Large-scale collective action: Amazon tipping point, actors, interventions

The authors apply a collective action theory framework to Amazon conservation, identifying six variables—information, accountability, harmony of interests, horizontal trust, knowledge about consequences, and sense of responsibility—that act as either stressors or facilitators. Their analysis indicates that while increased transparency has improved information availability, the effort to halt deforestation is hindered by a lack of accountability, distrust among actors, and a low sense of responsibility.

• The Amazon rainforest is at risk of a dieback process that could transform it into a drier ecosystem with global climatic effects, as nearly 20% of the forest has already been lost.
• Using a framework of six variables to analyze collective action, the authors find that information availability is currently a facilitator due to growing transparency, whereas lack of accountability, distrust, and a low sense of responsibility are primary stressors.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2021). Large-scale collective action: Amazon tipping point, actors, interventions. https://www.sei.org/publications/large-scale-collective-action-amazon-tipping-point-actors-interventions/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Large-scale collective action: Amazon tipping point, actors, interventions. 2021. https://www.sei.org/publications/large-scale-collective-action-amazon-tipping-point-actors-interventions/.

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2021largescale, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Large-scale collective action: Amazon tipping point, actors, interventions}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2021}, month = may, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/large-scale-collective-action-amazon-tipping-point-actors-interventions/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }