Histórias de sucesso no âmbito do desmatamento

The report examines diverse strategies used by developing tropical nations to combat deforestation and restore forests, categorizing successes into policy-driven reductions, payment for environmental services, and socio-economic shifts. It highlights the 'forest transition' curve and emphasizes that combining environmental action with social and economic development is key to sustainable success.

• Brazil achieved some of the world's largest reductions in deforestation and emissions, with Amazon deforestation rates falling 70% by 2013 compared to the 1996–2005 average.
• The soy moratorium in Brazil, established in 2006, successfully decoupled soy production from Amazon deforestation; by the 2009–2010 crop year, only 0.25% of soy lands were cultivated in areas deforested after the moratorium.
• In India, the National Forest Policy Act of 1988 and Joint Forest Management (JFM) programs shifted priority from commercial plantations to conservation and community-led management, helping the country increase its forest cover to approximately 68 million hectares.
• Mexico significantly reduced its primary forest loss rate from over 2% annually in the 1990s to 0.13% between 2005 and 2010, partly through a Payment for Environmental Services (PSA) program covering 3.4 million hectares.
• Costa Rica has worked toward becoming carbon neutral by 2021, increasing its forest cover to over 50% of its land area through ecotourism, expanded protected areas, and a national Payment for Environmental Services (PPSA) program.
• In Central Africa, deforestation rates were halved between the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century, driven by a combination of new forest management policies and socio-economic shifts such as urbanization and a decline in rural agriculture.
• El Salvador experienced forest recovery linked to socio-economic development and financial remittances from emigrants, with areas receiving higher remittances showing the highest rates of forest recovery.
• The Ambositra-Vondrozo Forest Corridor (COFAV) in Madagascar reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 2.2 million tons between 2007 and 2012 by integrating community-led sustainable economies and REDD+ carbon credits.
• The Kasigau Corridor in Kenya utilized voluntary carbon credits to fund community projects, generating 1.2 million dollars in revenue by the end of 2012 to support local landowners and infrastructure.
• In Tanzania and Mozambique, participatory forest management in miombo woodlands has protected ecosystems and reduced emissions, although these programs have had limited impact on eliminating local poverty.

APA

Boucher, D., Elias, P., Faires, J., & Smith, S. (2014). Histórias de sucesso no âmbito do desmatamento. Union of Concerned Scientists. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/UCS-2014-DeforestationSuccessStories-Portugues-final.pdf

Chicago

Boucher, Doug, Pipa Elias, Jordan Faires, and Sharon Smith. Histórias de sucesso no âmbito do desmatamento. Union of Concerned Scientists, 2014. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/UCS-2014-DeforestationSuccessStories-Portugues-final.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{boucher2014histrias, author = {Boucher, Doug and Elias, Pipa and Faires, Jordan and Smith, Sharon}, title = {{Histórias de sucesso no âmbito do desmatamento}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2014}, month = jun, url = {https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/UCS-2014-DeforestationSuccessStories-Portugues-final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }