The role of private rural properties for conserving native vegetation in Brazilian Southern Amazonia

Siqueira, Auberto José Barros; Ricaurte, Luisa Fernanda; Borges, Guilherme Augusto; Nunes, Gustavo Manzon; Wantzen, Karl M.

doi:10.1007/s10113-015-0824-z

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“…While the use of the watershed unit for planning and management of the river was introduced in Brazil in the 1990s [52], this was much later formulated in the European Water Framework Directive [53]. The protection of a 50-250m wide, fully protected buffer strip in the riparian area has been integrated into the Brazilian "Codigo Florestal" as of 1965, but which has been "softened up" stepwise in recent decades [54]. Moreover, even if adequate laws exist, there is often an "implementation gap" [55] between technical and/or administrative features and their application is wide in most cities of the Global South.…”

Section: Local Governance Problems Make Integrated River Management Amentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Brazilian Forest Code, which was formerly a model for the protection of natural resources, has been gradually weakened to legalize ex post previously illegal deforestations and to permit intensive land use of riparian zones [65]. Deforestation has been very intensive in Southern Amazonia [54], followed by an increase of agro-combustive plantations and big and small hydropower dam projects, resulting in both greater erosion and pollution, and fewer free-flowing river reaches with the capacity to absorb the pollution [66]. In Asia, the large freshwater wetlands of the Tibetan Plateau, which contain the headwaters for the major rivers of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Vietnam and China, are increasingly intensively used to satisfy food demand, with similar effects [67].…”

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Urban Stream and Wetland Restoration in the Global South—A DPSIR Analysis

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In many countries of the Global South, aquatic ecosystems such as streams, rivers, lakes, and wetlands are severely impacted by several simultaneous environmental stressors, associated with accelerated urban development, and extreme climate. However, this problem receives little attention. Applying a DPSIR approach (Drivers, Pressures, State, Impacts, Responses), we analyzed the environmental impacts and their effects on urban hydrosystems (including stagnant waters), and suggest possible solutions from a series of case studies worldwide. We find that rivers in the Global South, with their distinctive geographical and socio-political setting, display significant differences from the Urban Stream Syndrome described so far in temperate zones. We introduce the term of ‘Southern Urban Hydrosystem Syndrome’ for the biophysical problems as well as the social interactions, including the perception of water bodies by the urbanites, the interactions of actors (e.g., top-down, bottom-up), and the motivations that drive urban hydrosystem restoration projects of the Global South. Supported by a synthesis of case studies (with a focus on Brazilian restoration projects), this paper summarizes the state of the art, highlights the currently existing lacunae for research, and delivers examples of practical solutions that may inform UNESCO’s North–South–South dialogue to solve these urgent problems. Two elements appear to be specifically important for the success of restoration projects in the Global South, namely the broad acceptance and commitment of local populations beyond merely ‘ecological’ justifications, e.g., healthy living environments and ecosystems with cultural linkages (‘River Culture’). To make it possible implementable/practical solutions must be extended to (often poor) people having settled along river banks and wetlands.

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Section: Local Governance Problems Make Integrated River Management Amentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Drivers Beyond the Catchment Scale (International-national Pmentioning

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Urban Stream and Wetland Restoration in the Global South—A DPSIR Analysis

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“…This demonstrates the importance of gallery forest conservation as discharge buffer and as sediment and nutrient filter for water quality as well as for biodiversity and adds to the present discussion of the New Forest Code which sees a further decrease of gallery forest width. Siqueira et al (2018) illustrate the ongoing process of fragmentation of native vegetation and importance of conserving and linking the patches of BLegal Reserves^inside private rural properties to avoid further environmental deterioration of ESS. Also, Hissa et al (2018) point out with a detailed assessment of carbon loss from deforestation along the BR-163 highway an increase of GHG emissions with fragmentation, not considered in the official Brazilian deforestation assessments (PRODES).…”

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Carbon-optimised land management strategies for southern Amazonia

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“…Efforts by private and public sector actors have turned Brazil's Amazon into a laboratory for deforestation policy, especially for conservation on private properties (Siqueira et al . ; Richards & VanWey ).…”

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“…Brazil houses nearly 13% of the world's remaining forests (Food and Agriculture Organization 2016), and although its deforestation rate has slowed in recent years, it remains the second highest contributor to global forest loss (Food and Agriculture Organization 2016). Efforts by private and public sector actors have turned Brazil's Amazon into a laboratory for deforestation policy, especially for conservation on private properties (Siqueira et al 2015;Richards & VanWey 2015).…”

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Avoided Deforestation Linked to Environmental Registration of Properties in the Brazilian Amazon

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We quantified the avoided deforestation impacts of environmental land registration in Brazil's Amazonian states of Mato Grosso and Pará between 2005 and 2014. We find that the program reduced deforestation on registered lands. The magnitude of the effect implies that deforestation in the two states would have been 10% higher in the absence of the program. The impacts of registration varied over time, likely due to changing suites of policies linking environmental registration to land use incentives. Our results also reveal that agriculturally suitable lands and those located in regions undergoing the most land-use change were more likely to be registered than those in less suitable, less dynamic regions. We conclude that environmental registration is an important first step in implementing avoided deforestation policies targeting private landholders.

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The role of private rural properties for conserving native vegetation in Brazilian Southern Amazonia

Cited by 13 publications

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Urban Stream and Wetland Restoration in the Global South—A DPSIR Analysis

Urban Stream and Wetland Restoration in the Global South—A DPSIR Analysis

Carbon-optimised land management strategies for southern Amazonia

Avoided Deforestation Linked to Environmental Registration of Properties in the Brazilian Amazon

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