Smallholders, The Amazon's New Conservationists

Campos, Marina T.; Nepstad, Daniel C.

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“…1 For more on frontier expansion along different sections of the Transamazônica Highway see Moran (1981), , Araujo (1993), Muchagata (1997Muchagata ( , 2002, Brondizio et al (2002), Castellanet and Jordan (2002), McCracken et al (2002), Walker et al (2002), Campos (2006), Campos and Nepstad (2006), and Aldrich et al (2006), Smith, N. (1982. Rainforest corridors: The transamazon colonization scheme.…”

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“…Social networks among settlers in the Amazon may offer also key elements for effective rainforest conservation strategies in the region (Muchagata 2002, Campos, 2006aand 2006b, Campos and Nepstad 2006. By articulating political representation among several farmers' unions along the Transamazon, the Movement for the Development of the Transamazon and Xingu (MDTX) developed a pioneer proposal that included the creation of two conservation units in the so-called 'Terra do Meio' region in the State of Pará.…”

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“…With the out-migration of settlement members from Humaitá and their replacement by incoming families, trust relationships are seriously affected, often disappearing with each out-migration and having to be slowly re-built, thereby affecting collective action and all entrepreneurial activities that depends on it, such as community development projects and infrastructure maintenance, agricultural product processing plants and transformation industries, and other agricultural projects proposed by rural producers' associations (RPAs). Other factors affecting the build-up of trust within RPAs include the conflict between individual and common interests of members of RPAs (see also Castellanet and Jordan 2002, Muchagata 2002, Campos 2006). For instance, many cases of members using the RPA arena for personal political interests were reported during fieldwork.…”

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“…The MDTX main points leading to the proposal are: a) widespread deforestation might put agricultural production at risk since it affects regional rainfall distribution; and b) conservation units might provide a buffer zone that blocks the advance of large-scale agricultural businesses, thus slowing down social tension related to land conflicts with smallholders. The proposal was adopted by the Brazilian federal government, who later started the process of establishing the proposed conservation units (Campos and Nepstad 2006). Transamazon settlers' activism has been successful also on contributing to establishing some other important benchmarks, such as the creation of FNO especial agricultural credit line (Tura and Costa 2000), on promoting participatory research agendas that include a wide range of environmental, socio-economic and political considerations in the treatment of development problems (Castellanet and Jordan 2002); and the Proambiente 7 program (Mattos 2004, Campos 2006a.…”

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Paths of Diversification: Land use, livelihood strategies and social learning along the aging of a land reform settlement in Acre, Brazil

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Brondízio

2009

Amazônica

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This paper explores the story of settlers overcoming challenges common to the environment of expanding agricultural frontiers, and how this is reflected on the land-use and livelihood choices that unfold with the aging of settlements. The study site is a land reform project in the State of Acre, Brazil. We found that most families seek to diversify their livelihood strategies and take advantage of new opportunities as a way to cope with income uncertainties largely present on the frontier setting. As in other parts of the Amazon, cattle-ranching is the single most important activity to secure income, but complementary activities such as agroforestry and fish breeding are key for economic security and improvements.Key words: land-use, Acre, Amazonia. ResumoEste artigo explora a história de colonos que enfrentam os desafios de fronteiras agrícolas em expansão, e de como estes desafios se refletem nas escolhas de uso da terra e nas estratégias econômi-cas que se desdobram ao longo da vida dos assentamentos. A área de estudo é um projeto de reforma agrária no Estado do Acre, Brasil. Os resultados indicam que a maior parte das famílias busca a diversificação das estratégias de sustento, e se aproveitam de novas oportunidades como forma de se proteger contra incertezas relacionadas à renda familiar comuns às regiões de fronteiras agrícolas. Tal como em outras partes da Amazônia, a pecuária é a atividade mais importante para assegurar a renda familiar, mas atividades complementares como sistemas agroflorestais e criação de peixes são fundamentais para a melhoria e a segurança das condições econômicas.Palavras-chave: uso da terra, Acre, Amazonia. ResumenEste manuscrito explora la estoria de asentados que pasan por desafíos comunes al contexto de fronteras agrícolas en expansión, y de como estos desafíos se reflejan en las opciones de uso de la tierra y en las estratégias econômicas que se desdoblan con el desarrollar de los asentamientos. El área de estudios es un proyecto de reforma agraria en el Estado de Acre, Brasil. Los resultados 333 Amazônica 1 (2): 330-367, 2009The paths of diversification: Land use, livelihood strategies and social learning along the aging of a land reform settlement in Acre, Brazil indican que la mayor parte de las familias opta por la diversificación de las estrategias de se ganar la vida, y se benefician de las oportunidades como forma de protección contra las incertidumbres relacionadas a la renta familiar. Así como en otras partes de la Amazonía, la ganadería es la actividad más importante para asegurar la renta familiar, pero actividades complementares como sistemas agroforestales y el cultivo de pescados són clave para mejorar las condiciones de seguridad y económicas.Palabras-clave: uso de la tierra, Acre, Amazonía.

