Titled Amazon Indigenous Communities Cut Forest Carbon Emissions

Blackman, Allen; Veit, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.06.016

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“…First, to the literature on the effects of different institutional arrangements on deforestation. Regarding indigenous communities, similar to this paper some studies also find a reduction in deforestation after titling (Blackman & Veit, 2018;Blackman, Corral, Lima, & Asner, 2017) while others find no effect (BenYishay, Heuser, Runfola, & Trichler, 2017;Pfaff, Robalino, Lima, Sandoval, & Herrera, 2014). In the case of environmental land registration, Alix-Garcia, Rausch, L'Roe, Gibbs, and Munger (2018) find it decreases deforestation by 10% in deforestation in Brazil.…”

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Communal Property Rights and Deforestation

Romero

Saavedra

2020

The Journal of Development Studies

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Almost a third of world's forest area is under communal management. In principle, this arrangement could lead to a "tragedy of the commons" and therefore more deforestation. But monitoring outsider's deforestation may be easier if the owner is a community rather than an individual. We study the effect of communal titling on deforestation in Colombia using a difference-in-discontinuities strategy that compares areas just outside and inside a title, before and after titling. We find that deforestation decreased in communal areas after titling. Interestingly, we find evidence of positive spillovers of reduced deforestation in nearby areas.

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Communal Property Rights and Deforestation

Romero

Saavedra

2020

The Journal of Development Studies

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“…From 2000 to 2015, five times more deforestation occurred outside ITs and PNAs than inside their boundariesdespite the fact that these units collectively span more than one-half of the Amazon region (4). Another group of studies expanded on this line of research using rigorous quasi-experimental methods to control for observable and potentially confounding land characteristics, such as remoteness and population density (16)(17)(18)(19). For example, Blackman and Veit 17 Studies on the effectiveness of indigenous land management in mitigating climate change often focus on avoided deforestation.…”

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The role of forest conversion, degradation, and disturbance in the carbon dynamics of Amazon indigenous territories and protected areas

Walker

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Baccini

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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Maintaining the abundance of carbon stored aboveground in Amazon forests is central to any comprehensive climate stabilization strategy. Growing evidence points to indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) as buffers against large-scale carbon emissions across a nine-nation network of indigenous territories (ITs) and protected natural areas (PNAs). Previous studies have demonstrated a link between indigenous land management and avoided deforestation, yet few have accounted for forest degradation and natural disturbances—processes that occur without forest clearing but are increasingly important drivers of biomass loss. Here we provide a comprehensive accounting of aboveground carbon dynamics inside and outside Amazon protected lands. Using published data on changes in aboveground carbon density and forest cover, we track gains and losses in carbon density from forest conversion and degradation/disturbance. We find that ITs and PNAs stored more than one-half (58%; 41,991 MtC) of the region’s carbon in 2016 but were responsible for just 10% (−130 MtC) of the net change (−1,290 MtC). Nevertheless, nearly one-half billion tons of carbon were lost from both ITs and PNAs (−434 MtC and −423 MtC, respectively), with degradation/disturbance accounting for >75% of the losses in 7 countries. With deforestation increasing, and degradation/disturbance a neglected but significant source of region-wide emissions (47%), our results suggest that sustained support for IPLC stewardship of Amazon forests is critical. IPLCs provide a global environmental service that merits increased political protection and financial support, particularly if Amazon Basin countries are to achieve their commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement.

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“…Indigenous communities can be important players in efforts to reduce forest carbon emissions because they have the knowledge and the consciousness of the forest lands [45]. Although researchers acknowledge local knowledge as a rich source of information, recognizing its potential to enrich the evidence basis for biodiversity conservation and sustainability, this is often neglected in the existing lock-in mechanisms and strategies [19,46,47].…”

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From Multidisciplinarity to Transdisciplinarity and from Local to Global Foci: Integrative Approaches to Systemic Resilience Based upon the Value of Life in the Context of Environmental and Gender Vulnerabilities with a Special Focus upon the Brazilian Amazon Biome

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Economic and environmental interventions in the Anthropocene have created disruptions that are threatening the capacity of socio-ecological systems to recover from adversities and to be able to maintain key functions for preserving resilience. The authors of this paper underscore the benefits of a workshop-based methodology for developing a vision and an approach to the inner processes of creation that can be used to increase resilience, to cope with societal vulnerabilities and to develop the tools for future planning at local, regional and global scales. Diverse areas of discourse ranging from climate science and sustainability, to psychoanalysis, linguistics and eco-philosophy, contributed meaningfully to the transdisciplinary approach for enhancing resilience. A framework is proposed that can be used throughout society, that integrates the importance of human subjectivity and the variability of human contexts, especially gender, in shaping human experiences and responses to climate change impacts and challenges such as the covid-19 pandemic. Within the domain of socio-economic research, the authors challenge researchers and policy makers to expand future perspectives of resilience through the proposed systemic resilience vision. Movement towards transformative thinking and actions requires inner exploration and visualization of desirable futures for integrating ecological, social, cultural, ethical, and economic dimensions as agencies for catalyzing the transition to livable, sustainable, equitable, ethical, and resilient societies.

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Titled Amazon Indigenous Communities Cut Forest Carbon Emissions

Cited by 86 publications

References 62 publications

Communal Property Rights and Deforestation

Communal Property Rights and Deforestation

The role of forest conversion, degradation, and disturbance in the carbon dynamics of Amazon indigenous territories and protected areas

From Multidisciplinarity to Transdisciplinarity and from Local to Global Foci: Integrative Approaches to Systemic Resilience Based upon the Value of Life in the Context of Environmental and Gender Vulnerabilities with a Special Focus upon the Brazilian Amazon Biome

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