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“The forest is burning, call the police!” challenges to governing the security-development-environment nexus in the Amazon Basin

Trajber Waisbich, Laura·2025·Latin American Perspectives

Abstract

Across the Amazon Basin, deforestation and violence are out of control. This paper unpacks the unfolding law-enforcement and illegality crisis in the Brazilian Amazon through the lenses of a security-development-environment nexus. The paper analyzes twenty years (2003-2023) of policy and political responses by the Brazilian federal government to the Amazon problem, highlighting the challenges to build and sustain governance arrangements to deal with the nexus, including tensions and unease related to the security dimension of the crisis, lack of policy coherence regarding sustainable development, the challenges of political alternance, and unresolved civil-military relations dilemmas. O desmatamento e a violência estão fora de controle na Bacia Amazônica. Este artigo analisa a crise de ilegalidade e cumprimento da lei na Amazônia brasileira sob a ótica do nexo entre segurança, desenvolvimento e meio ambiente. O artigo analisa vinte anos (2003-2023) de respostas e políticas do governo federal brasileiro à Questão Amazônica, destacando os desafios para construir e sustentar arranjos de governança para lidar com este nexo. Com destaque para as tensões e ambivalências relacionadas à dimensão securitária da crise, a falta de coerência política na promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável, os desafios de alternância política e os dilemas, todavia presentes, na relação civil-militar na gestão da região.

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Authors
Trajber Waisbich, L.
Venue
Latin American Perspectives
Published
2025-08-15
Volume
52
Issue
5
Pages
184-202
ISSN
  • 0094-582X (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-678X
OpenAlex
W4413302361
Cited by
1
References
1
Citations by year
2026: 1
FWCI
0.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Latin American Perspectives (publishedVersion)
Funders
Norges Forskningsråd
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Extractivism and Socioeconomic Issues
Keywords
Amazon deforestation, illegality, sustainable development, political alternance, civil-military relations

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