Actor-specific contributions to the deforestation slowdown in the Brazilian Amazon
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Significance: The Brazilian Amazon is at a critical juncture after the recent stabilization of deforestation rates. Identifying opportunities for continued deforestation reductions requires an understanding of the contribution of different actors to overall deforestation. We provide the first such assessment, to our knowledge, that reports on two headline findings. First, between 2004 and 2011, areas dominated by properties larger than 500 ha accounted for 48% of the deforestation compared with only 12% for smallholders (<100 ha). Second, the deforestation share attributed to the largest properties (≥2,500 ha) declined by 63% from a peak in 2005, whereas that of smallholders increased by 69%. Further reductions in deforestation are likely to require a shift toward more incentive-based policies that are tailored toward different actors.
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The increase in average deforestation activity in low income cells is evidence of profound changes in the drivers and actors of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
“since it is evidence of profound changes in the drivers and actors of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, as also evidenced by Godar et al. (2014).”
From Transition in environmental governance in the Brazilian Amazon: emergence of a new pattern of socio-economic development and deforestation (2016) · cites this paper as Godar et al. (2014)
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“However, there are also positive signs in the tropics: the rate of forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon has declined in recent years [6,7].”
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- Authors
- Godar, J., Gardner, T. A., Tizado, E. J., & Pacheco, P.
- Affiliations
- Stockholm Environment Institute (SE)
- Universidad de León (ES)
- Center for International Forestry Research (ID)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2014-10-13
- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 43
- Pages
- 15591-15596
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC4217460
- OpenAlex
- W1991251883
- Cited by
- 280
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 22.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2015-05-08)
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Buleria (Universidad de León) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas (2012-1401, 2013‐1571)
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Keywords
- Brazilian Amazon, smallholder farmers, forest fragmentation, forest degradation, agricultural census, deforestation policy, incentive-based conservation
- MeSH terms
- Brazil, Conservation of Natural Resources, Humans, Ecosystem, Forests
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