Socio-environmental success or failure of Extractive Reserves in the Amazon?

Abstract

Brazilian public institutions have difficulties in building relationships of trust that truly promote sustainable development. This study proves that the Extractive Reserves (RESEX) socio-environmental crisis occurs due to the interdependent relationship that exists between environmental, economic, social groups and institutional organizations. The study concludes that the implementation of public policies regarding health, education, transportation, communication, technical assistance, energy, as well as the current revenues from the productive activities of extractivism, agriculture, and cattle ranching was ineffective, because the state did not cooperate with strategies to alleviate the conflict between conservation and development.

Assessing the Degree of Sustainability in Extractive Reserves in the Amazon Biome Using the Fuzzy Logic Tool for Decision Making

“…This conservation is guaranteed, above all, by the traditional practices of local populations in working with and managing nature, which counteract current production systems [27]. However, the sustainability of the model has been hindered by the lack of public policies for social development [28][29][30], the expansion of economic activities not foreseen in the NSCU by local populations, such as cattle ranching [31,32], uncertainties of the extractive plant economy [33][34][35], among others.…”

The Key to the Sustainability and Conservation of Extractive Reserves in the Amazon

“…The limitations and lack of institutional pragmatism have led to increased deforestation, worsening the living conditions of local communities and threatening the environmental and socioeconomic sustainability of RESEXs [56,57]. The means by which protected areas are created, maintained, and commodified may lead to increased environmental degradation through the loss of rights and land [58].…”