Landholders’ perceptions on legal reserves and agricultural intensification: Diversity and implications for forest conservation in the eastern Brazilian Amazon
Forest conservation on privately owned lands is a cornerstone of the Brazilian environmental policy framework. Brazilian legislation requires that all farms in the country maintain and protect forest areas known as Legal Reserves. Since Legal Reserves have major implications for forest conservation...
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| author | Pinillos, Daniel Poccard Chapuis, René Bianchi, Felix J.J.A. Corbeels, Marc Timler, Carl A. Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Ramos Ballester, Maria Victoria Schulte, Rogier P. |
| author_browse | Bianchi, Felix J.J.A. Corbeels, Marc Pinillos, Daniel Poccard Chapuis, René Ramos Ballester, Maria Victoria Schulte, Rogier P. Timler, Carl A. Tittonell, Pablo Adrian |
| author_facet | Pinillos, Daniel Poccard Chapuis, René Bianchi, Felix J.J.A. Corbeels, Marc Timler, Carl A. Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Ramos Ballester, Maria Victoria Schulte, Rogier P. |
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| description | Forest conservation on privately owned lands is a cornerstone of the Brazilian environmental policy framework. Brazilian legislation requires that all farms in the country maintain and protect forest areas known as Legal Reserves. Since Legal Reserves have major implications for forest conservation and agricultural production, it is key that we understand landholders’ perceptions towards Legal Reserves. We applied Q methodology to identify different perspectives of medium and large landholders on Legal Reserves and their relation to agricultural intensification in the municipality of Paragominas, eastern Amazon. We conducted 31 interviews in which
landholders sorted 36 statements in a quasi-normal distribution array. Three groups of landholders were identified: 1) Land use planning enthusiasts (n = 16) were interested in zoning initiatives to explore alternative landscape designs and legislation that may deliver better conservation and production outcomes; 2) Agrochemical-based agriculture supporters (n = 7) held the most critical views against Legal Reserves and perceived their costs as higher than the potential environmental and life quality benefits; 3) Policy complacentmarket responders (n = 4) showed no interest in Legal Reserves reforms and were the most market driven group..
While Paragominas has achieved notable successes in halting large-scale deforestation through a social “Green Municipality” pact, addressing persisting forest degradation and fragmentation in the region remains a key priority. Local governance initiatives that account for multi-stakeholder perceptions on forest conservation can foster dialogue and mutual understanding to effectively conserve and restore Legal Reserves. Insights on large landholders’ perceptions on Legal Reserves can inform such governance processes to reconcile forest conservation and sustainable agricultural intensification in Paragominas. |
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| spelling | INTA106352021-11-01T12:23:45Z Landholders’ perceptions on legal reserves and agricultural intensification: Diversity and implications for forest conservation in the eastern Brazilian Amazon Pinillos, Daniel Poccard Chapuis, René Bianchi, Felix J.J.A. Corbeels, Marc Timler, Carl A. Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Ramos Ballester, Maria Victoria Schulte, Rogier P. Conservación de la Diversidad Biológica Protección Forestal Amazonas (Brasil) Reservas Forestales Biodiversity Conservation Forest Protection Amazonas (Brazil) Forest Reserves Forest conservation on privately owned lands is a cornerstone of the Brazilian environmental policy framework. Brazilian legislation requires that all farms in the country maintain and protect forest areas known as Legal Reserves. Since Legal Reserves have major implications for forest conservation and agricultural production, it is key that we understand landholders’ perceptions towards Legal Reserves. We applied Q methodology to identify different perspectives of medium and large landholders on Legal Reserves and their relation to agricultural intensification in the municipality of Paragominas, eastern Amazon. We conducted 31 interviews in which landholders sorted 36 statements in a quasi-normal distribution array. Three groups of landholders were identified: 1) Land use planning enthusiasts (n = 16) were interested in zoning initiatives to explore alternative landscape designs and legislation that may deliver better conservation and production outcomes; 2) Agrochemical-based agriculture supporters (n = 7) held the most critical views against Legal Reserves and perceived their costs as higher than the potential environmental and life quality benefits; 3) Policy complacentmarket responders (n = 4) showed no interest in Legal Reserves reforms and were the most market driven group.. While Paragominas has achieved notable successes in halting large-scale deforestation through a social “Green Municipality” pact, addressing persisting forest degradation and fragmentation in the region remains a key priority. Local governance initiatives that account for multi-stakeholder perceptions on forest conservation can foster dialogue and mutual understanding to effectively conserve and restore Legal Reserves. Insights on large landholders’ perceptions on Legal Reserves can inform such governance processes to reconcile forest conservation and sustainable agricultural intensification in Paragominas. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche Fil: Pinillos, Daniel. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology; Holanda Fil: Poccard Chapuis, René. University of Montpellier. Agroecology and Sustainable Intensification of Annual Crops; Francia Fil: Bianchi, Felix J.J.A. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology; Holanda Fil: Corbeels, Marc. University of Montpellier. Agroecology and Sustainable Intensification of Annual Crops; Francia Fil: Timler, Carl A. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology; Holanda Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Ramos Ballester, Maria Victoria. Universidad de Sao Paulo. Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture; Brasil Fil: Schulte, Rogier P. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology; Holanda 2021-11-01T12:17:30Z 2021-11-01T12:17:30Z 2021 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/10635 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934121001106 1389-9341 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102504 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Forest Policy and Economics 129 : Art. 102504 (Agosto 2021) |
| spellingShingle | Conservación de la Diversidad Biológica Protección Forestal Amazonas (Brasil) Reservas Forestales Biodiversity Conservation Forest Protection Amazonas (Brazil) Forest Reserves Pinillos, Daniel Poccard Chapuis, René Bianchi, Felix J.J.A. Corbeels, Marc Timler, Carl A. Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Ramos Ballester, Maria Victoria Schulte, Rogier P. Landholders’ perceptions on legal reserves and agricultural intensification: Diversity and implications for forest conservation in the eastern Brazilian Amazon |
| title | Landholders’ perceptions on legal reserves and agricultural intensification: Diversity and implications for forest conservation in the eastern Brazilian Amazon |
| title_full | Landholders’ perceptions on legal reserves and agricultural intensification: Diversity and implications for forest conservation in the eastern Brazilian Amazon |
| title_fullStr | Landholders’ perceptions on legal reserves and agricultural intensification: Diversity and implications for forest conservation in the eastern Brazilian Amazon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Landholders’ perceptions on legal reserves and agricultural intensification: Diversity and implications for forest conservation in the eastern Brazilian Amazon |
| title_short | Landholders’ perceptions on legal reserves and agricultural intensification: Diversity and implications for forest conservation in the eastern Brazilian Amazon |
| title_sort | landholders perceptions on legal reserves and agricultural intensification diversity and implications for forest conservation in the eastern brazilian amazon |
| topic | Conservación de la Diversidad Biológica Protección Forestal Amazonas (Brasil) Reservas Forestales Biodiversity Conservation Forest Protection Amazonas (Brazil) Forest Reserves |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/10635 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934121001106 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102504 |
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