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Brondízio

2009

Amazônica

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“…The decrease in deforestation is more likely attributable to state level property registration programs (Fearnside;Barbosa, 2004); increased satellite-based enforcement targeting illegal deforestation, such as DETER Shimabukuro et al, 2005); and declining prices for soybeans and other agricultural commodities (Morton et al, 2006). One notable exception is the mosaic of new biological reserves and national forests in the Terra do Meio region and bordering the federal highway BR-163 in central Pará State (Campos;. These reserves were specifically designed to influence future development MORTON, D.C.; SHIMABUKURO, Y. E.; RUDORFF, B. F. T.; LIMA, A. ; FREITAS, R. M.; DEFRIES, R. S. Conservation challenge at the agricultural frontier: deforestation, fire, and land use dynamics in Mato Grosso.…”

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Conservation challenge at the agricultural frontier: deforestation, fire, and land use dynamics in Mato Grosso

Morton

Shimabukuro²,

Rudorff³

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Ambi-Agua

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Achieving conservation objectives within the rapidly changing agricultural frontier in Mato Grosso State requires tradeoffs between production and preservation. We provide a description of deforestation, fire, and land use dynamics during [2000][2001][2002][2003][2004][2005] to consider a range of strategies for conservation planning. Long-term conservation of Cerrado, transition forest, and Amazon biomes in the state can benefit from direct consideration of landscape structure, duration of post-clearing land use, and the mosaic of land uses surrounding potential conservation corridors or reserve areas. Although the creation of new protected areas may not be feasible, since few large, uninterrupted forest areas exist within the state, some conservation objectives can be met through greater coordination of the legal reserve system among property owners. We present three examples of landscape-level prioritization based on existing Forest Code regulations stipulating 80% forest reserves on private property. Through a state-mediated system, property owners could augment existing reserve areas on their property through purchase of lands in: 1) buffers surrounding existing conservation units and indigenous reserves; 2) small watersheds with little or no deforestation; 3) forest patches with high connectivity within specified mosaics of different land uses. Any final approach for property-level coordination will depend on the specific conservation goals (e.g., river corridors, bird habitat, or plant biodiversity), but we provide a framework for developing and implementing a conservation plan at the agricultural frontier. Tradeoffs in both conservation value and productive use are required to achieve coordinated conservation at scale.Keywords: Brazilian Amazon; change detection; MODIS; protected areas; conservation strategy.Desafios para conservação nas áreas de fronteiras agrícolas: desflorestamento, fogo e dinâmica do uso da terra no Mato Grosso RESUMO Para atingir os objetivos de conservação em áreas de rápida mudança na fronteira agrícola do Estado do Mato Grosso é requerido um balanço entre produção e preservação. Nós apresentamos uma descrição de desflorestamento, fogo e dinâmica do uso da terra no período 2000 -2005 para definir estratégias para o planejamento de conservação. A conservação a longo prazo das áreas de Cerrado, floresta de transição e do bioma amazônico no Estado pode se beneficiar diretamente das informações sobre a estrutura da paisagem, a MORTON, D.C.; SHIMABUKURO, Y. E.; RUDORFF, B. F. T.; LIMA, A. ; FREITAS, R. M.; DEFRIES, R. S. Conservation challenge at the agricultural frontier: deforestation, fire, and land use dynamics in Mato Grosso. Ambi-Agua, Taubaté, v. 2, n. 1, p. 5-20, 2007 . (doi:10.4136/ambi-agua.16) duração do uso da terra após o corte, e o mosaico de uso da terra nos arredores de potenciais corredores de conservação e áreas de reservas. Embora a criação de novas áreas protegidas pode não ser viáveis, devido a existência de poucas grandes áreas contínuas de florestas dentr...

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Biodiversity Conservation Performance of Sustainable‐Use Tropical Forest Reserves

Peres

2013

Conservation Biology

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Smallholders, The Amazon's New Conservationists

Cited by 78 publications

References 4 publications

Paths of Diversification: Land use, livelihood strategies and social learning along the aging of a land reform settlement in Acre, Brazil

Paths of Diversification: Land use, livelihood strategies and social learning along the aging of a land reform settlement in Acre, Brazil

Conservation challenge at the agricultural frontier: deforestation, fire, and land use dynamics in Mato Grosso

Biodiversity Conservation Performance of Sustainable‐Use Tropical Forest Reserves

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