling technique, and additionally integrate the local knowledge of CM regarding forest and tree species with the technical improvements of AM.

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“…Reasons why landowners in our study (particularly full-time farmers) would opt out of schemes accord with other studies, particularly if livelihoods would be affected by having native species on farms, such as loss of tenure and negative perceptions of biodiversity (Zubair & Garforth, 2006). More recent studies have also indicated that uptake of assetbuilding PES initiatives depends more on landowner attitudes and perceptions of how such policies affect future livelihoods (Trevisan et al, 2016).…”

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Asset-building payments for ecosystem services: assessing landowner perceptions of reforestation incentives in Lebanon

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Aim of study: Incentivising landowners to supply ecosystem services remains challenging, especially when this requires longterm investments such as reforestation. We investigated how landowners perceive, and would respond to, distinct types of incentives for planting diverse native trees on private lands in Lebanon. Our aim was to understand landowners' attitudes towards hypothetical Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) contracts options; their likely participation; and the potential additionality they would provide.Area of study: Highland villages situated within eight of Lebanon's 20 Important Plant Areas. Material and methods:Mixed-methods surveys were conducted with 34 landowners to determine past, present and future landuse strategies. Study participants were presented with three differently structured reforestation contract options (or schemes). The three schemes (results-based loan, action-based grant, and results-based payments) differed in their expected risks and benefits to landowners. Qualitative debriefing questions followed each of the schemes presented.Main results: Although the results-based loan did deter uptake relative to the lower risk action-based grant, results-based payments did not significantly increase uptake or planting area, suggesting asymmetric attitudes to risk. Qualitative probing revealed economic, social (e.g. trust) and institutional factors (e.g. legal implications of planting forest trees on private land) that limited willingness to participate in the results-based contract option.Research highlights: This study demonstrates the importance of combining qualitative and quantitative methods to better understand landowner perceptions of incentives and risks, particularly in challenging socio-political contexts.Additional keywords: agro-ecosystems; biodiversity; conditionality; displacement; mixed-methods; participation; PES.Correspondence: should be addressed Arbi J. Sarkissian: arbi.sarkissian@outlook.com

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“…These norms are created and distributed at different scales (e.g., household or community) and through different means (e.g., social networks or institutions). Studies of sustainability transitions highlight the role of norms in farmers' management decisions (Burton and Paragahawewa, 2011;Meek, 2015;Padel, 2001;Willock et al, 1999, Trevisan et al 2016. As an example, Sutherland and Darnhofer (2012) found that the cultural -or normative -preference for 'tidy fields' can be a barrier to the adoption of beneficial practices, such as cover cropping, which may make a field look 'messy.'…”

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Pathways to agroecological management through mediated markets in Santa Catarina, Brazil

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Filho

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Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene

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Agroecology, as a social movement and scientific discipline, applies ecological principles to the design and management of agricultural systems to improve environmental outcomes and livelihoods for farmers and rural communities. However, little research to date has assessed the policy mechanisms that could facilitate increased adoption of agroecological management practices. We investigated if and how public food procurement programs that provide financial incentives for organic and agroecological production can mitigate key constraints to agroecological transition. We explored the experience of participants in Brazil's National School Feeding Program (PNAE) in Santa Catarina, which offers both a structured market for small-scale family farmers and a price premium for certified agroecological production systems. We found that the PNAE provides an economic incentive for small-scale farmers to begin an agroecological transition by creating a price-differentiated market that is otherwise absent in the regional context. However, without external network linkages -such as participation in farmers' associations, cooperatives, and non-governmental agricultural extension programs that support agroecological practices -the influence of PNAE is limited in stimulating a broader scaling up of agroecological production.

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Farmer perceptions, policy and reforestation in Santa Catarina, Brazil

Cited by 28 publications

References 63 publications

Impact Assessment of Timber Harvesting Operations for Enhancing Sustainable Management in a Secondary Atlantic Forest

Impact Assessment of Timber Harvesting Operations for Enhancing Sustainable Management in a Secondary Atlantic Forest

Asset-building payments for ecosystem services: assessing landowner perceptions of reforestation incentives in Lebanon

Pathways to agroecological management through mediated markets in Santa Catarina, Brazil

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