Unplanned land clearing of Colombian rainforests: Spreading like disease?

Etter, Andrés; McAlpine, Clive; Phinn, Stuart R.; Pullar, David; Possingham, Hugh P.

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.03.002

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“…Smallholders, with the exception of those engaged in perennial crop production (e.g., coffee, cocoa), have been less favored by global markets. In some places in the Andean-Amazon countries (i.e., Colombia, Bolivia and Peru) global demand has also stimulated some expansion of coca production into forest lands [50,51].…”

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Landscape Transformation in Tropical Latin America: Assessing Trends and Policy Implications for REDD+

Pacheco

Aguilar-Støen

Börner³

et al. 2010

Forests

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Important transformations are underway in tropical landscapes in Latin America with implications for economic development and climate change. Landscape transformation is driven not only by national policies and markets, but also by global market dynamics associated with an increased role for transnational traders and investors. National and global trends affect a disparate number of social, political and economic interactions taking place at the local level, which ultimately shapes land-use and socio-economic change. This paper reviews five different trajectories of landscape change in tropical Latin America, and discusses their implications for development and conservation: (1) Market-driven growth of agribusiness; (2) expansion and modernization of traditional cattle ranching; (3) slow growth of peasant agriculture; (4) logging in production forest frontiers; and (5) resurgence of agro-extractive economies. Contrasting trade-offs between economic development and forest conservation emerge across these OPEN ACCESSForests 2011, 2 2 landscapes, calling for nuanced policy responses to manage them in the context of climate change. This discussion sets the background to assess how reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancing carbon stocks (REDD+) aims should be better aligned with current landscape trajectories and associated actors to better address climate-change mitigation in forest landscapes with effective and equitable outcomes.

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Landscape Transformation in Tropical Latin America: Assessing Trends and Policy Implications for REDD+

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Aguilar-Støen

Börner³

et al. 2010

Forests

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“…These analyses are based on relating the probability of deforestation to the location of nearby deforestation events [53][54][55]. According to these findings, the main landscapes to be targeted for protection are ones in which deforestation is close to 20% and have not yet undergone any substantial increases in clearance rate.…”

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Habitat Loss on Rondon’s Marmoset Potential Distribution

Ochoa-Quintero

Chang

Gardner

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Abstract:The Amazon basin is one of the most biologically diverse places on earth. However, agricultural expansion and infrastructure development have led to widespread deforestation that threatens the survival of many taxa. Conservation strategies to contest these threats include protected areas and environmental legislation. Nevertheless, the basic biology of many taxa is largely unknown, which poses an immense challenge when devising effective strategies to safeguard such species in the long-term. This is particularly true for primates. Monkeys from the genus Mico are poorly studied with half of the currently known species being described after 1976, and their distribution and threats remain poorly understood. Using the model Maxent, we re-evaluated the distribution range for Rondon's marmoset, one of the most threatened species in this genus. Our results estimated a distribution that is 15,500 km 2 smaller than previously described for this species (68,649 km 2 ). Furthermore, much of its modeled distribution (71%) lies outside of protected areas. Agriculture expansion and infrastructure development have converted/destroyed 20,532 km 2 of forest within its range (38%) mainly in areas without protection. Another 10,316 km 2 of forest is projected to be cleared by 2040 under current deforestation patterns. The expected cumulative loss of over 50% of its range size in the coming 15 years raise awareness about the threaten category of this species. In the absence of new protected areas, it remains to be seen whether Rondon's marmoset can be effectively conserved in remaining fragments of forest in farmlands.

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“…Con los nueve meses de lluvias por año que se presentan en Villavicencio, hay frecuentes inundaciones en las áreas planas y deslizamientos en la cordillera y piedemonte (Rausch, 2007;Alcaldía de Villavicencio, 2009). Este fenómeno no es aislado, municipios capitales con alta actividad económica como Buenaventura (Puerto), poseen importantes deficiencias en sus coberturas de servicios públicos (Alcaldía de Buenaventura, 2013), debidas al desarrollo desarmónico de las regiones del país (Etter et al, 2006;Rodríguez, et al, 2011).…”

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“…En principio, la d e f o r e s t a c i ó n r e s p o n d e a i n t e r e s e s económicos. Inicialmente, se concentró en la región Andina y Caribe del país, para desplazarse en lo reciente a las regiones Amazónica y Pacífica, con el avance de la frontera agropecuaria y los cambios en la distribución de la población en el territorio (Etter, et al, 2008;Etter, et al, 2006;Prieto y Luengas, 2011). La deforestación tiene un vertiginoso avance en Colombia que alcanza 100.000ha/año y sus efectos en la diversidad biológica son incalculables (IDEAM, 2004;Etter, et al, 2006;Etter, et al, 2008).…”

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“…En cuanto al ordenamiento rural, la primera reforma agraria se establece en 1961 con la Ley 135, que intenta modificar la histórica concentración de tierras rurales e introduce las zonas de colonización (Massiris, 2000;Etter, et al, 2006;. Esta iniciativa es retomada en 1994 con la Ley 160, que establece categorías de ordenamiento rural relacionadas con las áreas de baldíos nacionales, zonas de colonización y zonas de reserva campesina.…”

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Aplicación de la legislación ambiental y territorial en municipios capitales: Estudio de caso Villavicencio (Colombia)

Ortiz-Moreno

Rodrigues-Pires

2014

Orinoquia

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ResumenEl municipio es responsable de la definición y ejecución de sus objetivos socioeconómicos en concordancia con la protección del medio ambiente. Para tal fin, debe implementar las políticas ambientales y de ordenamiento territorial que ofrecen herramientas fundamentales para la conservación del medio ambiente y regular el desarrollo de los países. En países megadiversos como Colombia existe un escaso control nacional sobre los alcances y características de los planes de ordenamiento territorial (POT) municipal. El objetivo de esta investigación fue analizar la aplicación de la legislación ambiental y territorial en municipios capitales que están en vías de transformarse en metrópolis, utilizando como estudio de caso el municipio de Villavicencio (Colombia). Se encontró que los municipios incorporan las leyes nacionales en los POT, subordinando la aplicación de la legislación ambiental a los intereses económicos y que faltan mecanismos e instancias supramunicipales de planeación regional. A su vez, los municipios tienen limitaciones económicas, administrativas y técnicas para establecer mecanismos y la ejecución de sus POT.Palabras clave: Colombia, políticas ambientales, ordenamiento territorial, Villavicencio. AbstractA municipality is responsible for defining and executing its own socioeconomic objectives in line with environmental protection; this means that environmental and zoning policy must be implemented thereby offering fundamental tools for environmental conservation and regulating countries' development. There is little national control over the scope and characteristics of municipal territorial ordering plans (TOP)/land use in mega-diverse countries like Colombia. This research was aimed analysing the application of environmental and territorial legislation in

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Unplanned land clearing of Colombian rainforests: Spreading like disease?

Cited by 70 publications

References 32 publications

Landscape Transformation in Tropical Latin America: Assessing Trends and Policy Implications for REDD+

Landscape Transformation in Tropical Latin America: Assessing Trends and Policy Implications for REDD+

Habitat Loss on Rondon’s Marmoset Potential Distribution

Aplicación de la legislación ambiental y territorial en municipios capitales: Estudio de caso Villavicencio (Colombia)

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