Áreas protegidas, embora críticas, não são suficientes para desacelerar o desmatamento na Amazônia

The document evaluates the impact of protected areas—including conservation units and indigenous lands—on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. It finds that while these areas effectively shield the forests within their boundaries, they often shift deforestation activities to unprotected regions, resulting in a negligible impact on total deforestation rates. The authors recommend integrating territorial protection with broader, coordinated conservation policies to prevent this displacement.

• Protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon are effective at reducing deforestation locally, acting as a shield for critical areas, but they have an insignificant impact on the overall aggregate levels of deforestation.
• The implementation of protected areas appears to divert deforestation from protected zones to unprotected regions rather than eliminating it.
• A counterfactual analysis conducted by CPI/PUC-Rio indicates that without protected territories, total deforestation between 2007 and 2014 would have differed by only 43,801 hectares, representing approximately 1% of the actual area deforested.
• Under the Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PPCDAm), Brazil shifted its allocation strategy for protected areas to include current and future deforestation risks, specifically targeting the 'Arc of Deforestation' (Arco do Desmatamento).
• Between 2004 and 2014, Brazil significantly expanded its protected territories in the Amazon: conservation units nearly doubled to 113 million hectares, and indigenous lands increased by 10 million hectares to reach a total of 107 million hectares.

APA

Assunção, J., & Gandour, C. (2020). Áreas protegidas, embora críticas, não são suficientes para desacelerar o desmatamento na Amazônia. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PB-Areas-Protegidas-2.pdf

Chicago

Assunção, Juliano, and Clarissa Gandour. Áreas protegidas, embora críticas, não são suficientes para desacelerar o desmatamento na Amazônia. Climate Policy Initiative, 2020. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PB-Areas-Protegidas-2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{assuno2020reas, author = {Assunção, Juliano and Gandour, Clarissa}, title = {{Áreas protegidas, embora críticas, não são suficientes para desacelerar o desmatamento na Amazônia}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2020}, month = may, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PB-Areas-Protegidas-2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }