Historias de éxito en torno a la deforestación

The report analyzes diverse strategies used by developing nations to protect tropical forests and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It categorizes successes into those driven by planned policies (e.g., Brazil, India), those that yielded positive results despite deviating from economic theory (e.g., Mexico, Costa Rica), and those resulting from socioeconomic shifts (e.g., Central Africa, El Salvador). Key mechanisms identified include REDD+, payments for ecosystem services (PES), governance reforms, and industry moratoria.

• Brazil achieved some of the world's largest reductions in deforestation and emissions, with emissions from land-use change decreasing by 64% between 2001 and 2011. This success was driven by a combination of government action, such as the PPCDAm plan, and industry-led moratoria on soy and beef produced from deforested Amazonian lands.
• India has successfully reversed its deforestation trend, with forest cover increasing to approximately 68 million hectares. This was largely achieved through the National Forest Policy Act of 1988 and the implementation of Joint Forest Management (JFM), which decentralized forest governance to local communities.
• Mexico significantly reduced its primary forest loss rate from over 2% annually in the 1990s to 0.13% between 2005 and 2010. A key tool was the Payments for Environmental Services (PSA) program, which, despite not functioning exactly as market economists intended, encouraged forest management actions among landholders.
• Costa Rica has transitioned toward becoming a carbon-neutral country by 2021, increasing its forest cover from roughly 20% in the late 1980s to over 50%. This was supported by the 1996 Forestry Law and the National Program of Payments for Environmental Services (PPSA), funded by a fuel tax.
• In Vietnam, forest cover has increased since the 1990s despite rapid agricultural growth. This 'forest transition' is attributed to agricultural intensification by smallholders, decentralization of forest control, and the Payments for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) program established in 2004.
• The Congo Basin in Central Africa has maintained a high forest cover and low deforestation rate, with rates halving between the 1990s and 2000s. This is attributed to a mix of new forest management policies and socioeconomic shifts, such as urbanization and a move toward extractive industries (oil and minerals) over agriculture.
• El Salvador has seen a recovery in forest cover, with woody vegetation growing by 16% between 2001 and 2010. A distinctive factor in this recovery was the financial support from emigrants and remittances, which correlated with higher rates of forest recovery in specific areas.
• Community-based projects in Madagascar (COFAV corridor) and Kenya (Kasigau corridor) have successfully reduced emissions through the sale of voluntary carbon credits and the creation of sustainable local economies. The COFAV reserve reduced CO2 emissions by approximately 2.2 million tons between 2007 and 2012.
• In Tanzania and Mozambique, participatory forest management in the Miombo woodlands has helped protect ecosystems and reduce emissions, although these efforts have had limited impact on eliminating poverty for the most marginalized populations.
• Technological advancements in remote sensing and satellite imagery (e.g., Global Forest Watch, INPE) have become critical for transparency, allowing authorities to identify specific landowners responsible for deforestation and remove them from global supply chains.

APA

Boucher, D., Elias, P., Faires, J., & Smith, S. (2014). Historias de éxito en torno a la deforestación. Union of Concerned Scientists. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/UCS-2014-DeforestationSuccessStories-Espanol-final.pdf

Chicago

Boucher, Doug, Pipa Elias, Jordan Faires, and Sharon Smith. Historias de éxito en torno a la deforestación. Union of Concerned Scientists, 2014. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/UCS-2014-DeforestationSuccessStories-Espanol-final.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{boucher2014historias, author = {Boucher, Doug and Elias, Pipa and Faires, Jordan and Smith, Sharon}, title = {{Historias de éxito en torno a la deforestación}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2014}, month = jun, url = {https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/UCS-2014-DeforestationSuccessStories-Espanol-final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }