期刊
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
卷 258, 期 6, 页码 922-930出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.022
关键词
Tropical dry forests; Brazil; Social-environmental conflicts; Traditional populations; Conservation units; Environmental policies
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资金
- Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) CRN II [021]
- U.S. National Science Foundation [GEO 0452325]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa de Minas Gerais - FAPEMIG [CRA 2288/07]
- GEF/BIRD
- Ministerio do Meio Ambiente
- PRONABIO
- PROBIO
- FNMA
- CNPq
- EMBRAPA-CENARGEN
In this study, we review the current available information on the social-ecological context of Brazilian tropical dry forests (TDFs), a vegetation type that covers approximately 3% of the country territory. For this purpose, we conducted a comparative analysis of two case studies, one study in the north of Minas Gerais state and the other in Parana River Basin, situated in southeastern and central Brazil, respectively. We compiled published bibliographical and census-based data for the two regions, concerning the historical human occupation and land use and the environmental and development policies affecting TDF management and sustainable use. Brazilian TDFs; usually occur in semi-arid climates, and have been intensely converted mainly to extensive pasturelands in large farms, thus leading to high income concentration in those areas. Our case studies involve less-developed regions that support populations with very low human development indices, which is the norm for Brazilian TDFs. Many of these are traditional populations, such as indigenous and slave descendents, with peculiar cultural practices only recently considered in government policies proposed for the forest management. Though the two regions have similar land use histories, current social-ecological scenarios are very different. In the north of Minas Gerais, TDF conversion policies were debated intensely for the last 15 years, recently resulting in a state law specifically generated to regulate TDF use. Also, this region has 20 conservation units (CUs), some of them delimited inside the territories of the several traditional populations that inhabit TDF areas. This process caused enduring conflicts that can affect both CUs' effectiveness and the sustenance of these populations. In the Parana River Basin, there is no specific policy towards TDFs, whose use is regulated by the 43-year-old Brazilian Federal Forest Code. There are only four CUs in this region, and most traditional populations were expelled from their original territories and consequently lost their cultural identity. Government sustainability strategies are limited to the establishment of CUs, a response that may disregard social demands and cultural practices, depending on the local context. Given the uniqueness and threat level to TDFs, specific and more diversified policies towards land use should be established for these ecosystems in order to stimulate low-impact activities that maintain ecosystem services and improve the livelihoods of TDF inhabitants. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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